Dear Colleague,
Welcome to the FIG e-Newsletter, which brings you latest information about FIG and its activities. The information referred here is in full length available on the FIG web site. Thus the e-Newsletter is produced to inform you what has happened recently and what interesting things are going to take place in the near future. The FIG e-Newsletter is circulated monthly by e-mail. The referred articles are in English and written in a way that you are able to extract them to your national newsletters or circulate to your members and networks.
Article of the Month – February 2010
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 February 2010 is "Land Acquisition in Developing Economies". It is written by Ms. Jude Wallace, Australia. This paper is based on the keynote presentation that Jude Wallace gave at the 7th FIG Regional Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, 19-22 October 2009. This invited paper addresses the issue of land acquisition in emerging economies that will be further explored in the FIG publication to be launched at the FIG Congress in Sydney in April 2010.
http://www.fig.net/pub/monthly_articles/february_2010/february_2010_wallace.html
FIG Congress 2010 - Facing the Challenges – Building the Capacity, Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010
FIG Congress 2010 - Facing the Challenges – Building the Capacity will be held in Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010. Online registration is open, see more details on the congress web site: www.fig2010.com.
The organisers have received 900 proposals from more than 80 countries for presentations in the technical programme. This is the biggest number in any FIG conference. There will be more than 150 technical sessions, workshops, special forums etc. More than 1,500 people have already registered from 100 countries - so a congress not to be missed.
Final Invitation brochure: http://www.fig.net/fig_2010/fig2010_final_invitation.pdf (20 pages, 1.26 MB)
Online registration: http://www.fig2010.com/registration.php
Technical programme: http://www.fig2010.com/program-technical.php
Congress web site: www.fig2010.com
FIG General Assembly 2010 - Agenda for the FIG General Assembly is now available
General Assembly will elect the new FIG President for 2011-2014, 2 Vice Presidents, appoint Chairs of all FIG Commissions and decide on the venue for FIG 2014
At its meeting in Sydney, Australia 11-16 April 2010 the FIG General Assembly will elect the FIG President, 2 Vice Presidents, Chair of each of the 10 Commissions for 2011-2014, and select the venue for the FIG Congress 2014.
The Council has received three nominations for the post of the FIG President:
Iain Greenway (RICS, UK),
http://www.fig.net/admin/ga/2010/agenda/app_20_01_greenway.pdf
Matt Higgins (SSSI, Australia)
http://www.fig.net/admin/ga/2010/agenda/app_20_02_higgins.pdf
Teo CheeHai (AALSM, Malaysia)
http://www.fig.net/admin/ga/2010/agenda/app_20_03_teo.pdf
Nomination template for each candidate is included in the agenda papers. Each candidate will make his presentation at the first session of the General Assembly 11 April 2010. All elections and voting will take place at the second session of the General Assembly on 16 April 2010.
The Council has received also three nominations for Vice Presidents:
Dalal Alnaggar (ECSM, Egypt),
http://www.fig.net/admin/ga/2010/agenda/app_21_01_alnaggar.pdf
Chryssy Potsiou (TCG and HARSE, Greece)
http://www.fig.net/admin/ga/2010/agenda/app_21_02_potsiou.pdf
Rudolf Staiger (DVW, Germany)
http://www.fig.net/admin/ga/2010/agenda/app_21_03_staiger.pdf
The General Assembly will elect two Vice Presidents for 2011-2014 and if needed one Vice President for 2011-2012. The candidates will make their presentations at the first session of the General Assembly and their nomination templates are included in the agenda papers.
The Council has received two bids to host FIG Congress 2014: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Istanbul, Turkey. Introductions of these two destinations will be made 11 April and the decision on 16 April 2010. Evaluation report and the bids will be published 15 March 2010.
The agenda papers for the General Assembly are now available on the web. The FIG Office will send hard copies of the agenda (without appendices) to all FIG members before 11 February 2010.
See the agenda: http://www.fig.net/admin/ga/2010/agenda.htm
You can download the agenda here as a .pdf file (21 pages)
http://www.fig.net/admin/ga/2010/ga_agenda_2010.pdf
The full agenda (194 pages, 5.54 MB): http://www.fig.net/admin/ga/2010/ga_agenda_2010_full.pdf
FIG President Stig Enemark attends the Private Sector Consultation meeting: Voluntary Guidelines on responsible governance of tenure of land and other natural resources - RICS Headquarters, London, United Kingdom, 25-26 January 2010
FAO and its partners are preparing Voluntary Guidelines to improve the governance of tenure and other natural resources. Such voluntary guidelines are to assist States, civil society and the private sector in improving the governance of tenure, and thus contribute to alleviation of hunger and poverty, empowering the poor and vulnerable, enhancing the environment, supporting national and local economic development, and reforming public administration. The meeting in London for private sector was a key part of the consultation process in this regard.
Read more: http://www.fig.net/news/news_2010/london_january_2010.htm
Forthcoming events:
Invitation to GhIS/CASLE/FIG Conference in Accra Ghana, 22-28 February 2010
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors, CASLE and FIG Commission 8 will jointly organise an international conference "The Surveyor: Partner In National Development - Towards the Millennium Development Goals - Taking Stock of Progress" in Accra Ghana 22-28 February 2010.
See the programme and register at: http://www.ghisonline.org/21/129/GhIS-Online-News.html?item=341.
Read the invitation: http://www.fig.net/commission8/events/accra-conference-2010.pdf
Web site: www.casle.org
XXIV FIG International Congress - Facing the Challenges - Building the Capacity and XXXIII General Assembly, Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010
Read more: www.fig2010.com.
4-5 March, Baku, Azerbaijan
UNECE WPLA Workshop on “Efficient and Transparent Land Management in ECE Countries”, co-sponsored by FIG Commission 3
http://www.fig.net/commission3
9-11 March, Bonn, Germany
2nd International Conference on Machine Control & Guidance. Co-sponsored by FIG Commission 5 and 6.
Web site: www.mcg.uni-bonn.de
22-24 April, Lviv, Ukraine
15th International Conference Geoforum 2010.
Web site: www.lp.edu.ua/geoforum/
Deadline for papers: 24 January 2010.
27-29 April 2010, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
The Sixth International Exhibition and Scientific Congress Industrial Forum “GEO-SIBERIA-2009”. Organised by Siberian State Academy of Geodesy and ITE Siberian Fair.
Web site: http://geosiberia.sibfair.ru/eng/
10-11 May, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
International Land Management Symposium on “Strategies for Improving Urban – Rural Inter-Relationships, Best Practice and Regional Solutions” Co-sponsored by FIG Commission 3
http://www.fig.net/commission3
14-15 May 2010, Alba Iulia, Romania
GeoCAD’2010 Geodesy, Topography, Cadastre and Land Registry. Organised by “1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia – Faculty of Sciences University of West Hungary – Faculty of Geoinformatics, Székesfehérvár National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registry, Agency of Alba County. Co-sponsored by FIG Commission 2
10-13 July, San Diego, CA, USA
The 2010 Survey & Engineering GIS Summit. Organised as part of the ESRI User Conference. Co-sponsored by FIG.
Web site: www.esri.com/events/survey/index.html
26-28 August, London, United Kingdom
FIG Commission 2 Workshop. Organised by FIG Commission 2.
Web site: www.fig.net/commission2
15-17 September, Zurich, Switzerland
2010 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN). Co-sponsored by FIG Commission 5.
Web site: http://www.ipin.ethz.ch
15-17 September, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
International Conference on Spatial Data Infrastructures 2010. Co-sponsored by FIG.
Web site: http://www.agisee.org/sdiconf2010.htm
September, Czech Republic
FIG Commission 7 Annual Meeting.
Web site: www.fig.net/commission7
14-17 November, Sofia Bulgaria
Joint FIG Com3 and Com7 Annual Meeting and Workshop on: “Information and Land Management. A Decade after the Millennium”,
25-26 November, Copenhagen
FIG Seminar and Handover Ceremony.
Web site: www.fig.net
Contact: fig@fig.net
18-22 May, Marrakech, Morocco
Bridging the Gap between Cultures. FIG Working Week and General Assembly.
Web site: www.fig.net
For additional FIG and FIG Commission events see always up-to-date information at:
www.fig.net/events/events.htm
Benefits from FIG Corporate Members to FIG members and members of FIG member associations
FIG Corporate Members offer some benefits to FIG members and members of member associations. These benefits are published on a specific web site:
www.fig.net/corporatemembers/corporate_benefits.htm
At the moment you can get e.g. a free subscription of GIM International:
http://www.gim-international.com/figmember/
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Kind regards,
John Neel
General Manager
International Federation of Surveyors, FIG
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DK-1780 Copenhagen V
Denmark
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