SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICAN GEOGRAPHERS (SSAG)

7^th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 2007

8 – 10 July 2007

PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA

THEME

SSAG2007 PROGRAMME
Sunday 08 July – Wednesday 11 July 2007

Sunday 08 July

• 14h00 – 18h30: Registration desk opens (Venue: Conference Centre Foyer)
• 15h00 – 18h00: SSAG Council Meeting (Venue: Council Chamber)
• 19h00 – Tea/coffee and refreshments (Venue: Conference Centre Foyer)

Monday 09 July

• 08h00 – 08h30: Late registration (Venue: Conference Centre Foyer)
• 08:30 – 08:45: Opening by the NMMU Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research, Technology and Innovation (Prof. M Jeena) (Venue: Conference Centre Theatre) 
• 08h45 – 09h30: Keynote address: Environmental Science, Geography and Sustainable Development (Prof P. Omara Ojungu) (Venue: Conference Centre Theatre)
• 09h35 – 12h45: Parallel sessions (Venues: See Sessions Programme)
• 12h45 – 13h45: Lunch (Venue: Conference Centre Dinning Room)
• 13h45 – 14h30: Keynote address: Environmental Change in Drylands: Human impacts and the scope for remediation (Prof T. Parsons) (Venue: Conference Centre Theatre)
• 14h30 – 17h10: Parallel sessions (Venues: See Sessions Programme)
• 17h15 – 18h45: SSAG AGM (Venue: Conference Centre Theatre)
• 18h45 – 19h15: poster session (Venue: Conference Centre Foyer)
• 19h00 – Cocktail party (Venue: Conference Centre)

Tuesday 10 July

• 08h30 – 09h15: Keynote address: Reflections on challenges and prospects of Geographical Research in the development of Africa (Dr Joy Obando) (Venue: Conference Centre Theatre)
• 09h15 – 13h05 – Parallel sessions (Venues: See Sessions Programme)
• 13h05 – 13h50: Lunch (Venue: Conference Centre Dinning Room)
• 13h50 – 14h35: Serton Memorial Lecture: The South African Census and the Imperial Link (Prof A.J. Christopher) (Venue: Conference Centre Theatre)  
• 14h35: Fieldtrip
• 18h00 Conference dinner (Venue Tsitsikamma Restaurant - Boardwalk Casino)

Wednesday 11 July

• Post Conference Excursions to Tsitsikamma, Southern Drakensberg and Dunefields.

The full sessions programme can be viewed in as a pdf file: SSAG 2007 programme sessions.

Venue:

The conference venue will be the NMMU Conference Centre (building 7) located on the Summerstrand North Campus.

Accommodation details are available on this website.

Port Elizabeth Weather

South African weather service

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Enquiries and submissions:

All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the email address below.

Contact Information
SSAG2007  conference organiser
	Phone: 27 41 5042325 Fax: +27 41 5042340 E-mail: SSAG2007 Location: Summerstrand Campus (South)

Files you can download:
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	218kb	SSAG2007 registration form
	201kb	Conference centre map
	56kb	SSAG 2007 programme sessions
	167kb	SSAG 2007 programme