Join us for this can’t-miss meeting with opportunities to participate in person and online.
The Presidential Plenary and other high-profile sessions will be streamed live for all participants, and some will accommodate both in-person and virtual presenters. Most other sessions will be designated either virtual or in-person. Virtual offerings will offer greater access opportunities for students and those who are not able or willing to travel, especially from outside the United States.
We invite you to organize and get involved in sessions, workshops, field trips, special events, and activities and we look forward to seeing you virtually and in Honolulu.
In addition to visiting this page, watch for weekly annual meeting Geogram emails and check AAG’s social media feeds for updates.
What will each experience look like?
Virtual Experience:
- Present in a virtual session (paper, poster, panel)
- Watch all live virtual and streamed in-person sessions
- Access all recorded session content for 90 days
- Participate in Presidential and other high-profile live-streamed in-person sessions
- Interact with in-person attendees in some select sessions that will accommodate both virtual and in-person presenters.
In-person Experience:
- Present in an in-person or virtual session (paper, poster, panel) – your choice!
- Watch all live virtual sessions
- Access all recorded session content for 90 days
- Participate in in-person sessions, workshops, keynotes, fieldtrips, and other activities
- Interact with virtual attendees in some select sessions that will accommodate both in-person and virtual presenters.
Registration Fees
| ENDS SEPT. 21 | ENDS FEB. 15 |
THROUGH APRIL 20 | |||
| HONOLULU REGISTRATION (includes virtual access) | |||||
| Member | $475 | $550 | $595 | ||
| Member: Student, Developing Regions, Under/Un-employed, Retired | $190 | $190 | $190 | ||
| Non-Member | $835 | $1,050 | $1,435 | ||
| Family/Guest | $185 | $215 | $245 | ||
| VIRTUAL REGISTRATION | |||||
| Member | $245 | $285 | $345 | ||
| Member: Student, Developing Regions, Under/Un-employed, Retired | $95 | $95 | $95 | ||
| Non-Member | $495 | $625 | $775 | ||
| Family/Guest | $55 | $55 | $55 | ||
| Please note that virtual registration is non-refundable. | |||||
To register a companion/spouse or as a K-12/educator/student, contact meeting@aag.org.
To offer a full range of attendance options, while covering the costs of a hybrid meeting, AAG has increased the 2024 registration fees. AAG annual meetings operate on a break-even pricing model (i.e., fees cover the cost of participation). For more information, visit our FAQ page.
Media inquiries: Please contact us to obtain your press pass.
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 30: Abstract Submission deadline
- December 19: Session Organizing deadline
- January 18: Program Released
- February 29: Abstract/Session Editing and
Presentation Conversion deadlines - March 14: Program Finalized
- April 16-20: 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.
Tuesday, April 16 – Saturday, April 20
- 7:20 AM – 8:40 AM Sessions
- 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM Sessions
- 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM Sessions
- 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM Lunch Break
- 1:20 PM – 2:40 PM Sessions
- 3:00 PM – 4:20 PM Sessions
Please note: In setting our session times this year, we have taken into consideration that the majority of attendees will originate from the U.S. mainland or Europe and will wake up early due to jetlag. Ending sessions 40 minutes early will allow time for attendees to visit the beach before a near 7:00 PM sunset. For example, 7:00 AM – 4:40 PM Hawaiian Time = 1:00 PM – 10:40 PM Eastern Time.
View the session gallery
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.
PDF Program
Prefer to peruse a PDF version of the 2024 annual meeting program? Use this print-friendly, fully accessible guide to find your sessions.
Careers & Professional Development Center
Featuring more than 60 panels and workshops focused on career preparation 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. It will be located on the Third Floor of the Hawai’i Convention Center. Sponsored by 
Student day
Thursday, April 18, is dedicated to student research, workshops, and activities for all levels of education. In addition, look for specialized student offerings throughout the week.
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THEMES
The themes of AAG 2024 connect our meeting and academic offerings to the ecologies, history, and cultures of our host location in Hawai‘i, affirming the interconnectedness of place and beings here and around the world. These themes will shape keynotes and special events during the meeting. We also intend them to offer food for thought for impromptu conversations and connections. You may choose to edit your submitted abstracts, sessions, posters, and discussions to reflect one or more of these themes (optional).
Reciprocal Scholarship
ʻAʻohe pau ka ‘ike i ka hālau hoʻokahi
Literally: “All knowledge is not taught in the same school.” Figuratively: One can learn from many sources.
Reciprocal scholarship is a method of inquiry that prioritizes non-extractive research and community-building engagement. This theme is appropriate for all presentations at AAG2024 that examine ways to create and sustain reciprocity in scholarship and practice.
Colonialism and Resources
He aliʻi ka ‘āina, he kauwā ke kānaka
Literally: The land is a chief; humans are its servant. Figuratively: Land has no need for humans, but humans need the land and work it for a livelihood.
Colonial systems and militarism have disrupted and damaged relationships of people to land and water, leading to conflicts, displacement, bloodshed, subjugation of people and other species, and extractive practices that deplete and threaten life. This theme identifies and examines how exploitative economic and governing systems have damaged the earth and our relations, and asks how we can rectify their harm and move beyond them.
Recovery and Restoration
Mōhala i ka wai ka maka o ka pua
Literally: Unfolded by the waters are the faces of the flowers. Figuratively: Flowers (metaphor for children/people) thrive where there is water, as thriving people are found where living conditions are good.
There is urgency to pursue ways of recovery and restoration in the face of centuries of extractive social and economic systems, degradation of land and species, and increasing humanmade climate change. This theme examines the agency we have to create better relationship to place, land, and water in this time of need.
Nodes
Building on the success of the nodes model in 2023, the AAG is working with key institutions with the goal of hosting 10 nodes for the 2024 meeting, many with their own unique programming, as well as access points and coordinated activities for the annual meeting.
Each node will be based on a “watch party” concept, with access to streamed content from the annual meeting, allowing attendees to watch sessions together. Node organizers also have the option of adding their own unique programming and coordinated activities along with access points for the annual meeting. Node attendees are not required to register for the annual meeting unless an attendee wishes to present in a virtual session at the meeting. AAG encourages nodes to provide refreshments.
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Contact: Kathryn Anderson
Location: Binghampton, NY
Contact: Wan Yu
Location: Washington, DC
Contact: David Rain
Location: Livingston Campus, Piscataway, NJ
Contact: Kelly Bernstein
Location: Boulder, CO
Contact: Emily Yeh
Location: Bellingham, WA
Contact: Aquila Flower
Location: American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Contact: Christopher Archuleta
View the programBy invitation only
Contact: Dydia DeLyser
Contact Oscar Larson to learn more.
Watch the information session
Exhibit Hall
Plan to visit the AAG 2024 exhibit hall. See all of your favorite exhibitors and discover new ones you haven’t met yet!
Hours:
(Subject to change)
- April 17-18: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- April 19: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Thank you to our sponsors
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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: Reciprocal Scholarship
AAG President Rebecca Lave will discuss with Núbia Beray Armond (Indiana University Bloomington), Aurora Kagawa-Viviani (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) and Melanie Malone (University of Washington at Bothell) how they engage deeply with the communities in which they work: on water access in Hawai‘i, climate justice in Rio de Janeiro, and soil contamination in community gardens in the Seattle area.
Learn more
AAG Honorary Geographer: Charles Nainoa Thompson
This voyager and inspiring storyteller has led many journeys of Hōkūleʻa, a traditional double-hulled canoe, to reconnect with the diverse cultures and lands of Polynesia using only the stars, the winds, and the waves. As AAG’s 2024 Honorary Geographer, he is recognized for his ground-breaking efforts in reviving ancestral wayfinding practices and policy-shifting advocacy on behalf of the health of our planet.
More details coming soon!
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AAG Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography: Margaret Wickens Pearce
Cartographer and founder of Studio1:1, a cartographic artistic practice, Pearce is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is dedicated to cartography as a form of writing that can combine and highlight narratives and dialogues across cultures and viewpoints. A focal point of her work is the application of cartography to express and elevate Indigenous geographies.
More details coming soon!
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. Sponsored by
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Geospatial Strategy for Development and Diplomacy
This high-profile panel session will highlight the importance of geospatial analysis, visualization, and insights to development and diplomacy. Patricia Solís (Arizona State University) will introduce panelists Carrie Stokes (USAID Chief Geographer and GeoCenter Director), Evelyn Michael (USAID GeoCenter Analyst and Coordinator of Geo Community of Practice), and Lee Schwartz (The Geographer and Director, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, U.S. Department of State).
Learn more
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.
Webinars
Preparing for Hawaiʻi
The AAG piloted a new approach that connects the conference more strongly to the place where it is held. To do that respectfully and well, we strive to learn more about Hawaiʻi by hosting a virtual learning series featuring Hawaiian speakers and perspectives on a broad range of environmental, political, and historical topics including Indigenous ecological knowledge and sovereignty. Recordings of each webinar are available below in case you missed these events.
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Engage in the Spirit of Reciprocity
Explore our resources that will help inform your visit to Honolulu and will support the community work of our hosts during AAG 2024 in ways that will be intentional, reciprocal, and meaningful.
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
- 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 #AAG2024
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 November 16, 2023.
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 November 16, 2023.
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 accessibility@aag.org. If possible, please make accommodation requests no later than one month prior to the meeting. This provides both the AAG and its contracted facilities lead time for ensuring optimal access, e.g. contracting with sign language interpreters.
Scooter/wheelchair rental
Plan your trip
Accommodations
The Hilton Hawaiian Village is a spectacular home for our annual meeting activities, sessions, and attendees! Sessions and related events will be held at both the Hilton Hawaiian Village and the Hawaii Convention Center. AAG has negotiated 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.
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort
2005 Kalia Road, Honolulu, HI 96815
+1 808-949-4321
SOLD OUT! $239/night – Resort view, single/double
SOLD OUT! $259/night – Partial ocean view, single/double
SOLD OUT! $279/night – Ocean view, single/double
$309/night – Rainbow Tower Marina ocean view, single/double (still rooms left at this rate)
SOLD OUT! $349/night – Ali‘i Tower ocean/partial ocean view, single/double
Special room rates expire March 20, 2024.
DoubleTree by Hilton Alana – Waikiki Beach
1956 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96815
+1 808-941-7275
$222/night – City Mountain View, 2 queen beds
$222/night – City Mountain View, 1 king bed
Special room rates expire March 15, 2024.
Flight discounts available
We are pleased to partner with Alaksa, Delta, and United Airlines to offer special airfare rates for 2024 AAG Annual Meeting attendees, reflecting discounts of up to 10 percent off published fares. To receive these special fares, you must reference the offer codes below when making reservations.
The pre-populated discount code is not available for all flights. You will see a small green check mark next to discount-eligible fares when selecting your flights.
You may also call the Alaska Airlines Group Desk at 1-800-445-4435 and refer to the American Association of Geographers discount code; however, a $15 per person service fee will apply. Alaska Airlines Group Desk hours of operation are Monday through Friday 6am-6pm PST, Saturday 7:30am-6pm PST, closed Sunday.
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To make flight reservations with United Airlines online please use discount code ZP25155296. MileagePlus members earn valuable miles for their travel when using the Meetings discount code.
You may also call the United Meetings Reservation Desk Monday – Friday at 800-426-1122 for booking assistance. Booking fees are waived for meeting reservations. International customers may contact their local United Reservation Desk. Discounts are based on published fares. Some restrictions may apply.
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Book your flight online via Delta’s website. You may also call Delta Meeting Network at 1-800-328-1111 Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. (EST) and refer to Meeting Event Code NM35N. Please note there is not a service fee for reservations booked and ticketed via our reservation 800 number.
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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 April 5.
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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. The automated process has a cost of $21 USD.
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.
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