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MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION
OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
KARAGANDA NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER ACADEMICIAN E.A. BUKETOV"
FACULTY OF BIOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION, DEDICATED TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
PhD in Geographical Sciences, PROFESSOR
KOZHAKHMET MURATKHAN KOZHAKHMETOVICH
May 21-22, 2026, Karaganda
Information Letter
The Department of Geography of the Faculty of Biology and Geography is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to participate in a scientific and practical conference with international participation, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the first head of the department, PhD in Geographical Sciences, Professor Kozhakhmet Muratkhan Kozhakhmetovich. Venue and Date:
The conference will be held on May 21-22, 2026, at the Faculty of Biology and Geography of the E.A. Buketov KarNIU (Karaganda, 28 Universitetskaya Street, Academic Building No. 3, 5th floor).
Contact Information:
The Department of Geography of the Faculty of Biology and Geography is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to participate in a scientific and practical conference with international participation, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the first head of the department, PhD in Geography, Professor Kozhakhmet Muratkhan Kozhakhmetovich.
Mailing Addresses:
100024, Karaganda, 28 Universitetskaya Street; E.A. Buketov KarNIU, Faculty of Biology and Geography, Department of Geography. Email: conf.80_MK_2026@mail.ru
Conference information is available on the website of the Faculty of Biology and Geography of the E.A. Buketov KarNIU: https://buketov.edu.kz/ru/page/faculty/faculty-bgf/geo
The conference will address a wide range of issues, including:
1. Current issues in economic and social geography;
2. Current Issues in the Physical Geography of Kazakhstan and Adjacent Territories;
3. Geography Teaching Methods;
4. Current Issues in Biodiversity and Conservation of Rare Species;
5. Global Warming;
6. Current State of Water Resources in Kazakhstan;
7. Geoecology and Environmental Protection;
7. GIS in Geography.
Conference Work Plan:
May 21, 2026: Participants' Arrival and Accommodation
May 22, 2026
8:30-9:30 Registration
10:00 - Conference Opening, Welcome Address, Plenary Presentations (Faculty of Biology and Geography).
14:00-18:00 - Sectional Sessions with Scientific Presentations and Discussions;
7:00 PM - Conference Summary
(BGF)
May 23, 2026: Tour, gala lunch, and departure of participants.
Conference Organization:
Meetings will consist of plenary, sectional, and poster sessions, in accordance with the main conference theme.
Additionally, roundtable discussions and methodological workshops are planned, primarily aimed at young scientists, doctoral students, master's students, and undergraduates. An electronic collection of conference materials is planned for publication.
Registration Fee:
Participation in the conference is free.
Tour:
A one-day tour is planned as part of the meeting.
Abstract Guidelines:
Abstracts should be 3 to 6 pages long and submitted electronically. Page parameters: 2 cm margins, portrait orientation, A4 size. Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, paragraph indentation: 1.25 cm, line spacing: 1.5 cm. Word hyphenation, styles, and page numbers are not permitted. The article text file must be provided in the FULL NAME.doc or FULL NAME.docx format. Abstracts will be accepted until May 1, 2026, by email to: conf.80_MK_2026@mail.ru
Article format example:
ARTICLE TITLE
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Surname, First Name, Patronymic
1 Authors
1 Organization, City, Country, Email
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Abstract. Justified alignment. The abstract should contain a brief summary of the purpose, materials, and methods of the study, as well as the main results.
Keywords: 4–8 keywords or phrases.
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Main Text. The conference organizers ask authors to adhere to the following structure when possible: introduction, materials and methods, research results and discussion, conclusions, acknowledgments (personal thanks, references to research projects, government assignment topics, etc.), and references.
Figures and tables are inserted into the text. Font size 11. They are numbered numerically in the order they appear in the text; references are provided in parentheses, for example, (Table X). Table and figure titles are placed above the table and figure and are centered.
Formulas are created in the built-in Microsoft Equation formula editor and are centered. Formulas in the text are numbered continuously, indicated in parentheses with numbers—(1), (2), etc.—on the right side. Only formulas referenced in the text are numbered.
References to references within the text are provided in square brackets. References are formatted as follows: (author, year of publication). Page numbers are included in the reference, if necessary. The bibliography is arranged in alphabetical order: Russian-language sources first, followed by foreign sources, and then references to online resources (with the date of access). No more than 20% of the bibliography is allowed to be references to the authors' works in the collection (self-citations).
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REFERENCES
For monographs, the following are indicated, separated by a period: 1) the authors' last names and initials, 2) the full title of the monograph, 3) place of publication, 4) publisher, 5) year of publication, 6) page numbers.
For periodicals, the following are indicated, separated by a period.