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Information on Keynote Lectures
The keynotes lectures of the IGC 2012 will take place Monday through Thursday from 11:45 am to 13:00 pm and will be located in room MAIN 13 (MAIN-building). As the capacity of this room is limited, the lectures will also be broadcasted live into room KEY 7 (KEY-building).Furthermore, the keynote lectures will be available as a worldwide live broadcast online and via our archive. You can access the broadcast via this link.
In joint sessions one prominent person and one geographer will give their outlook on the IGC’s four key topics:
Monday, 27th August 2012 „Society and Environment“
11:45 am until 01:00 pm
Klaus Töpfer
(Former Federal Minister of Environmental Affairs and Former Director of UNEP)
(Former Federal Minister of Environmental Affairs and Former Director of UNEP)
„On the way to the Anthropocene. Consequences for scientific research, societal understanding and political responsibility“
Anne Buttimer
(Geographer, IGU Past President, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)
„Diverse perspectives on society and environment: retrospect and prospect“
(Geographer, IGU Past President, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)
„Diverse perspectives on society and environment: retrospect and prospect“
Tuesday, 28th August 2012 „Urbanisation and Demographic Change“
11:45 am until 01:00 pm
Martin Lees
(Former Secretary General, Club of Rome)
(Former Secretary General, Club of Rome)
„Demographic change and urbanisation within the boundaries of a fragile planet“
Surinder Aggarwal
(Geographer, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India)
(Geographer, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India)
„Emerging global urban order and challenges for harmonious urban development“
Wednesday, 29th August 2012 „Global Change and Globalisation“
11:45 am until 01:00 pm
Eduardo de Mulder
(Initiator and Executive Director of the UN International Year of Planet Earth)
(Initiator and Executive Director of the UN International Year of Planet Earth)
„Global planetary change and human globalization“
Bruno Messerli
(Geographer, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland)
(Geographer, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland)
„Global change and globalisation – challenges for Geography“
Thursday, 30th August 2012 „Risks and Conflicts“
11:45 am until 01:00 pm
Stephan Baas
(FAO, Rome, Italy)
(FAO, Rome, Italy)
„Disaster Risk and Crises - Challenges for Food and Nutrition Security “
Derek Gregory
(Geographer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
(Geographer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
„Deadly embrace: war, distance and intimacy“