| View Preliminary Program Online
A searchable preliminary program with an agenda of sessions, plenary speakers, and specialty group meetings has been posted to the AAG Annual Meeting website. The program can be browsed by presenter, keyword, title, or specialty group. Attendees and participants may also view sessions by day using the calendar of events.
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Downtown LA: Always Changing
By Jennifer Mapes  | | A view south on Broadway with the Tower and Orpheum Theaters at left and the Eastern Columbia building further down on the right. (Photo: Jennifer Mapes). |
"In a city known for its sprawl, it is easy to forget that Los Angeles has a center," writes Jennifer Mapes, Kent State University. This article featuring the host city of the 2013 AAG Annual Meeting, Mapes notes that downtown Los Angeles rarely comes to the imagination. Instead, she observes that we tend to envision beaches, starred sidewalks, or sprawling suburbs. However, downtown LA is a place layered in history and multi-faceted stories.
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| Special Guest Speakers Here are a few of the many distinguished speakers you will see at the Annual Meeting in Los Angeles: - Charles Mann, science and technology author
- Jared Diamond, author and professor of geography at UCLA
- Michael T. Jones, Google's chief technology advocate
- Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University
- Michael Dear, professor of City and Regional Planning UC Berkley
- Jack Dangermond, president and founder of Esri
- Gilbert Grosvenor, past president and chief executive of National Geographic
- And many more!
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| Important Dates - Feb. 28 - Complete edits to abstracts and sessions
- March 15 - Early registration discount ends
- April 9-13 - AAG Annual Meeting
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