Upcoming Events
October 13 to 17, 2025
IGU JOINT CONFERENCE ON EXPLORING LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE CHANGE, HEALTH, AND BIODIVERSITY IN A CHANGING WORLD
IGU Conference in Lima, Peru, organised by IGU-CHE and five other IGU Commissions, with the local organiser being Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP). Taking place from October 13 to 17, 2025.
Registration still open here
IGU JOINT CONFERENCE ON EXPLORING LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE CHANGE, HEALTH, AND BIODIVERSITY IN A CHANGING WORLD
IGU Conference in Lima, Peru, organised by IGU-CHE and five other IGU Commissions, with the local organiser being Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP). Taking place from October 13 to 17, 2025.
Registration still open here
10-11th December 2025 4thAnnual Health Geography Symposium - online - registration open till 1st of November 2025
27th of Februrary 2026 IGU CHE India Health Geography Symposium - Online - Registration soon
Past Events in Health Geography
10-11 December 2024
3rd Annual online Health Geography Symposium for PhD / Emerging Researchers
3rd Annual online Health Geography Symposium for PhD / Emerging Researchers
December 2023
2nd Annual online Health Geography Symposium for PhD / Emerging Researchers
2nd Annual online Health Geography Symposium for PhD / Emerging Researchers
15th of December 2022
1st Annual online Health Geography Symposium for PhD / Emerging Researchers
Abstract Submission 30th of November 2022
Registration under:
https://forms.gle/pjgH7gaofvq2DUdTA
1st Annual online Health Geography Symposium for PhD / Emerging Researchers
Abstract Submission 30th of November 2022
Registration under:
https://forms.gle/pjgH7gaofvq2DUdTA
3 - 16 June 2023
IGU CONFERENCE ON HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CHANGES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD in Bucharest and Danube Delta, Romania
IGU CONFERENCE ON HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CHANGES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD in Bucharest and Danube Delta, Romania
18-22 July 2022
IGU/UGI Centennial Congress in Paris, France
The International Geographic Union will reach its 100th anniversary in 2022. To celebrate this creation, the evolution of the discipline over the last century, and its contemporary and future significance, the French Committee of Geography (CNFG) is organizing an extraordinary conference, gathering geographers from all the continents.
IGU/UGI Centennial Congress in Paris, France
The International Geographic Union will reach its 100th anniversary in 2022. To celebrate this creation, the evolution of the discipline over the last century, and its contemporary and future significance, the French Committee of Geography (CNFG) is organizing an extraordinary conference, gathering geographers from all the continents.
19-24 June 2022
International Medical Geography Symposium 2021 in Edinburgh, Scotland
International Medical Geography Symposium 2021 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Summer 2022
GeoSaúde 2022, Lisbon, Portugal
GeoSaúde 2022, Lisbon, Portugal
16-20 August 2021
International Geographical Congress, Istanbul, Turkey
International Geographical Congress, Istanbul, Turkey
25-28 September 2019
The 3rd CEGOT International Meeting, with the topic Territorial Cohesion and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Coimbra, Portugal
The 3rd CEGOT International Meeting, with the topic Territorial Cohesion and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Coimbra, Portugal
8 July 2019
One Day Workshop: Using geography to enhance health research and policy
Melbourne, Australia
One Day Workshop: Using geography to enhance health research and policy
Melbourne, Australia
4-5 July 2019
Contempory Issues in Food and Food Security
An International Conference of the Hungry Cities Partnership (supported by the IDRC and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) and the Commonwealth Geographical Bureau
in Maputo, Mozambique
Contempory Issues in Food and Food Security
An International Conference of the Hungry Cities Partnership (supported by the IDRC and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) and the Commonwealth Geographical Bureau
in Maputo, Mozambique
10 - 11 April 2019
PhD - Research workshop “Health Equity in a Globalizing Era” , Maastricht, The Netherlands
more information here
PhD - Research workshop “Health Equity in a Globalizing Era” , Maastricht, The Netherlands
more information here
25 -26 September 2018
International Seminar Geography & Health, held at Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil
International Seminar Geography & Health, held at Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil
4-6 June 2018
IGU Thematic Conference dedicated to the centennial of the Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia / supported by IGU CHE
2-5 August 2018
Pre-Conference Workshop on Health, Healthcare and the Environment, Kingston, Ontario, Canada / supported by IGU CHE
6-10 August 2018
International Geographical Union Regional Conference " Accounting for Difference", Quebec City, Canada / supported by IGU CHE
29th August - 01 September 2017
Annual International Conference of Research Group on Geographies of Health and Wellbeing, London, UK
11-15 September 2017
IGU Thematic Conference on Land Use/Cover Changes, Biodiversity, Health and Environment, Local and Regional Development, Bucharest & Tulcea, Romania / additional information on the conference here / supported by IGU CHE
26-29 September 2017
14th International Conference on Urban Health, Coimbra, Portugal
Health Equity: The New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals
14-16 December 2017
12th International Seminar on Medical Geography " Health, Ethics and Migration" in Perugia, Italy / supported by IGU CHE
7-9 July 2017
Geographies of Food and Food Security - An International Conference of the Hungry Cities Partnership, Maputo, Mozambique
2-7 July 2017
17th International Medical Geography Symposium, Anger, France / supported by IGU CHE
27 June - 1 July 2017
VIII National Symposium of Health Geography, V International Forum of Health Geography, Dourados, Brazil
Health on the Border and the Frontier(s) of Health. English description and program here
17-19 March 2017
Xth IGU International Thematic Conference Urbanization, Health & Well Being and Sustainable Development Goals, Hyderabad, India
1-4 September 2016
28th Annual Conference of International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Rome, ItalyParagraph. Zur Bearbeitung hier klicken.
21-25 August 2016
The 33rd International Geographical Congress - Shaping Our Harmonious Worlds, Beijing, China / supported by IGU CHE
Information on the Beijing, China IGU Travel Grant Program
18-21 August 2016
Pre-Conference to the IGC on Health Geography, Xi'an, China - more information here / Event by IGU CHE
Information on the Beijing, China IGU Travel Grant Program
IGU Thematic Conference dedicated to the centennial of the Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia / supported by IGU CHE
2-5 August 2018
Pre-Conference Workshop on Health, Healthcare and the Environment, Kingston, Ontario, Canada / supported by IGU CHE
6-10 August 2018
International Geographical Union Regional Conference " Accounting for Difference", Quebec City, Canada / supported by IGU CHE
29th August - 01 September 2017
Annual International Conference of Research Group on Geographies of Health and Wellbeing, London, UK
11-15 September 2017
IGU Thematic Conference on Land Use/Cover Changes, Biodiversity, Health and Environment, Local and Regional Development, Bucharest & Tulcea, Romania / additional information on the conference here / supported by IGU CHE
26-29 September 2017
14th International Conference on Urban Health, Coimbra, Portugal
Health Equity: The New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals
14-16 December 2017
12th International Seminar on Medical Geography " Health, Ethics and Migration" in Perugia, Italy / supported by IGU CHE
7-9 July 2017
Geographies of Food and Food Security - An International Conference of the Hungry Cities Partnership, Maputo, Mozambique
2-7 July 2017
17th International Medical Geography Symposium, Anger, France / supported by IGU CHE
27 June - 1 July 2017
VIII National Symposium of Health Geography, V International Forum of Health Geography, Dourados, Brazil
Health on the Border and the Frontier(s) of Health. English description and program here
17-19 March 2017
Xth IGU International Thematic Conference Urbanization, Health & Well Being and Sustainable Development Goals, Hyderabad, India
1-4 September 2016
28th Annual Conference of International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Rome, ItalyParagraph. Zur Bearbeitung hier klicken.
21-25 August 2016
The 33rd International Geographical Congress - Shaping Our Harmonious Worlds, Beijing, China / supported by IGU CHE
Information on the Beijing, China IGU Travel Grant Program
18-21 August 2016
Pre-Conference to the IGC on Health Geography, Xi'an, China - more information here / Event by IGU CHE
Information on the Beijing, China IGU Travel Grant Program
30 May – 10 June 2016
Climate Change and Health Research Methods Course at the Umeå University, Sweden
Climate Change and Health Research Methods Course at the Umeå University, Sweden
9th December 2015
2nd Hamburger Symposium zur regionalen Gesundheitsversorgung, Hamburg, Germany
3rd of November 2015
Fourth ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on the Use of GIS in Public Health, Seattle, Washington
04-06 October 2015, Davos, Switzerland
3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015
Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration for global public and animal health
24 and 25 September 2015, Solihull, UK
Public Health England annual meeting on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research
More information here
22-25 September 2015
VII Geosaude, Brasil / supported by IGU CHE
17-21 August 2015
International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Conference, Moscow, Russia / supported by IGU CHE
Official Meeting and presentation of Young Researcher Network on Health Geography
Last version programme here
14-16 August 2015
Pre-Conference Commission on Health and the Environment, Vladimir, Russia / Event by IGU CHE
Official Meeting and presentation of Young Researcher Network on Health Geography
5-10 July 2015
International Medical Geographic Symposium (IMGS), Vancouver, Canada / supported by IGU CHE
Official Meeting and presentation of Young Researcher Network on Health Geography
2nd Hamburger Symposium zur regionalen Gesundheitsversorgung, Hamburg, Germany
3rd of November 2015
Fourth ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on the Use of GIS in Public Health, Seattle, Washington
04-06 October 2015, Davos, Switzerland
3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015
Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration for global public and animal health
24 and 25 September 2015, Solihull, UK
Public Health England annual meeting on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research
More information here
22-25 September 2015
VII Geosaude, Brasil / supported by IGU CHE
17-21 August 2015
International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Conference, Moscow, Russia / supported by IGU CHE
Official Meeting and presentation of Young Researcher Network on Health Geography
Last version programme here
14-16 August 2015
Pre-Conference Commission on Health and the Environment, Vladimir, Russia / Event by IGU CHE
Official Meeting and presentation of Young Researcher Network on Health Geography
5-10 July 2015
International Medical Geographic Symposium (IMGS), Vancouver, Canada / supported by IGU CHE
Official Meeting and presentation of Young Researcher Network on Health Geography