Hilo here we come!
2026 Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Annual Meeting
The University of Hawai'i, Hilo, and Hawai'i Community College, Hilo, are pleased to host the 88th Annual Meeting of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, October 22-24, 2026. Field trips will be on Thursday, October 22; Paper sessions on Friday and Saturday, October 23-24, ending with the Awards Banquet Saturday evening.
Before you register, please visit the Hilo Conference website for full details, including Field Trip (Huaka'i) descriptions and event options.
In order to register, you need to login as a member. If your APCG membership is current (2026), the registration system will recognize you, but you MUST login with your APCG Member email address. It is the primary key by which the registration system recognizes members.
If you were a member in 2025 but haven't renewed, your email address should be recognized to make renewal for 2026 easy. If you've never been a member you'll have to join before registering--just click on membership page , complete the form, and pay. You'll be sent an email with your membership information, including a password. Then return to this conference registration page to complete the process. If you were a member in the past and use the same email address to rejoin, your old information will be pulled up, which you can edit.
The option to register a Guest appears at the end of the registration process. Here it means a guest who will attend the conference sessions and keynote addresses. If your guest will only attend a Field Trip or have meals, leave this blank. WARNING: once you've finished registering you cannot make changes. If you need to make changes after registering, contact Bob Richardson for help.
PRESENTERS: To submit a paper, poster, Interactive Web Map, or Story Map, go to the ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PORTAL. Student Presenters who wish to be in the Awards Competition must submit an additional application. Details will be found at https://apcgweb.org/grants-and-scholarships/
If you wish to propose a conference session, go to the CONFERENCE SESSION SUBMISSION PORTAL.
ABSTRACT DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 15.
Payment for registration is through AffiniPay (part of WildApricot) at the end of the registration process. You may also pay by check (payable to APCG, with "Hilo 2026" in the memo line, sending it to:
Bob Richardson
2731 Catania Way
Sacramento, CA 95826
Contact Bob Richardson (richardsonrt@csus.edu) if you experience registration problems.
If you have questions about the conference, contact Alana Rader at Lewis and Clark College or Drew Kapp at Hawai'i Community College.
---REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!---
Please note: the APCG is able to refund the Conference Registration Fee and Membership Fee to Indigenous Hawaiian and Pacific Islander conference attendees upon request. This refund does not apply to fees for HuakaŹ»i and/or Meals. Indigenous Hawaiian and Pacific Islander conference attendees requesting a Conference Registration Fee and Membership Fee refund are asked to send their request to APCG Treasurer Bob Richardson at richardsonrt@csus.edu.
