Meeting of Chilean leaders of geography

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the Regional Geographic Conference UGI2011 convened the Directors and representatives of geography courses in Chilean universities to a special, unique meeting.

Invited by the LOC President, those who participated were informed of the latest news arising and tasks performed in the preparation of the conference. After the presentations given by LOC, it was agreed to participate in the activities of the Scientific Commissions of the IGU aimed at developing the conference, also to draft a document describing the situation of geography in Chile.

From left to right:

Miguel Escalona U., Academic Secretary of the Geography courses at the Catholic University of Temuco; Pedro Mahuzier G., General Coordinator of UGI2011; Rodrigo Sanhueza C., head of the Geography course at the University of Concepción; Luis Alvarez A., professor of the Geography Institute of the Catholic University of Valparaiso; Manuel Munoz L., Director of the Geographic Sciences at the “Playa Ancha” Education Sciences University; Col. Juan Vidal G.-H., President of the LOC for UGI2011; Mónica Meza A., profesor of the Historic and Geographic Sciences of Tarapaca University; Oscar Liendo P., Director of the Geography courses at the Bolivariana University; Federico Arenas V., Director of the Geography Institute of the Catholic University of Chile; Hugo Romero A., professor of the Geography Department and Director of the Postgraduate School of the University of Chile; Hermann Manríquez T., Executive Secretary of the Scientific Sub-Commitee for UGI 2011.