Join us for this compelling meeting in Detroit, Mich., with high-profile sessions, as well as many opportunities for networking and learning about the region. This is THE geography conference you don’t want to miss.
Registration Fees
| ENDS SEPT. 5 | ENDS FEB. 6 |
THROUGH MARCH 28 | |||
| DETROIT REGISTRATION (includes virtual access) | |||||
| Member | $491 | $569 | $615 | ||
| Member: Student, Developing Regions, Under/Un-employed, Retired, K-12, MSI | $196 | $196 | $196 | ||
| Non-Member | $863 | $1,086 | $1,484 | ||
| Family/Guest | $191 | $222 | $253 | ||
| VIRTUAL REGISTRATION | |||||
| Member | $253 | $295 | $357 | ||
| Member: Student, Developing Regions, Under/Un-employed, Retired, K-12, MSI | $98 | $98 | $98 | ||
| Non-Member | $512 | $646 | $801 | ||
| Family/Guest | $57 | $57 | $57 | ||
| Please note that virtual registration is non-refundable. | |||||
Media inquiries: Please contact us to obtain your press pass.
AAG will waive annual meeting registration for you if you are a member of an Indigenous tribe or nation with ancestral ties to the land defined by the state boundaries of Michigan. Please email us at meeting@aag.org.
AAG annual meetings operate on a break-even pricing model (i.e., fees cover the cost of participation and inflation). For more information, visit our FAQ page.
View our Cancellation PolicyDeadlines and Submissions
The AAG accepts all submitted abstracts and organized sessions for presentation. The registration fee must be paid prior to abstract submission. You may only submit one abstract for presentation and be a panelist in one panel session. If you opt not to submit an abstract, you may be a panelist twice. There is no limit on how many sessions you may organize.
- November 14: Abstract Submission deadline
- December 5: Session Organizing deadline
January 9: Program Released (anticipated January 16)- February 6: Abstract/Session Editing and
Presentation Conversion deadlines - February 20: Program Finalized
- March 24-28: Annual Meeting
Schedule and Program
SESSION SCHEDULE
The following session time slots are 80 minutes long with 20-minute breaks. This schedule is subject to change.
Monday, March 24 – Friday, March 28
- 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM Sessions
- 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM Sessions
- 11:40 AM – 12:40 PM Lunch Break
- 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM Sessions
- 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM Sessions
- 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM Sessions
Mobile app
This handy tool allows attendees to browse the program for abstracts, sessions, presenters and much more. Create your personal calendar with events you plan to attend for an efficient, at-a-glance experience. Connect and keep in touch with friends and colleagues during the conference. Download the mobile app before you arrive at the meeting, while you have time and strong wi-fi.
Consult our tip sheet for quick set-up and user guidance or delve more deeply into the functions of the app with our user guide.
Student day
Tuesday, March 25
Student Day is back! In addition to specialized offerings for students throughout the entire week, AAG is working with student members to organize a full day of sessions dedicated to student research, methods training workshops, career planning & mentoring, and networking events and activities for students at all levels of higher education. The Student Center is sponsored by Esri.
Careers & Professional Development Center
Featuring nearly 60 panels and workshops focused on career preparation, mentoring, and professional development for geographers, this is the central hub for students, job seekers, and other meeting attendees to network and learn from professional geographers and develop strategies for finding employment in geography-related occupations.
View the sessions
Field Visits and workshops
Consider the numerous field visits and workshops that offer great learning opportunities in addition to attending sessions. Explore the area with local experts and learn new research techniques or career skills from well-respected colleagues.
THEME
Making Spaces of Possibility
AAG’s return to Detroit (the first since 1985) offers a critical moment to pause and reflect: How can geographers contribute to making spaces of possibility, spaces that allow for imagining and enacting more equitable worlds, that are tuned into local and global processes, and respect and validate the experiences of diverse residents, advocates, and activists?
Detroit is itself a place of many possibilities, with a rich history of activism and creativity, innovation in open data, radical cartography; and interwoven ecologies of land and water. AAG 2025 will bring together geographers of many perspectives and specialties to learn from Detroit, envisioning solutions for the region it is part of and for places around the world.
To make spaces of possibility is to leverage geographic insight, knowledge, and tools to counter the historical legacies of racial exclusion and (settler) colonialism, to address current challenges to democracy and the environment, and to work toward climate justice. AAG invites abstracts, panels, posters, and discussions that address these issues. We encourage presentations that are inspired by, but not limited to the issues and lessons of Detroit and its region.
NODES
Host an AAG 2025 Node
Building on the success of the nodes model in 2023 and 2024, the AAG will work with key institutions with the goal of hosting 15 nodes for the 2025 meeting, many with their own unique programming, as well as access points and coordinated activities for the annual meeting. Each node for AAG 2025 will be based on the “watch party” concept, with an optional component for participating directly in the conference through virtual sessions. See the 2025 AAG Node Plan for more information.
Applications received by October 1 will receive priority and the final deadline will be February 20.
California State University Northridge
Contact: Melinda Collins
California State University, Los Angeles
Contact: Jessica Bremner
University of California–Berkeley
Contact: Lu Liang
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Contact: Andrew Husa
AAG Salish Sea Node at Western Washington University
Contact: Aquila Flower
These self-organized, self-supported attendee gatherings join the meeting from a shared in-person space to consume streamed meeting content from the AAG virtual platform. Node sites may also organize additional content at their location, such as sessions presented to the node only, or sessions that are streamed to the AAG virtual platform.
Cost: There is no charge for nodes to access the streamed AAG 2025 Annual Meeting content.
Roles and Responsibilities
The AAG will provide support that includes:
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with node organizers to outline agreements
- Planning and organization meetings with AAG Node Liaisons
- Resource materials with detail on best practices
- Registration forms to track Node attendees
- AAG logo/graphics for materials
- Simple marketing to direct attendees to your node
- “Customer-service line” during meeting for troubleshooting AAG-controlled tech issues (AAG will outline these in detail closer to the meeting)
The Node will provide planning and onsite coordination that includes:
- Reserving space to hold the watch party at the host institution
- Marketing the node to your audience (nearby geography departments, other departments in your university, others?)
- Securing on-site AV Tech support
- Selecting streamed annual meeting content to watch locally
- Ensuring a positive experience for node attendees
- Providing incentives for attendees, such as coffee, snacks, and meals (when possible)
Special Events
Each year, special events, timely plenaries, and interesting sessions are held during the annual meeting.
Check back soon for developing announcements and information.
Presidential Plenary: Making Spaces of Possibility
After 40 years, AAG’s return to Detroit as a meeting place for geographers is both significant and offers a critical moment to pause and reflect. AAG President Patricia Ehrkamp welcomes Kyle T. Mays, Natasha Myhal, and Jessi Quizar to discuss how to contribute to making spaces of possibility, spaces that allow for imagining and enacting more equitable worlds, that are tuned into local and global processes, and respect and validate the experiences of diverse residents, advocates, and activists.
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AAG Past President’s Address: Reaffirming Reciprocal Scholarship
AAG Past President Rebecca Lave (2023-2024) will briefly revisit the theme of reciprocal scholarship in geography, and the results of the AAG Public and Engaged Scholarship Task Force. She will then present the Presidential Achievement Award to Drs. Max Liboiron and Chérie Rivers, and host a conversation with them about community-engaged research and relations between Black and Indigenous Geographies.
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AAG Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography: Katherine McKittrick
Professor of Gender Studies and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, McKittrick’s books and projects include Dear Science and Other Stories, which both analyzes and challenges scientific practice for its inherent ties to colonialism and anti-Blackness; Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle, which has had a lasting impact on both Black and feminist studies; Trick Not Telos; and Twenty Dreams, a limited-edition hand-made book.
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Honorary Geographer: Gwendolyn C. Warren
She is recognized for her lifelong excellence in applying spatial thinking to the challenge of creating better lives and opportunities for people, starting in Detroit in the late 1960s. At the age of 18, Warren was already a dedicated community activist when she became the co-director of the Detroit Geographical Expedition and Institute (DGEI).
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2025 Geography Education Symposium
Friday, March 28, 2024
This Symposium will offer a day-long schedule for educators covering geography in schools, colleges, and universities, including sessions, panels, networking, mentoring, and field trips. The focus of the Symposium will be on growing geography’s next generation through Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI).
Co-organized by AAG, GESG, CCAG, the AAG JEDI Committee and subcommittees, GENIP, NCGE, NCRGE, UCGIS, AGS’ GeoEd, and 5 Geography State Alliances, namely MGA, GEON, SCGeo, MAGE, and CGA
World Geography Bowl
Don’t miss this exciting annual quiz bowl tournament featuring teams of graduate and undergraduate geography students representing each of the AAG’s regional divisions. The tournament is fully staffed by volunteers, who write and edit questions and help run the proceedings as judges, scorekeepers and moderators.
Webinars
Preparing for Detroit
AAG continues its approach connecting the conference more strongly to the place where it is held. To do that respectfully and well, we need to learn more about Detroit before we go. Between December and March, the AAG will be hosting a virtual learning series featuring Detroit speakers and perspectives on a broad range of environmental, political, and historical topics. We are excited by these opportunities and invite you to join us.
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Annual Meeting 2025 – Detroit Resources
In preparation for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Detroit, Michigan, AAG has gathered resources to help our participants gain insight into our host city and surrounding areas, with an eye toward making our gathering more reciprocal and beneficial to the people and places of this great city.
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Get Involved
There are many ways to get involved in the upcoming annual meeting beyond presenting research or participating in a session. Become a sponsor, exhibitor or advertiser, work as a conference assistant to offset your registration fee, involve a non-geographer, serve as a career mentor, or pursue one of the many other opportunities to bolster your participation.
- Sponsorship, exhibitor and advertising opportunities
- Booth Reservation Procedure
- Plan a workshop
- Plan a field visit
- Conference assistant positions
- Career mentor options (see below)
- Host a meeting or event
- Join the conversation on social media using #AAG2025
Exhibit Hall Information
The Exhibit Hall offers opportunities for attendees to learn more about exhibitors’ products and services, including the latest books, publications, and technology in geography.
Volunteers needed for the Careers & Professional Development Center
The AAG currently seeks volunteers encompassing a wide range of professional backgrounds, interests, and experiences to participate as career mentors and to help organize and lead career and professional development-themed sessions during the annual meeting.
Career mentoring provides an open forum for students and job seekers to receive one-on-one and small-group consultation about careers in a variety of industries and employment sectors. Mentors are expected to answer questions and provide general career advice to students and job seekers interested in learning more about industries that employ geographers, the work geographers perform, and strategies for getting into the field.
If you plan to attend the annual meeting, we hope you will consider participating!
To volunteer, please contact us at careers@aag.org with a brief note indicating your interest by October 16, 2024.
The AAG seeks professional geographers to organize a career or professional development-themed session or workshop during the annual meeting.
We are open to sessions, workshops, or other activities covering a broad range of topics, from diversity in academia and the workforce, to professional networking strategies, to employment opportunities in the business/government/nonprofit sectors, to work-life balance and more.
If you are planning to attend the annual meeting and would like to organize an in-person or virtual session, workshop or other activity related to careers and professional development that we could cross-promote or co-sponsor, please contact us at careers@aag.org by October 16, 2024.
Accessibility and Inclusion
The AAG works to create an Annual Meeting that is accessible to all. This includes reasonable accommodations as specified by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). AAG and its conference venues ensure mobility access within all session and conference rooms. An accessibility request question is available during the registration process and can also be sent to meeting@aag.org.
Learn morePlanning your trip and getting around
Accommodations
Huntington Place is an ideally located home for our annual meeting activities, sessions, and attendees! Sessions and related events will be held at Huntington Place and accommodations are available at the Marriott Detroit at the Renaissance Center. AAG is negotiating special room rates on behalf of attendees to be lower, more equitable, and more predictable over time than the regular rates offered to non-conference attendees.
Resources for Travelers
AAG would like to share information intended to help you prepare for your trip to and from the U.S.
U.S. Border Patrol and Customs information on the search of electronic devices at the border.
Electronic Frontier Foundation information on digital privacy at the U.S. border, with a long version and short version of guidance for travelers.
Information on international travelers’ rights and responsibilities in the U.S. from CLEAR, the free legal assistance program at the City University of New York.
For LGBT2QIA+ travelers, in particular gender-nonconforming and trans travelers, resources on flying to and in the U.S. (scroll down) from Advocates 4 Trans Equality and information on local laws in Michigan from Travel While Trans.
Once you’re in Detroit, Safe and Sound AAG 2025 has tips and phone numbers for the safety, fun, and well being of our participants while in Detroit.
Although AAG has sought the best information we could to help AAG 2025 participants arrive safely and enjoy their stay, our sharing of these resources in good faith does not constitute an endorsement.
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center, 400 Renaissance Drive,
Detroit, MI, 48243
+1 313-568-8000
$238/night – standard king
$238/night – standard double
$278/night – room with a view (specify king or two double beds)
Special room rates expire March 3, 2025.
The official AAG room block at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center is sold out on some nights and has very limited availability on other nights.
If you are unable to book a room for your preferred dates, a list of nearby hotels is below. This list of hotels is provided as a helpful resource and does not imply endorsement by AAG.
Courtyard Detroit Downtown
333 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, MI 48226
Distance from Huntington Place: 0.5 miles
Fort Pontchartrain, a Wyndham Hotel
2 Washington Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226
Distance from Huntington Place: 1 block
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Detroit Downtown – Fort Shelby
525 West Lafayette Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226
Distance from Huntington Place: 0.4 miles
Cambria Hotel Detroit Downtown
600 West Lafayette Blvd., Detroit, MI, 48226
Distance from Huntington Place: 0.5 miles
Atheneum Suite Hotel
1000 Brush St., Detroit, MI 48226
Distance from Huntington Place: 0.7 miles
Hilton Garden Inn Detroit Downtown
351 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI, 48226
Distance from Huntington Place: 0.8 miles
This list is provided as a helpful resource and does not imply endorsement by AAG.
Getting Around the neighborhood
Navigating between the Marriott Renaissance Center and the Huntington Place Convention Center
There are three ways to get from the Marriott Renaissance hotel to the Huntington Place convention center and back:
- People Mover—take a free and scenic ride around the neighborhood on this monorail. It departs the Renaissance Center on Level 2, Tower 200 on the 400 E. Jefferson Avenue side of the Renaissance Center (or from across the street inside the Millender Center at 300 E. Jefferson Ave.) and makes a wide, one-way circle around the neighborhood, eventually ending up at Huntington Place in less than 15 minutes. It’s an even shorter ride back down Jefferson Avenue to the Marriott, as it’s the last leg of the route.
- Walk—stroll for about 13 minutes along Jefferson Avenue until you reach Huntington Place, which is visible just a little more than a half mile southwest of the Marriott.
- City bus—for $2/trip take the 3, 9, or 2222 bus from the designated bus stops across from the Marriott and ride the short 9-minute ride to Huntington Place.
On-site Childcare
AAG is again making an investment to subsidize CAMP AAG, a full-time, professionally-managed and staffed on-site childcare service. Our provider, Accent on Children’s Arrangements, Inc. (ACCENT), will offer age-appropriate activities for children ranging from 6 months to 17 years of age (separated into age-appropriate groups) including curriculum-enriched, hands-on, creative activities, arts and crafts projects, active games, and more.
To ensure that your child has a space, please pre-register and pay prior to March 16.
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CARPOOL information
If you plan on carpooling to the annual meeting, you can set up your carpool and then email meeting@aag.org with your personal carpool link.
Check back often to find the developing carpool links below:
Carpool 1
Justify Your Trip
Requesting funding from your university, company, or organization to attend the Annual Meeting? The AAG provides language below for all prospective attendees to use to help with the funding request process.
- Become part of an international community of geographers. Join thousands of
geographers and related professionals from 60+ countries who attend the Annual Meeting. - Present your research. Showcase your work at any stage for constructive feedback and advice with a paper or poster presentation.
- Collaborate and connect. Engage with other scholars in the field, explore potential
collaborations, and make lifelong connections with important figures in the discipline. - Broaden your horizons. Discover the many facets of geography by meeting new people and attending sessions on unfamiliar topics.
- Never stop learning. Earn continuing education credit for your professional licenses or accreditation by participating in workshops, presenting your research, and attending sessions.
- Network to get work. Attend career mentoring sessions, visit our Jobs & Careers Center, and participate in professional development workshops. The Exhibit Hall also features dozens of organizations from academia, government, and the private sector that are looking to hire talented geographers.
- Stay up-to-date. Keep an eye on current technologies and best practices in your facet of the discipline at technical workshops, the Exhibit Hall, and cutting-edge session presentations.
- Explore! The AAG Annual Meeting changes locations each year, allowing attendees to explore and discover new places in addition to all the conference has to offer.
Travel to the United States
Invitation Letter
The AAG provides a formal invitation letter to help with the visa submission process. The general visa form letter will allow you to fill out your contact information, then save or print a copy for your records.
If you have already registered and would like your abstract and/or session title included in your invitation letter, please use the custom visa form.
Download a general visa letter Download a custom visa letter
Visa Information
Visa requirements often change and vary by country, so be sure to visit the U.S. State Department website for the latest information when planning your trip. If you need a visa, be sure to apply early. We recommend applying three to four months before your date of travel to allow sufficient time to process your application.
Travelers entering the United States under the Visa Waiver Program need a valid ESTA approval. The Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) is an online application process used to determine the eligibility of visitors to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program and ESTA.
Additional tips and information about visa requirements are available from The National Academies International Visitors Office.
AAG Event Policies
We strive to create a professional and safe environment for all during AAG events. As part of this effort, we require all attendees to read our policies, so that they can agree to the questions during the registration process.
Review our policiesCOVID-19 Information
AAG’s first priority is the health and safety of Annual Meeting attendees and partners. Our goal is to hold a safe event, recognizing it is not possible to remove all risks, in particular concerning COVID-19.
In keeping with local and state guidelines and policies, AAG will not require attendees to show proof of vaccination or wear masks during Annual Meeting events. We recommend that attendees receive all available vaccinations and boosters in advance of the meeting, and wear masks when participating in indoor activities. Masks and hand sanitizer will be available to attendees throughout the meeting spaces.
AAG will follow CDC public health recommendations, and federal, state, and local regulations applicable at the time of the AAG Annual Meeting. AAG will put policies and measures in place to provide a safe environment for all attendees, and AAG may change, update, or add to these requirements at any time as it deems prudent to best protect the health and safety of attendees and others.