Since the ICOS conference in Pisa in 2005, research in the field of toponymy has taken new directions. This conference aims to consolidate toponymy developments from around the world and will be a forum for considering new academic and practitioner knowledge as it applies to indigenous identity and theoretical toponymy.

Trends in Toponymy will bring together researchers from diverse fields including linguistics, toponymy, history, geography, surveying, and indigenous studies.

The conference will include presentations by leading academics and practitioners from Australia, Norway, Finland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africaand the United Kingdom.

The conference aims to explore the following themes:

• Indigenous toponymic identity
• Minority toponyms
• Microtoponymy
• Indigenous onomastics
• Toponymic theory

The conference will produce a fully refereed publication along with working papers.