Philippine Geographical Society

As a professional organization for geography, the PGS has always been committed to the promotion and advancement of the discipline. Among the major activities the society has undertaken include the following:

2021

• International Conference on Geographical Studies (ICGS 2021) – Geographies of care: lives, spatialities, experiences, practices held virtually on November 4-5, 2021.

2020

• National Conference on Geographical Studies Lecture Series (NCGS-LS 2020) – Geography in the Midst of Disasters held virtually on December 19, 20120.

2019

• National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS 2019) – Tracing spatialities and entanglements in networked worlds held on November 15-16, 2019 at Pavilion 2, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City.

2018

• National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS 2018) – Mapping Spaces of Encounter held on November 12-13, 2018 at Palma Hall, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City.
• Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC), Debosyon (2013): A Discussion, UP Film Institute, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City, October 5, 2018.

2017

• National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS 2017) – Charting Philippine Geographies in the 21st Century held on November 10-11, 2017 at the University Hotel, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City.

2015

• UGAT-PGS (Ugnayang Pang-AghamTao-Philippine Geographical Society) Joint Conference 2015 – “Dagat ug Kinabuhi/Maritime Cultures, Spaces, and Networks” held on Oct. 22-24, 2015 at Siliman University, Dumaguete City.

2013

• Forum on Geographical Studies 2013 – “Research Engagements of Young Filipino Geographers and Visual Arts, Geography, and Ways of Doing” held on Nov. 26, 2013 at Palma Hall Audio-Visual Room 207, University of the Philippines Diliman.

2012

• Forum on Geographical Studies – “Research Engagements of Young Filipino Geographers” held on December 12 at Room 400 Palma Hall in UP Diliman, Quezon City.
• Philippine Geographical Society’s Pre-Annual Assembly

2011

• Participated in the 3rd Congress of the Asian Association of Urban and Regional Studies (AAURS #3) in Bangkok, Thailand.

2010

• National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS) 6 – “Because Place Matters: Revisiting Our Everyday Geographies”

2009

• National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS) 5 – “Mapping Sustainable Pathways for a Safer and More Resilient Greater Manila Region“

2008

• 4th National Conference on Geographical Studies -“Geographical Explorations of the Philippines: A Closer Look at Environmental Transformations in the Rural and Urban Settings“
• The SEAGA International Conference – “Geographies: Changing Environments, People, and Cultural Groups, Institutions and Landscapes”.

2007

• 3rd National Conference on Geographical Studies (NCGS3) – “The Emerging Housing Landscape of Metro Manila”
• Attended the annual meeting of the collaborators of the Challenges of Agrarian Transitions in Southeast Asia Project (CHATSEA) in Canada.
• National Conference on Geographical Studies 2007 (NCGS 2007) – “Issues and Trends in Geographical Research and Education.“

2006

• 2nd National Conference on Geographical Studies

2005

• First National Conference on Geographical Studies – “Mitigating Natural Disasters in the Philippines”

2004

• 54th Annual General Assembly