Call for Papers: 2026 CGA Conference
Our annual conference will be held this year on October 2nd and 3rd, 2026. This conference is one of CGA’s signature events, attracting spatial researchers and practitioners from across campus and around the globe. Our 2026 conference will be no exception, except for one key detail: it will also be our 20th birthday!
In recognition of the occasion, the theme of this year’s conference is “Celebrating Geographic Analysis: Past, Present, and Future”. We’ll be seeking contributions from across geography, the social sciences, and the humanities that illuminate, spark discussion, and point the way to the methods, questions, and data required for impactful and exciting research that increases our understanding of the world around us and helps improve it.
We are pulling out all the stops and invite you to be part of the excitement. The conference will be held October 2nd and 3rd, and will feature two days of keynotes, talks, panels, and workshops. And of course, as always, there will be lots of time for informal networking.
New for this year, alongside our call for talk submissions, we will be issuing calls for workshops and panels.
Abstract Submission
We welcome presentation submissions on any contemporary geographic analysis topic, including applied research, data, methods, and training. Given limited space on the program, accepted abstracts may be accepted for full presentation, lightning talk, or poster.
Abstract submission deadline: June 15, 2026
Paper / Presentation Abstract Submission Form Click Here
Panel and Workshop Proposal Submission
This year we are excited to welcome proposals for workshops and panels. We are especially keen to receive expressions of interest in the areas of curriculum development, applied spatial machine learning and AI, methods and data training, and early-career professional development.
Panels may be on any geographic analysis topic.
Abstract submission deadline: June 15, 2026
Panel Proposal Submission Form Click Here
Workshop Proposal Submission Form Click Here
Conference dates
October 2–3, 2026
Conference Schedule Overview
Workshops (free to conference registrants with a separate registration) will be held the morning of October 2, 9am–12pm. The main conference will open at 1pm in the Rubenstein Treehouse on October 2, with plenary keynote and sessions until 6pm. On October 3, the conference will run approximately 9am–6pm, with lunch and coffee breaks provided for all conference registrants.
Venue
Harvard's David Rubenstein Treehouse, located across the river from CGA’s offices, in the Enterprise Research Campus, directly across Western Ave. from the Harvard Business School.
Registration
We are currently accepting conference registration through our registration form. Registration fees are $25 for Harvard students, $50 for Harvard non-students, $100 for non-Harvard students, and $175 for non-Harvard, non-students (regular attendees).
Preliminary program will be released August 1.
Questions, ideas? Feel free to contact us. We are happy to engage!