Dear SAAG member. On behalf of the Organising Committee, we would like to remind you of abstract submission and registration deadlines for the 2019 Biennial Conference of the Southern African Association of Geomorphologists. The important information is summarised here. For more detailed information please visit our website. We look froward to having you with us this September!

Conference Information

12-15 September: Preconference Excursion: Soil erosion in the Tsitsa River Catchment, Eastern Cape

16-17 September: SAAG Conference paper presentations (Chintsa East, Eastern Cape)

18 September: SAAG Workshop - erosion process, land degradation and rehabilitation

Important Dates

Registration and abstracts due: 30 June

• Register and submit you abstract through our website.

Early registration fee payment deadline: 30 June

• Make payment directly into our bank account. Details are available on our website.

Fee Information

Early Bird

• Registered students: R 1400
• SAAG/SADC members:  R 1600
• Foreign delegates: 160 Euro

Standard Fees

• Local delegates: R 1800
• Foreign delegates: 180 Euro

Soil Erosion Workshop

• Students: R 380
• SAAG/SADC members: R 420
• Non-member: R 450

Presentations

Both oral and poster presentations in the field of geomorphology are invited. A PowerPoint projection facility will be available. Oral presentations will be 15 min + 5 for questions. To avoid parallel oral sessions, delegates may be requested to present posters, particularly where thematic sessions are well represented. Co-workers on projects with multiple papers are requested to arrange in advance with the organisers for thematic sessions comprising of joint poster/oral presentations.

Contact Information

Please contact the relevant conveners and organisers on their details below. 

Conference conveners: Paul Sumner (psumner@ufh.ac.za) and Werner Nel (wnel@ufh.ac.za), University of Fort Hare, SOUTH AFRICA

Conference co-organisers: Christel Hansen (christel.hansen@up.ac.za), University of Pretoria; David Hedding (heddidw@unisa.ac.za), University of South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA

Preconference excursion: Jay le Roux (lerouxjj@ufs.ac.za), University of the Free State, SOUTH AFRICA

Workshop: Heinz Beckedahl (hbeckedahl@gmail.com), University of Eswatini (Swaziland), ESWATINI; extraordinary member of staff: University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA

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