The Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge and Rights Commission (IPKR) is a newly established commission within the International Geographic Union (IGU), approved by the IGU Executive Committee at the 2006 IGU Brisbane Conference in July 2006. 

It is a pleasure to invite you to attend the international conference and meeting of the IPKR to be held in Taipei, Taiwan on October 29-November 3, 2007, hosted by the Geographical Society of Taiwan. 

Some parts of the meeting and the field excursion will be held in conjunction with a meeting of the IGU Commission on Islands