Intergeo 2004, Stuttgart, Germany 13-15 October 2004
FIG Forum on Risk Management attracts full house
This year's Intergeo under title "Für Mobile Menschen"
was organised at the Messe Congress Centrum in Stuttgart, Germany 13-15
October. The exhibition filled in three halls and had sold a bit more space
than last year in Hamburg, but the number of exhibitors was slightly lower.
The exhibition attracted more than 15,000 visitors, while the annual
conference of DVW attracted about 1,500 delegates which is the best figure
during the last few years. The conference was organised jointly with the
German Cartographic Association (DGfK) and the Geodetic Week (Geodätische
Woche).
At the opening ceremony Dr. Eng. Paulo Cesar Teixeira
Trino, President of the Brazilian Society of Cartography, Geodesy,
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing - SBC awarded the German surveyors for the
support they have given to their Brazilian colleagues. The award was
received by Mr. Hagen Graeff, President of the German DVW. The
keynote presentation was given by Prof. Jörg Schlaich.
At the conference programme there was the traditional FIG
Forum, which topic was this year risk management. The session attracted a
full room and the presentations were made by Mr. Pascal Peduzzi, Head
of the Early Warning Unit of the UNEP DEWA GRID in Geneva, who replaced Svein Tveitdal
at the last minute and Prof. Theo Kötter, Chair of
FIG WG8.4 from the University of Bonn and Ms. Gerda Schennach from
Austria.
FIG attended the Intergeo also in the exhibition at the DVW
booth distributing information about the Federation and FIG future events,
especially about the FIG Congress 2006, which has got the new dates 8-13
October 2006. This means that the congress will be one week after the famous
Oktoberfest. Intergeo will take place 10-12 October 2006. Next year
the Intergeo will be in Düsseldorf 4-6 October 2005. FIG also organised a
meeting for its corporate members to discuss the partnership between the
corporate members and FIG.
In the social programme one of the traditions at the Intergeo
is the Geodätentreff which this year was sold out and gathered 800
people.
Pictures from Intergeo 2004:
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Cultural programme at the opening ceremony was given by members of the
Concert-Band der Universität Hohenheim. |
Dr. Eng.
Paulo Cesar Teixeira Trino given his greetings to DVW. |
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FIG Forum was chaired by
Rainer Müller-Jökel and the three
speakers were: Mr. Pascal Peduzzi, UNEP, Prof. Theo
Kötter, Chair of FIG WG8.4 from the University of Bonn and Ms. Gerda Schennach from Austria. |
FIG joined the DVW booth at the Intergeo exhibition. |
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Among participants were representatives of the Ukrainian Society of
Geodesy and Cartography, from the right President Prof. Igor Trevogo,
Secretary General Stepan Savchuk and Dr. Volodymyr Sadoroshnyj. |
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