Since its founding in 1904, the AAG has held an annual meeting for the geography community. The annual meeting offers upwards of 4,000 papers and presentations on topics as diverse as soil moisture, climate change, population dynamics, political instability, sustainable agriculture, natural hazards, urban landscapes, geography and militarism, and technologies such as
geographic information systems. Hands-on workshops on methods and technological tools are an important part of these meetings. The annual meetings also offer an extensive exhibit hall featuring publishers, technology companies, universities, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. Field trips are offered in the diverse locations that these conferences are held. Since the early 1990s, the AAG has hosted the "
World Geography Bowl" at the annual meeting, a
quiz bowl style tournament in which teams of students from the various regional divisions compete. The annual meetings are held in February, March, or April each year for four to five days. The most recent meeting was held in Detroit, Michigan between March 24–28, 2025, while the forthcoming meeting for next year will take place in San Francisco, California, between March 17–21, 2026, the annual meeting for 2024 was held in Honolulu, Hawaii from April 16–20, 2024. The 2023 meeting was held in Denver . During the COVID-19 pandemic, the meetings were held virtually (2020, 2021, and 2022). Prior to the shift online, the annual meetings were held in person in Washington D.C. (2019), New Orleans (2018), Boston (2017), San Francisco (2016), Chicago (2015), Tampa (2014), Los Angeles (2013), New York (2012), and Seattle (2011). The AAG also sponsors fall meetings based within each regional divisions of the organization. These regional divisions are groupings of several states in the United States, and include, Pacific Coast, Great Plains/Rocky Mountains, Southwest, West Lakes, East Lakes, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Middle States, and New England/St. Lawrence Valley. == Partnerships ==