Place : Société de Géographie, 184 Bd Saint-Germain, Paris – Grand Amphithéâtre

Master of Ceremony: Antoine le Blanc, co-president of the Local Organizing Committee
 

• 2pm      Opening video. Opening talk, by Antoine le Blanc.

 
Opening speeches
 

• 2:05pm  Mr. President of the Société de géographie, Jean-Robert Pitte
• 2:10pm   Mr. President of the CNFG, Amaël Cattaruzza
• 2:15pm   Mrs. and Mr. President of the Local Organizing Committee, Nathalie Lemarchand et Jérôme Verny
• 2:20pm  Mr. President of the IGU, Mike Meadows
• 2:25pm  Video interlude

 
IGU Awards Ceremony, by Ronald Abler, President of the IGU Awards Committee

• 2:35pm  Distinguished Geographical Practice Award

1. Professor Liu Yansui, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2. Professor Yugo Ono, Sapporo
3. Professor Rachel Pain, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University
4. Professor Bruce G. Thom, Vaucluse, NSW

 

• 2:50pm Early Career Award 

1. Dr Tomoko Kubo, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
2. Dr Kean Fan Lim, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), School of Geography, Politics & Sociology, Newcastle University
3. Professor Shuai Wang, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University
4. Dr Yuanyuan Yang, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences
5. Dr Komali Yennetti, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton

 

• 2:05pm  IGU Lauréat d’Honneur

1. Mrs. Kath Berg, The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland
2. Professor Alan Lew, Department of Geography, Planning & Recreation, Northern Arizona University
3. Professor Yuji Maruyama, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
4. Professor Qin Dahe, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing

 

• 3:20pm  IGU Planet and Humanity Medal

1. Greta Thunberg
2. Jack Dangermond, Environmental Systems Research Institute, CEO

 

• 3:30pm   Video interlude: Hundred years of IGU
   
• 3:40pm  Flag handover ceremony

1. Presentation of the IGC Dublin 2024, by Niamh Moore
2. Presentation of the IGC Melbourne 2028, by Iain Hay
3. Flag handover, by Amaël Cattaruzza
    

• 4:00pm  Closing