Closing Ceremony, IGU 100 Paris 2022
July 22, 2022, 2pm-4pm
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
- Professor Liu Yansui, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Professor Yugo Ono, Sapporo
- Professor Rachel Pain, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University
- Professor Bruce G. Thom, Vaucluse, NSW
- 2:50pm Early Career Award
- Dr Tomoko Kubo, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
- Dr Kean Fan Lim, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), School of Geography, Politics & Sociology, Newcastle University
- Professor Shuai Wang, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University
- Dr Yuanyuan Yang, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dr Komali Yennetti, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton
- 2:05pm IGU Lauréat d’Honneur
- Mrs. Kath Berg, The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland
- Professor Alan Lew, Department of Geography, Planning & Recreation, Northern Arizona University
- Professor Yuji Maruyama, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
- Professor Qin Dahe, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing
- 3:20pm IGU Planet and Humanity Medal
- Greta Thunberg
- Jack Dangermond, Environmental Systems Research Institute, CEO
- 3:30pm Video interlude: Hundred years of IGU
- 3:40pm Flag handover ceremony
- Presentation of the IGC Dublin 2024, by Niamh Moore
- Presentation of the IGC Melbourne 2028, by Iain Hay
- Flag handover, by Amaël Cattaruzza