The next American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting will be March 2025 in Detroit. The Urban Systems subsection of ISIE is organizing a paper session entitled, "Sustainable urban systems: concepts, models, and future outlook." Please see the attached pdf for full details (circulate it as well!). It is called a paper session, but it is really just 15 minute talks with 5 minutes of questions (just like ISIE meetings). We think AAG is an excellent opportunity for industrial ecologists to branch out into the world of spatial analysis/social theory and also for us to highlight the ways that methods and data from industrial ecology can complement other disciplines (esp. geography).
Please consider submitting an abstract by November 14, 2024. Don't worry if your abstract is rough (you can fix it later). It does not undergo strict peer review. We, Yuli and Ben, are the only ones who review the abstracts. We do this to ensure they fit the session and we have complete autonomy in deciding what gets accepted to the session. As long as your paper is generally related to environmental impacts of cities (methods, models, frameworks, etc.), you can be certain that we will accept it. Nonetheless, please email Ben (benjgo@umich.edu) and Yuli (y.shan@bham.ac.uk) with your abstract (or idea) before registering to ensure we can include you in the session prior to paying the registration fee (which is refundable before a certain date anyways).
Since AAG is a bit different than other conferences, I will outline the specific steps to submit an abstract:
1. Submit your abstract to Yuli and Ben.
2. Once you get a positive response from us, register for AAG. Note that it can be cheaper to pay to join AAG as a member and pay the reduced member fee for the conference than to attend as a non-member.
2. Formally submit your abstract via the AAG submission portal. You will receive a PIN number for your abstract (jot that down).
3. Send your PIN to Ben and Yuli so we can add you to our session.
Thanks,
Yuli and Ben
