FIG XXIV Congress in Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010
The joint venture agreement between FIG and ISA was signed
during the visit of FIG President Stig Enemark to Sydney 1 August
2008
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The Sydney Opera House is a spectacular landmark. |
FIG President Stig Enemark visited Sydney 1 August 2008 to meet
with representatives of the local organising committee for hosting the FIG
XXIV Congress in Sydney 11-16 April 2010.
Sydney 2010 will be the first FIG Congress organised in a joint venture
between FIG and the hosting country. A Joint Venture Agreement has been
developed through meetings and correspondence for some time in order to
settle to roles and responsibilities for organising the congress. The
agreement also states, for the first time, that the surplus of the congress
will be split equally between FIG and the hosting member association. The
key purpose of the meeting was to sign the Agreement that forms the basis
for the future work of organising the congress in Sydney, April 2010.
Next to the FIG President the meeting included ISA President
Jim
Curnow; FIG Vice President Matt Higgins; and Congress Director Paul Harcombe. Furthermore
Mark Gordon and Jonathan Saxon
(ISA Board) and Sara Foda (Senior Conference Manager, Tour Hosts Pty
Limited) participated in the meeting as observers.
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ISA President
Jim Curnow and FIG President Stig Enemark
sign the Joint venture Agreement for the FIG Congress 2010 in
Sydney. |
The meeting included a range of issues that will be taken forward by the
Operational Management Committee and especially the Congress Director and
the Professional Congress organiser (Tour Hosts) in cooperation with the FIG
Office over the coming months.
The meeting demonstrated the highly professional and very friendly spirit
of cooperation. We should all look forward to a high level congress in
Sydney 2010.
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Front: ISA President
Jim Curnow and FIG President Stig
Enemark. Back: Mark Gordon, Paul Harcombe,
Matt Higgins and Jonathan Saxon. |
Circular Quay and the Sydney harbour skyline. |
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is another spectacular land mark. |
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