2022 Annual Meeting
Pennsylvania Geographical Society
4 November 2022
The 2022 Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society will be held at the Holiday Inn Johnstown-Downtown in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The meeting is sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown.
Registration for the meeting will open on 1 September 2022 at noon. All registrants receive lunch as part of the registration fee. Participants who register by 21 October 2022 will receive a $10 discount on registration fees.
Paper presentations are limited to 15 minutes; abstracts, of a maximum of 200 words, should be submitted with registration. Posters and maps will be on display all day on Friday.
Please visit the PGS website for poster size restrictions, and posters must be mounted in such a way that they may be displayed on an easel (e.g., on cardboard). Abstract submissions for papers and posters will not be accepted after 21 October. No exceptions! You will be required to submit your abstract information on-line through the PGS web site.
This year’s Distinguished Geographer and Guest Speaker is Dr. Michael Glass from the Urban Studies Program, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh.
Suggestions for workshops, organized paper sessions and thematic discussion panels are also welcomed. Please contact the meeting co-chairs, Frank Galgano (francis.galgano@villanova.edu) or Ola Johansson (johans@pitt.edu) if you are interested in running a workshop or special session.
ALL STUDENTS WHO PRESENT A PAPER OR POSTER AT THE MEETING WILL HAVE THEIR REGISTRATION FEES REIMBURSED AFTER THE MEETING.
Students are encouraged to enter the paper contest or the Elaine F. Bosowski poster contest and cash awards are presented to the best graduate and undergraduate student papers, maps or posters displayed at the annual meeting. Any graduate or undergraduate student who registers for the PGS meeting is eligible. Separate competitions will be held for undergraduates and graduates, and cash awards are presented for the best papers and maps/posters at each level. Students may enter the paper or map/poster contest simply by checking the appropriate box on the registration form when registering for the conference. For more information, please visit the PGS website: http://www.thepgs.org/studentawards
The meeting venue is the:
Holiday Inn Johnstown-Downtown
250 Market Street
Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15901
Discounted rooms are available at the Holiday Inn
You may make a reservation at this number: 814-535-7777
Or, using this on-line link: reservation
Rooms are $114.99 per night plus tax. Please note that the reservation cut-off date is Saturday, 1 October 2022. Any reservations received after 1 October or after the contract block is full will be based upon availability of both space and rate.
Parking is free.