New records in participation to Intergeo 2005
Düsseldorf, Germany 4-6 October 2005
This year's Intergeo under theme "Grenzen ûberschreiten"
was organised at the Congress and Messe Center in Düsseldorf, Germany 4-6
October. The exhibition was visited by over 16,000 professionals (about 15
per cent outside Germany). The exhibition space was about 25,000 square
metres and included more than 500 exhibitors from 24 countries. All figures
new records for Intergeo. The annual conference of DVW attracted about 1,600
delegates which is the best figure during the last few years. The conference
was organised jointly with the Geodetic Week (Geodätische Woche).
At the opening ceremony Mr. Hagen Graeff, President of
the German DVW gave the first DVW Annual Reward to Mr. Willi Zimmermann
from GTZ for his great achievements in surveying in Germany and especially
internationally. The keynote presentation at the opening ceremony was given
by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
Gert Kaiser, President of the Wissenshaftscentrums NRW.
At the conference programme there was the traditional FIG
Forum, which topic was this year Tsunami - Surveyors Contributions in Risk
Prevention. This special session attracted about 100 participants.
Presentations were made by Adam Kerr on behalf of FIG Commission 4 on
topic "Hydrography and Disaster Management - The Role of Hydrography in
the Management of Marine Disasters". The other two presentation in this
session were presented by Prof. Markus Rothacher and Dr. Jörg-Peter Schmitter who described the German contribution on the
Tsunami catastrophe and rebuilding Sri Lanka after the catastrophe.
FIG attended the Intergeo 2006 - a longer tradition by now -
also in the exhibition at the DVW booth distributing information about the
Federation and FIG future events, especially about the FIG Congress 2006,
which will take place 8-13 October 2006 - immediately after the famous
Oktoberfest. Next year's Intergeo will take place 10-12 October
2006. FIG also organised a meeting for its corporate members to discuss the
partnership between the corporate members and FIG.
Pictures from Intergeo 2005:
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Cultural programme at the opening included a String Quartet from
Clara-Schumann-Musik-Schule who played tangos and melodies from the
Beatles. |
President
Hagen Graeff from DVW making his opening speech.
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Willi Zimmermann was awarded with the first Annual DVW Award.
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Perhaps the most visited booth at the exhibition was FIG 2006/Intergeo
2006 offering Bavarian beer and snacks. |
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President
Holger Magel was invited to the Austrian Geodetic
Conference to be held in Krems May 3-5, 2006. |
Adam Kerr making his presentation at the FIG Forum. |
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President Magel together with the Secretary General of ISPRS Prof.
Orhan Altan and Prof. John Trinder, Past President of ISPRS.
Also Prof. Milan Konecny, President of ICA attended the
conference. |
President Magel met also with representatives of some FIG member
associations, here together with representatives of the Ukrainian
Society of Geodesy and Cartography, from the right President Prof. Igor Trevogo, Dr.
Volodymyr Sadoroshnyj
and Secretary General Dr. Stepan Savchuk. |
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President Magel had also meetings with representatives of FIG Corporate
Members, here with Mike Weir from Topcon. |
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