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International Federation of Surveyors
Fédération Internationale des Géomètres Internationale Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure |
FIG Newsletter – June/July 2022 |
Dear Colleague,
The editorial of GIM Magazine describes the upcoming Congress much better
than we can: "From
11-15 September, the surveying world will gather in Warsaw, Poland, where
FIG and the Polish Surveyors are organizing the 27th FIG Congress. Surveyors
from all over the globe will finally be able to meet one another again in
person after having only seen each other ‘on screen’ for the past couple of
years. Therefore, it will undoubtedly be a festive celebration of the
surveying profession! And FIG has always stood up for this profession,
looking out for its interests to the best of the association’s ability."
GIM Magazine also brings an interview with the three President Candidates, Abbas
Rajabifard, Diane Dumashie and Orhan Ercan. This interview is one way of getting to
know the candidates better. You can also dive into video presentations of
all candidates for President and Vice President.
This month in the "FIG and the SDG's" series we have come to the Africa Regional Network. Also please check our corporate member of the month. Is your company going to be one of the next FIG Corporate members of the month?
Read more in this issue of FIG Newsletter of what to expect from the Congress and General Assembly, and we hope to see you in a couple of months in Warsaw, Poland!
FIG General Assembly 2022 - watch the presentation videos
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We are facing a very exciting General Assembly in 2022 with
elections for President and two Vice Presidents. 2022 also marks the
final year of the current Council and Commissions. There will
be one online session on 4 September 2022 which is
one week before the FIG Congress and two on-site sessions
during the Congress - on 11 and 15 September.
When the General Assembly agenda is ready it will be published on
the web site and sent
by email to all members.
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GIM Magazine: May the best candidate win!
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Have you received or read the latest GIM magazine? In this issue
4-2022 you will find an article with questions to the three President
candidates. We encourage you to read/download the latest issue - and please do not
forget to also read the editorial. |
FIG Congress 2022 - Join us in September
The local organisers from SGP - the Polish Association of Surveyors - together with FIG, are looking forward to meeting you at the FIG Congress which takes place only once every 4 years. The Congress marks the final year of the current leadership of FIG, the council and commissions and there will be elections for a new President and new Vice Presidents.
What to expect
An exciting programme is awaiting you. A rich programme with many sessions, hand-picked keynote speakers, networking possibilities will meet you in Poland, and of course you also need to give yourself some time to enjoy wonderful Warsaw and Poland.
Keynote sessions
Each day two 1-hour keynote sessions will set the scene:
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Monday 12 September 2022 |
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| 1 | 9:00-10:00 | Geospatial Excellence for a Better Living - Digitalisation and Modern Surveying and Cadastre in a Post-Covid19 Era |
| 2 | 10:00-11:00 | Urban Rural Partnership - It`s a matter of territorial justice ! |
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Tuesday 13 September 2022 |
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| 3 | 16:00-17:00 | Land Governance in support of the 2030 Global Agenda |
| 4 | 17:00-18:00 | The
Future is here |
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Wednesday 14 September |
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| 5 | 900-10:00 | Mapping the Plastic |
| 6 | 10.00-11:00 | Technology and Visualisation for the Future |
Read more about the keynote sessions
Technical programme
The full technical programme offers more than 60 sessions with special sessions, sessions organised by the Commissions, Networks, Task Force together with the Local Organisers from Poland, and includes more than 400 submitted abstracts and papers.
The draft technical programme is now availabe. Please note that there might be changes still to the sessions. Soon, a confirmation email with session information will be sent out to all authors. Authors who will attend in person in Warsaw will be given time in the session for a presentation. Online attendance gives access to a limited number of sessions however with no possibility to present.
Please also check the Programme at a glance which gives an overview over the activities during the conference days as well as the overall session programme.
Pre events
Get the full experience. Join one of the pre-events that FIG and the local organisers are preparing.
| Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 Sept. | Young Surveyors Conference |
| Saturday 10 Sept. | Mining Surveying Workshop |
| Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 Sept. | Reference Frames in Practice |
| Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 Sept. | Multi-Sensor-Systems Workshop |
| Saturday 10 Sept. | Surveying and BIM Classroom |
| Saturday 10 Sept. | ArcGIS Parcel Fabric - Esri |
Support your Young Surveyors to attend both the Congress and the Young Surveyors conference:
Plan your trip
What to do:
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Register now for the conference, pre-events, dinners and secure your ticket - we recommend you to book onsite, however if you are not able to travel you can also get access to a selected number of sessions through online participation. Book you flight Special LOT Polish Arlines offer for attendees Book technical and social tours Get to know the host city and country better. Check the variety of tours |
We cannot wait to meet again in person
The FIG Congress 2022 gives passionate professionals the opportunity to:
- - Learn globally – with participation from around 80-90 countries
- - Learn across silos, from other countries, industries and professional roles – with sessions and representation from the broad range of surveyors and geospatial experts
- - Make impacts on careers, organizations and communities
Although we have learned that online meetings work well, the face-to-face presence brings an extra layer to a conference experience, such as:
- - the live networking opportunities
- - the possibility to meet new and reconnect with old colleagues
- - the precious non-distracted time
- - the special FIG community feeling
... which you will bring home with you in your back-pack of special experiences and adventures mixed with new knowledge, ideas and food-for-thought from the technical programme.
More information available at the conference web site: www.fig.net/fig2022
Follow the congress preparations on FIG Social media:
Thanks to all Congress sponsors, partners and exhibitors
NEWS FROM FIG
FIG and the
Sustainable Development Goals - Africa Regional Network
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Chair of the Africa Regional Jennifer Whittal gives her Statement on the sustainable development goals in relation to ARN
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FIG Corporate member of the Month
Geo Reference Engineering Consultants
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The Corporate Member of the Month June is Geo Reference, an engineering consultancy firm specialized in provision of topographic, planimetric and cadastral mapping.Geo Reference has been member of FIG since 2017 Read more Do you want your company to be one of the next Corporate Members of the Month then contact FIG office. |
ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
June 2022
Tony Burns, Australia, Fletcher Wright, United States,
Kate Fairlie and Kate
Rickersey, Australia: How
to Conceptualize a PPP for Land Administration Services: Understanding the
Private Sector and Commercial Feasibility. This article uses the
experience from drafting the Costing and Financing Land Administration
Systems (CoFLAS) Tool (UN-HABITAT, 2015), drafting and piloting the
Operational Toolkit, and the Land PPP consultation process (2018-2019), to
provide practical take-aways for governments, development partners and
private sector implementers. This paper is an updated version of earlier
work published under the 2020 World Bank Annual Land and Poverty Conference
and the FIG Working Week 2020 Read
more
July 2022
Dogus Guler and Tahsin Tomralioglu, Turkey: 3D
Description of Condominium Rights in Turkey: Improving the Integrated Model
of LADM and IFC. This article improves the previous conceptual model that
links the classes of LADM and entities of the IFC schema
such that it covers a detailed delineation of condominium
rights. In 2021 Dogus Guler received the FIG
Foundation Ph.D. scholarship incl a travel grant to the FIG
Congress to present this successfully peer reviewed paper. Read
more
UPCOMING EVENTS
6-8 July 2022, China
5th GIS Software Technology Conference (GTC) 2022
Web site:
http://www.gistc.com/en/gtc2022/
11-15 July 2022, San Diego, CA, US
Esri User Conference 2022, the worlds largest GIS conference
Web site: https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/save-date
11-15 September 2022, Warsaw, Poland
FIG Congress
Web site: www.fig.net/fig2022
10-14 October 2022, Hyderabad, INDIA
Second Unied Nations World Geospatial Information Congress
UNWGIC 2022
Web site:
https://unwgic2022.github.io/
18-20 October, Essen, Germany - NB Special offer
Special offer through FIG: Special fee for the 3-day
conference (incl expo). Please register at:
https://www.messe-ticket.de/HINTE/INTERGEOCONFERENCE2022/ and use the
code: FIG-Special-INTERGEO to get the discounte fee.
This offer is valid until 31 August 2022
24-26 October 2022, Berlin, Germany
International Symposium on the History of Cartography. 'The Surveying
Turn in Cartography: Revolutionizing maps and charts in the 18th and
19th Centuries' - organized by the International Cartographix
Association's Commission on the History of Cartography and the
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library). Web site: https://history.icaci.org/berlin-2022/
Call for papers
26-28 October 2022, Sevilla, Spain
FIG Commission 7 Meeting, organised in conjunction with TOPCART2022
SEVILLA - Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Ingeniería Geomática y Topográfica
Special registration fee for FIG members with a discount
Submit a paper to the event: https://coigt.idloom.events/topcart2022
9-11 December 2022, Hong Kong
International Conference on Geomatics Education - Challenges and Prospect -
organized by the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics. Supported
by FIG Commission 2
Read
more here
Kind regards,
Ms. Louise Friis-Hansen
Director
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