Conference Presentations Other conference activities Invited lectures

Conference Presentations

2012

Living on Earth-III Workshop (NSF EPSCoR), St. Thomas, USVI (invited)

First International Conference on Urbanization in the Arctic, Nuuk, Greenland (invited)

Iowa EPSCoR All-Hands Meeting, 2012, Iowa City, IA

Experience in Creative Economy-2012, Toronto, ON (invited)

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York, NY

Arctic Human Development Report II Workshop, Copenhagen (invited)

International Polar Year Conference, Montreal, QC

State Polar Academy, Russia (keynote)

2011

ReSDA Annual Meeting, Yellowknife, NWT

Arctic Human Development Report II Workshop, Copenhagen (invited)

ReSDA/Inuvialuit Baseline Indicators, Yellowknife, NWT (invited)

International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences VII, Akureyri, Iceland

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA

Geopolitics, Resources and Security: Asia and the Arctic in the 21st Century, Ottawa, ON (keynote)

Living on Earth-II Workshop (NSF EPSCoR), Anchorage, AK (invited)

2010

Arctic Perspectives in the 21^st Century, Naryan-Mar, Russia (invited)

International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference, Oslo, Norway

Arctic Social Indicators-II Workshop, Roskilde, Denmark (invited)

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

State of the Arctic Conference, Miami, FL

Kohn Colloquium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (invited)

2009

IPY Early Career Scientists Symposium, Victoria, BC (poster)

West Lakes AAG Meeting, Saint Paul, MN

Third Nordic Geographers Meeting, Turku, Finland

Russian-American Conference on Issues in Higher Education, St. Petersburg, Russia (invited)

105^th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

2008

Aboriginal Population in Transition Workshop, Edmonton, AB (invited presentation)

5th Northern Research Forum Open Assembly, Anchorage, AK (invited participant)

International Arctic Social Sciences Association Meeting, Nuuk, Greenland

Canadian Association of Geographers Meeting, Quebec City, QC

104^th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

2007

Geography: Science and Education in the Society-School-University System, St. Petersburg, Russia (invited presentation)

Canadian Regional Science Association Meeting, Mississauga, ON

Canadian Association of Geographers Meeting, Saskatoon, SK

Canadian Population Society Meeting, Saskatoon, SK

Geological Association of Canada-MAC Meeting, Yellowknife, NWT

North and Nordicity: Representations of the North, Toronto, ON

International Association of Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST) Meeting, Montreal, QC (by L. Ruus)

103^rd Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

2006

Federalism, power and the North: Governance reforms in Russia and Canada, Toronto, ON

53^rd North American Regional Science Association Meeting, Toronto, ON

102^nd Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

2005

Geography of and for public policy and West Lakes Division of the AAG Annual Meeting, Iowa City, IA

12^th Russian Geographic Society Meeting, Kronshtagt, Russia

Canadian Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON

Canadian Population Society Annual Meeting, London, ON

Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, London, ON

101^th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

2004

Canadian Population Society Annual Meeting 2004, Winnipeg, MB.

100^th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

2003

West and East Lakes AAG Divisions Annual Meeting, Kalamazoo, MI

Canadian Population Society Annual Meeting 2003, Halifax, NS.

99^th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

8^th State of Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, MO

2001

Geology at School and University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Territorial Differentiation and Regionalization in the Modern World, Smolensk, Russia

Social and Ecological Problems of the Baltic Region, Pskov, Russia

Social and Economic Problems of Regional Development, Smolensk, Russia

Migration Situation and Migration Policy in the Central Russia, Smolensk, Russia

2000

Russia and Canada: Aspects of Collaboration, St. Petersburg, Russia

Quality of Life and Social Policy in Regions, Penza, Russia

Informatics: Research and Innovations, St. Petersburg, Russia

11^th Russian Geographic Society Meeting, Arkhangel’sk, Russia

Herzen Readings: Annual Conference of the Geographical Faculty of the Herzenl University, St. Petersburg, Russia

1999

Geology at School and University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Herzen Readings: Annual Conference of the Geographical Faculty of the Herzenl University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Students Scientific Conference, State Pedagogical University of Russia

1998

Natural and Historic Specifics of Russia and Russian Geopolitical Concepts, St. Petersburg, Russi

Herzen Readings: Annual Conference of the Geographical Faculty of the Herzenl University, St. Petersburg, Russia

1997

A Sustainable Baltic Region, Krakow, Poland

Herzen Readings: Annual Conference of the Geographical Faculty of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia

Other conference involvement

Conference organizer, chair and discussant:

2009 AAG-2009 Organizer and chair (various sessions), AAG Meeting, Washington, DC

2009 AAG-2009 Organizer and chair (various sessions), AAG Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

2008 AAG-2008 Organizer and chair (various sessions), AAG Meeting, Boston, MA

2007 AAG-2007 (San Francisco, CA):

Post-socialism I: Transnationalism and post-soviet subjects – Chair

Post-Socialism II: Changing Geographies of the Russian-speaking America -- Chair, Organizer

Post-socialism IX: Geographic Change in the Siberia and the Russian Far East -- Organizer

Post-socialism X: Economic and regional restructuring -- Discussant

North and Nordicity: Representations of the North (Toronto, ON):

Panel session: North in History – Moderator

2006 AAG-2006 (Chicago, IL)

Post-socialism III – Chair

Post-socialism IV – Chair

2005 12^th Russian Geographic Society Meeting (Kronshtadt, Russia)

Global Challenges section – Coordinator

2004 International videoconference (Cedar Falls, IA-St. Petersburg, Russia)

2004 – Year of Presidential Elections in Russia and the USA – Coordinator

1995 10^th Russian Geographic Society Meeting (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Member of the logistics committee

Invited lectures and presentations

Workshop Presentation: “Population Dynamics of the Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North in the Post-Soviet Period” [Aboriginal Population in Transition Workshop, Edmonton, AB]

Young Researcher Presentation: “Convergence or Divergence? Comparing Economic Development Policies in the Canadian and Russian North” [Northern Research Forum, Anchorage, AK]

Conference Presentation: “Remapping Russia: An Alternative Approach to Regionalization of Russia” [Geography: Science and Education in the Society-School-University System, St. Petersburg, Russia]

Course guest lectures “Spatial Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Spatial Auto-Correlation, Spatial Interpolation” GGR 273 GIS and Mapping II University of Toronto [2006 and 2007, Instructor Oliver Sonnentag]

Course guest lecture “Spatial Analysis in GIS: Making Sense of Nonsense Using Statistical and Geostatistical Techniques (Elections-2004)” GGR 273 GIS and Mapping II University of Toronto [2005, Instructor Claus Rinner]

Videoconference lecture “Current state and development of the geography education system in Russia” University of Northern Iowa, USA [2004]

Public lecture “2004 Presidential elections in Russia: A geographic analysis” University of Northern Iowa, USA [2004]

Course guest lectures: “Geographies of Russia” Intermediate Russian. University of Northern Iowa, USA [2002, 2003, 2004, Instructor Maria Basom]