This congress, which takes place from 22th to 25^th October in València, has the motto: “Crisis y espacios de oportunidad. Retos para la geografía” (Crisis and opportunity spaces. Challenges for the Geography). During four days, it will meet more than 250 experts Geography, who will discuss the main challenges that are facing the society in these years of global changing.

In this edition, the congress will be about four themes: geography field next to the crisis’ challenges; global changing and sustainability; territory model and imbalances and existing territorial politics; and the territorial heritage as basis of a new productive model.  

Geography, a key in territory study

Following this line, Farinós points out that the interdisciplinary nature that characterized the geographer makes possible its management in different fields, which have the aim of all that affects the territory. “It can be abstractly defined the economic processes or environmental processes, but at the end that has a territorial impact and the geographers are the more appropriated experts to understand which are the effects and how can be managed from the point of view of the cartography management; to see how it affects the model next to determined situations; and the effects and impacts that one can expect of what is happening” highlighted Farinós.

The opening conference will be given by Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Professor of economic geography at London School of Economics, entitled “La geografía del descontento en la Unión Europea” (The Geographies of EU Discontent) on Thursday, October 24^th. In addition, on Friday, October 25^th, last day congress will be done two round tables: one about climate change, effects and adaptation strategies in Spain; and other about perspectives for the institutional teams of the Spanish Geography and its internationalization in 21^st Century. The closing conference  will be done by the expert geographer, full university Professor of Regional Geographic Analysis, Josefina Gómez Mendoza, who will give the presentation “Una agenda para la Geografía Española en el siglo XXI” (A planner for the Spanish Geography in the 21^st Century).

More information at:
https://congresos.adeituv.es/XXVIAGE-Valencia2019/ficha.es.html