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Article of the Month – January 2012
On the FIG web site we publish each month a paper called the Article of the Month. This is a high-level paper focusing on interesting topics to all surveyors. It can be picked up from an FIG conference or another event. The Article of the Month in January 2012 is written by John F. BROCK, Australia: Four Surveyors of Caesar: Mapping the World!. In this article you will hear about the masterpiece of cartography which highlights most of the men responsible for the Survey of the known World, along with aspects of Roman land surveying which underpinned the program of colonisation and settlement within the Roman Empire. The article is an excellent contribution to the FIG Working Week 2012 in Rome, Italy.
http://www.fig.net/pub/monthly_articles/january_2012/january_2012_brock.htm
FIG Working Week 2012 - Knowing to manage the territory, protect the environment, evaluate the cultural heritage – Rome 6-10 May 2012
FIG Working Week 2012 "Knowing to manage the territory, protect the environment, evaluate the cultural heritage" will be held in Rome 6-10 May 2012 at the Rome Cavalieri Hotel. We expect more than 1,200 participants from 100 countries to attend this main FIG conference next year. The conference is organised by Consiglio Nazionale Geometri e Geometri Laureati (CNGGL) and FIG. The main partner is FAO.
Enjoy the unique opening ceremony at one of the world leading music centres “Parco della Musica” where the opening speeches will be followed by an orchestral concert including classical music and film melodies and a welcome reception – all included in the registration fee.
Read much more about the Working Week at www.fig.net/fig2012 which is updated with information on registration, programme, social programme, exhibition, technical and social tours and accommodation. Conference hotel is the Rome Cavalieri, which is also the conference venue, are offered at a special rate. We recommend you to stay at this hotel and we are happy to offer a special rate for this hotel for participants for the Working Week.
The organisers have received more than 700 proposals. The programme is being designed, and confirmations of abstracts will be sent out in the first week of February 2012. Deadline for the submission of full paper is 8 March 2012.
The registration for the Working Week is open and the early bird registration is available until 21 February 2012.
https://www.fig.net/registrations/regform.asp?eventid=82
In connection to the FIG Working Week FIG organizes:
* The First Young Surveyors Conference 4-5 May in Rome
http://www.fig.net/fig2012/youngsurveyors.htm
* Joint technical seminar on reference frame in practice 4-5 May in cooperation with IAG
http://www.fig.net/fig2012/commission5.htm
* A traditional history workshop Rome 4-5 May.
http://www.fig.net/fig2012/history.htm
Please notice that there are separate registration forms for the Working Week, Young Surveyors Conference, and History Workshop.
*· Working Week web site:
http://www.fig.net/fig2012
* Registration:
https://www.fig.net/registrations/regform.asp?eventid=82
· Template for paper, template.doc
http://www.fig.net/fig2012/fig_2012_template.doc
* Template for paper, template.dotx
http://www.fig.net/fig2012/fig_2012_template.dotx
“Young Surveyors: Knowing to create the future” - FIG First Young Surveyors Conference, 4-5 May in Rome, Italy
The first FIG Young Surveyors Conference will be held in conjunction with the FIG Working Week in Rome, Italy. The aim of the conference is to create a platform for young surveying professionals to network, to develop a vision for the future of the Young Surveyors Conference and to provide FIG Commissions with ideas on how best to integrate young professionals in the work of FIG. These visions will be presented in a special session of the Working Week. The conference will will allow more detailed than at ordinary conferences.
FIG and CNGeGL encourage young professionals to attend. The participation in FIG Young Surveyors Conference also allows easy attendance to the FIG Working week at student fee.
http://www.fig.net/fig2012/youngsurveyors.htm
FIG Regional Conference – 26-29 November 2012 in Uruguay
The 8th FIG Regional Conference is decided to be held on 26-29 November 2012 at Radisson Montevideo in Uruguay. FIG is happy to announce a Regional conference in Central America and are looking forward to many participants from the Central American region as well as international participants. President CheeHai Teo and Markku Villikka from FIG Office visited Asociación de Agrimensores del Uruguay (A.A.U.) November 2011 to start the planning of the conference.
Building Resilience in the Profession: A focus on Young People and Women, African Task Force Workshop – 1-2 December 2011, Cape Town, South Africa
Over a two day workshop the African Task Force objectives were to understand what the barriers of entry to the profession are especially relating to women and young people, to add value for participants through a learning experience to enable them to act as agents of change and to outline and develop a range of tools that are capable of being used by member associations that will make a difference in their recruiting strategies. The Workshop considered and devised new and creative tools to revitalise and strengthen FIG Members within Sub Saharan Africa and will present its findings at FIG Working Week in Rome 6th- 10th May 2012. This workshop brought together decision makers and practitioners from several African nations and was chaired by Diane Dumashie.
http://www.fig.net/news/news2012/atf_dec_2011.htm
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Job vacancies
University of Calgary, The University of Nottingham – China, UN-HABITAT, The University of Cape Town, South Africa, The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and New Mexico State University.
http://www.fig.net/jobs/jobindex.htm
Personalia and visits
http://www.fig.net/personalia/index.htm
Latest FIG Publications and Newsletters
Commission 7 e-newsletter (English, French and Spanish):
http://www.fig.net/commission7/newsletters/2011_12_newsletter.pdf
Forthcoming events
15-16 February, Malaysia
UNRCC PCGIAP International Symposium. Organised by Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Co-sponsored by FIG Taks Force on Spatially Enabled Society and GSDI. By invitation only.
http://m.jupem.gov.my/issegs2012/
12-13 March, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Symposium and Workshop on PPP-RTK & Open Standards. Organised by Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), RTCM and IAG, co-sponsored by FIG.
Website: http://igs.bkg.bund.de/ntrip/symp
27-29 March, Stuttgart, Germany
3rd International Conference on Machine Control Guidance, MCG. Organised by University of Stuttgart and University of Hohenheim, Germany. Co-sponsored by FIG
Invitation (pdf): http://www.fig.net/events/2012/mcg_germany_march_2012.pdf
Web site: http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/ingeo/mcg2012/
17-19 April, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Interexpo Geo-Siberia-2012. Organised by Siberian State Academy of Geodesy (SSGA). Co-sponsored by FIG
Web site: www.expo-geo.ru
23-25 April, Washington D.C., USA
Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, organised by World Bank.
Web site and call for paper: http://www.landandpoverty.com/
25 - 27 April Lviv, Ukraine
GeoForum 2012 - 17th International Scientific and Technical Conference. Organised by the Institute of Geodesy, Lviv Polytechnic National University. Co-sponsored by FIG
6-10 May, Rome, Italy
FIG Working Week and General Assembly. Hosted by FIG and CNGGL
Invitation leaflet: http://www.fig.net/fig2012/invitation.pdf
Web site: www.fig.net/fig2012
The FIG Working Week includes following sub events:
3-4 May 2012 - History Workshop
4-5 May 2012 - First FIG Young Surveyors Conference
4-5 May 2012 - FIG & IAG Technical Seminar on reference frame in practice
Register for the conference: https://www.fig.net/registrations/regform.asp?eventid=82
Call for paper: http://www.fig.net/fig2012/fig_2012_call_for_papers.pdf
11-12 May, Alba Iulia, Romania
GeoCAD 2012. Organised by “1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia, University of West Hungary, University of Kavala Institute of Technology (TEI), National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registry, Agency of Alba County. Co-sponsored by FIG
Invitation: http://www.fig.net/events/2012/geocad2012_alba_iulia.pdf
May/June, Jael, Spain
25th International Geodetic Students Meeting. Organised by IGSO and cosponsored by FIG.
19-24 July, San Diego, California
Survey Summit/ACSM Annual Conference. Organised by ESRI.
Web site: http://www.surveysummit.com/index.html
9-11 October, Hannover, Germany
INTERGEO 2012. Conference and trade fair for geodesy, geo information and land management.
Web site: http://www.intergeo.de/en/englisch/index.php
For additional FIG and FIG Commission events see always up-to-date information at:
www.fig.net/events/events.htm
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FIG Working Week 2012 - Knowing to manage the territory, protect the environment, evaluate the cultural heritage
Rome, Italy, 6-10 May 2012
First FIG Young Surveyors Conference
Rome, Italy, 4-5 May 2012
Web site: www.fig.net/fig2012

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