23rd Géo’rizon Symposium – “Polar Worlds”

December 21, 2017, 8:30 a.m. - December 21, 2017, 6:00 p.m.

On December 21, the23rdGéo’rizon©Symposium will be held, organized by theDepartment of Geography & Planningatthe Faculty of Sciences and Mountain Studiesof the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB). Following “Latin America,” “The Street,” “The Balkans,” “The Island,” “Geography and the Arts,” “Canals and Dams,” “East Asia,” “Drinks! Drinks Around the World,” “Regionalism and Separatism in Europe,” “East Africa (Tanzania, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti),” “Diaspora(s),” “European Metropolises,” “Anti-World(s),” “Getting Lost in the Forest,” “Mountains of the South,” “Geography of Crises,” and “The Indian World,” “A World of Waste,” and “Geographers and Climate Change,” “Geography of Celebrations, Celebrating Geography! ,” “Geography of Poverty,” “Six Years After the Arab Spring,” the Department of Geography & Planning is pleased to welcome four speakers on the theme “Polar Worlds.” The lectures will be held at the USMB Presidency in Chambéry.

on the agenda

As has been the custom since the first edition in December 2006, four speakers from other universities (Poitiers, Bordeaux Montaigne, Paris-Sorbonne, and Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis) will present during the day before participating in the closing roundtable discussion titled “Polar Regions and Contemporary Challenges ”:

  • 8:30–9:50 a.m. : Antoine DELMAS (Research Engineer, University of Poitiers) will give a lecture titled “In Search of the Last Icebergs: Challenges in the Development of Polar Tourism”
  • 10:15 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.: Sylvain GUYOT (University Professor, Bordeaux Montaigne University) will address the question “Ushuaia (Argentina) and Punta Arenas (Chile): Two Antarctic Cities?”
  • 1:45 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.: Denis MERCIER (Professor, Paris-Sorbonne University) will speak on the topic “Heat Wave in the Arctic! The Geomorphological Consequences of Ice Melt”
  • 3:25 PM – 4:45 PM: Eric CANOBBIO (Associate Professor, University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis) will discuss the topic “Geopolitics and Development Models in the Arctic”

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