Jumbo (Hello)

We are excited to share these IALE 2023 World Conference Updates with IALE Community:

1. IALE 2023 Congress schedule and Program details:

• IALE 2023 World Conference Preliminary Program (June 17)

2.  IALE 2023 Pre-conference Workshops

• Note - all the Pre-conference workshops, except #7, are scheduled for July 09
• Click here for the Pre-conference Workshop Registrations   

3. IALE 2023 Excursions & Tours

• Click here for Excursions & Logistics page
• Click Here Community Excursion Board to link up with other IALE 2023 attendees and organize for Excursion/Tours group rates.

4.  Foreign Scholar Travel Award (FSTA)

The IALE 2023 Foreign Scholar Travel Award Committee reviewed more than 30 applications, selected 14 candidates, and “Award Letters” have been sent out to the winners. There will be a formal announcement of the 2023 FSTA awardees on the IALE 2023 Website, and they will be recognized during the opening ceremony. 
The Organizing committee wishes to express our sincere thanks to the FSTA Review Committee:

• Prof. Chris Shisanya - Department of Geography, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
• Dr. Esther Munyiri - Director, Global Tourism Resilience & Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), Eastern Africa, Kenya
• Dr. Ramesh Krishnamurthy- Wildlife Institute of India
• Prof. Dolors Armenteras - Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling Lab - ECOLMOD, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
• Prof. Henry Bulley - BMCC, City University of New York, USA

5. Registered attendees 

1. All registered attendees will receive an invitation (shortly after this update) to create your virtual IALE 2023 profile on Whova.com.
2. You will get a chance to create your name badge online and print it onsite. Here is a sample name badge:

6. Road to Magical Nairobi (#video Shorts)

IALE 2023 is in 3 weeks, and we want to raise the excitement meter on the webpage and social media.  So, we are inviting all attendees to submit 30 – 60 seconds video shorts. 

1. Use the IALE 2023 logo:

1. Send your video short to iale.2023@mak.ac.ug and vennitaevents13@gmail.com
2. We will feature the video shorts on the IALE 2023 website and there will be a voting for the top 2 video shorts.  The two winners will receive authentic “Kenyan kikoy”, see samples below:

7. IALE 2023 Merchandise

We are pleased to inform IALE community that we will soon have merchandise available for purchase online (and pick up later) or purchase on-site in Nairobi. These include IALE 2023 themed T-shirts, kikoys, shukas, etc:

Feel free to contact the IALE 2023 organizers via iale.2023@mak.ac.ug and vennitaevents13@gmail.com.  We look forward to seeing you in Nairobi in July!

Karibu sana (welcome) to Nairobi

Prof. Joy Obando (IALE 2023 LOC Chair) & Prof. Simon Onywere (IALE 2023 LOC Cochair)