{"id":1861,"date":"2019-08-29T08:48:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T08:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/geo\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2020-03-31T13:24:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T13:24:14","slug":"national-geography-conference-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/geo\/index.php\/2019\/08\/29\/national-geography-conference-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"National Geography Conference-2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cPower of Geography for National Development\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Department of Geography together with Sri Lanka Association of Geographers (SLAG) organized the \u2018<strong>National Geography Conference 2019<\/strong>\u2019, under the theme of \u201c<em><strong>Power of Geography for National Developmen<\/strong><\/em>t\u201d.\u00a0 The conference was held on\u00a0<strong>29<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0August 2019<\/strong> at the Auditorium, Department of Economics from 9.00 am \u2013 5.00 pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime objective of the conference was to share knowledge and experience for the betterment of the national development in the context of Geography. Geography is one of the most demanding subject, among the social sciences stream and holds a significant position both in global and local academic activities, since it has a positive link with the country\u2019s economy, society and environment. The Geographers\u2019 contribution in this regard are immense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The year 2015 was a turning point in the history of the SLAG, where the association turned into a new chapter with the intention of \u2018A new way forward\u2019, electing new office bearers in Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April 2015. Prof. Lasantha Manawadu, Head\/Dept. of Geography, University of Colombo worked hard to re-activate the operational process of SLAG for calling an AGM to elect a new team. Since then, the SLAG has published the \u2018Geography Thorathuru\u2019 newsletter (Sinhala and Tamil languages), conducted district\/regional level seminars for Advanced Level students, prepared a data base containing information of members and publications, established a website and a facebook page for SLAG, conducted advance certificate course for Advanced Level Teachers in collaboration with the Department of Geography, taken necessary steps to enhance SLAG memberships, revised the membership fees, launching \u00a0the SLAG e-journal and organizing upcoming National Geography Conference-2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, SLAG is one of the co-founding member, among the 22 Geography Associations from different Asian countries, which was established on 07<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0December 2018 at the 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Asian Conference on Geography in\u00a0<strong>Guangzhou, China<\/strong>. Accordingly, SLAG has played a remarkable role to achieve its mission and to contribute national economy. 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