The overview below shows the daily structure and the parallel sessions running in each room.
Session language is marked as English or SK/CZ. The full detailed programme with individual papers is available as a PDF:
The book of abstracts is available here:
Plenary sessions take place in the RB0A5 – Aula at Šrobárova 2,
parallel sessions in the Sokrates and Platón buildings at Moyzesova Street 9.
Selected events (Didactic Day, ERC Grants) take place in the Rectorate Building at Šrobárova 2.
► 10:00 – Registration – RB0A5 Aula entrance
► 14:00 – 14:30 – RB0A5 – Aula – Opening ceremony
► 14:30 – 16:00 – RB0A5 – Aula – Keynote lectures
♦ Prof. Nathalie Lemarchand – Recycling shopping areas
♦ Prof. Zoltán Kovács – Challenges of sustainable cities and possible answers
♦ Prof. Jakub Langhammer – From maps to AI: How technology is transforming geography and the work of geographers
► 16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee break
► 16:30 – 18:00 – Parallel sessions
♦ Sokrates – AS2P1 (English) · US-GI1 – Urban Sustainability, GIS and Green Infrastructure
♦ Sokrates – AS2P2 (English) · PG1 – Geopolitical Transformations across Eurasia: Power, Influence and Identity
♦ Platón – AP1P1 (SK/CZ) · TA-US1 – Geographical Thought and Urban and Regional Transformations
♦ Platón – AP1P2 (SK/CZ) · HG1 – Energy Transition, Regional Development and Spatial Inequalities
►19:00 – Welcome gathering (wine reception) – Sokrates building, canteen
► 08:30 – 12:00 – Registration – Sokrates building, entrance
► 09:00 – 10:15 – Parallel sessions
♦ Sokrates – AS2P1 (English) · PH-LS1 – Landscapes and Landforms: Change, Assessment and Perception
♦ Sokrates – AS2P2 (English) · GE1 – Geography Education in the Digital Era
♦ Platón – AP1P1 (SK/CZ) · HG2 – Urban Mobility: Public Transport, Methods and Challenges
♦ Platón – AP1P2 (SK/CZ) · PG2 – Borders and Borderlands: Geopolitical, Historical and Tourism Perspectives
► 10:20 – 15:00 – Poster session (authors present at the posters until 11:00) – Sokrates building
► 10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee break
► 11:00 – 12:30 – Parallel sessions
♦ Sokrates – AS2P1 (English) · SI1 – Socio-spatial Inequalities and Spatial Justice
♦ Sokrates – AS2P2 (SK/CZ) · HG-SI1 – Demographic Change, Public Services and Spatial Justice
♦ Platón – AP1P1 (SK/CZ) · HG3 – Migration, Integration and Cultural Geography
♦ Platón – AP1P2 (SK/CZ) · GE2 – Geography Education and Geographies of Schooling: Curriculum, Content and Choice
► 12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch break
►13:30 – 15:00 – Parallel sessions
♦ Sokrates – AS2P1 (English) · US1 – Metropolitan Development and Urban Systems
♦ Sokrates – AS2P2 (SK/CZ) · PG3 – Electoral Geography, Political Behaviour and Political Discourse
♦ Platón – AP1P1 (SK/CZ) · PH-LS2 – Landscape Change, Management and Historical Geography
♦ Platón – AP1P2 (SK/CZ) · GI1 – Geoinformatics, Remote Sensing and Participatory Mapping
► 15:15 – 17:15 – RB0A5 – Aula – General Assembly of the Slovak Geographical Society (SGS)
► 17:15 – 19:15 – Sokrates – AS2P1 – General Assembly of the Association of Slovak Geomorphologists (ASG)
Accompanying programme
► 15:30 – 19:00 – Optional guided museum visits
► 08:30 – 10:00 – Registration – Sokrates building, entrance
► 09:00 – 15:00 – Posters on display – Sokrates building
► 09:00 – 10:30 – Parallel sessions
♦ Sokrates – AS2P1 (English) · RS1 – Remote Sensing and Earth Observation
♦ Sokrates – AS2P2 (English) · HG4 – Regional Development: Visions, Transformations and Heritage
♦ Platón – AP1P1 (SK/CZ) · HG5 – Local Development, Community Resilience and Territorial Cooperation
♦ Platón – AP1P2 (SK/CZ) · HG6 – Transport Networks, Mobility and Accessibility
► 10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee break
► 11:00 – 12:30 – Parallel sessions
♦ Sokrates – AS2P1 (English) · NH-HE1 – Natural Hazards, Human–Environment Interactions and Health
♦ Sokrates – AS2P2 (English) · HG7 – Migration, Identity and Human Capital
♦ Sokrates – AS2P3 (SK/CZ) · HG-SI2 – Socio-Economic Geographies and Spatial Inequalities across Scales
► 12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch break
► 13:30 – 15:00 – Parallel sessions
♦ Sokrates – AS2P1 (English) · US-E3 – Urban Transformation, Heritage and Sustainable Infrastructure
♦ Sokrates – AS2P2 (SK/CZ) · PH-LS3 – Spatial Analysis and Monitoring of Land Surfaces and Ecosystems
♦ Sokrates – AS2P3 (SK/CZ) · US-HG1 – Urban Mobility and Temporalities: Planning, Safety and Sustainability
► 16:00 – 18:00 – ERC Grants for geographers (SK/CZ) – Rectorate Building, Historical Aula
► 19:00 – 24:00 – Conference dinner – DKC Veritas, Dominikánske námestie 8
► 08:30 – 10:00 – Registration – Sokrates building, entrance
► 10:00 – 12:00 – Panel discussion – Rectorate Building, Historical Aula
♦ ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ Dana, doc. RNDr.,PhD., Katedra sociální geografie a regionálního rozvoje, Univerzita Karlova v Prahe
♦ FARÁRIK Peter, Mgr. NIVAM, Bratislava
♦ ŠINDELÁŘ Michal, RNDr., PhD., Gymnázium Kodaňská, Praha
♦ LÓŠKOVÁ Jana, RNDr., PhD., Základná škola, Hroncova, Košice
♦ LIŠČÍK Vladimír, Mgr., Gymnázium Pavla Horova, Michalovce
►12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch break
► 13:00 – 13:30 – TAKTIK publishing house presentation – Rectorate Building (RA2C02)
► 13:30 – 15:00 – Workshop: How to Teach Controversial Topics in Geography Education – Rectorate Building (RA2C02)
► 15:00 – 16:00 – Presentation: Map of Victims of Communism – Rectorate Building (RA2C02), followed by optional museum visit
♦ HRIC Pavol, Ing. a BOBOVČÁK Oliver Mgr., Múzeum obetí komunizmu v Košiciach, Moyzesova 24
► 09:00 – Full-day and half-day field excursions – meeting point in front of the Sokrates Building
The organisers reserve the right to make adjustments to the programme.