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The Ocean and Seas in Geographical Thought
IGU Thematic conference

Conference venue: Milan (Italy), University of Milano-Bicocca, 6-7 June 2023
Post-conference: Venice (Italy), 8-9 June 2023 (in collaboration with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, CNR-ISMAR and Ocean Space/TBA21-Academy)


As a contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), we propose to organise a thematic conference of the IGU, focusing the ocean and seas as complex and relational geographical ‘objects’ through a plurality of foci. For centuries, the ocean and seas have
been means for connecting people and at the same time separating them, corresponding to different functions through different times and cultures.

November 10, 2022

Call for sessions


Submission deadlines
September 9 – November 10, 2022
Acceptance: November 17, 2022

November 10, 2022
January 9, 2022

Call for abstracts

Submission deadlines
December 7, 2022 – January 9, 2023
Acceptance: February 6, 2023

January 9, 2022
April 3, 2023

Early birds registration

Fee
In person Faculty / Senior researcher € 180
In person – Student and Early careers scholar (up to 35) € 100
Online – Everybody € 50

April 3, 2023
May 7, 2023

Regular registration

Fee
In person Faculty / Senior researchers € 230
In person – Student and Early careers scholar (up to 35) € 150
Online – Everybody € 75

May 7, 2023
May 19, 2023

Webinar

Framing islands and the Ocean.
Osaka – Milan perspectives

May 19, 2023
June 6, 2023

Conference

University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
Tuesday 6 June and Wednesday 7 June 2023

June 6, 2023
June 8, 2023

Post-conference

Venice (Italy), Thursday 8 June and Friday 9 June 2023
in collaboration with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Ocean Space/TBA21-Academy

June 8, 2023

Local organizing Committee
Chair: Marcella Schmidt di Friedberg
Coordinator: Valentina Anzoise
Stefano Malatesta, Massimiliano Fantò, Beatrice Ruggieri and Alice Salimbeni
Staff: Pietro Agnoletto, Stefania Benetti, Cristina Canella, Claudio Melli and Erica Neri