XXIV FIG Congress and XXXIII General Assembly in Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010

Facing the Challenges - Building the Capacity

Picture Gallery 5 - Technical sessions, Director General Forum and Small Islands Development Seminar

Links to picture galleries of the XXIV FIG Congress and the XXXIII General Assembly in Sydney, Australia

Technical sessions
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Many technical sessions gathered full halls leaving only standing places for late arrivals.		 Click picture for bigger format.


 
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In addition to normal technical sessions there were some high profile sessions with invited speakers giving focus on special hot topics. Here Prof. Iain Williamson making his presentation.		 Click picture for bigger format.



 
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Commission 7 technical session in plenary hall.
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Special session social tenure domain model organised jointly with UN-HABITAT and GLTN.
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Technical session with UN-HABITAT.		 Click picture for bigger format.
 
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Two sessions were organised joint with FGF (Federation of Francophone Surveyors).		 Click picture for bigger format.
FIG/FGF session chaired by Aziz Hilali, Morocco and Yaacoub Saade, Commission 1 chair from Lebanon.
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Commission 6 technical session.		 Click picture for bigger format.
Commission 5 technical session.
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Technical sessions organised by the Young Surveyors Network were once again very well attended...		 Click picture for bigger format.
... and the discussion continued long after the official closing of the session.
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Many speakers were coming from developing countries. Especially participation from Africa was excellent - here a presentation from Ethiopia.		 Click picture for bigger format.
Several technical tours were organised including visit to Lands Department of NSW.
 
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Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre offered excellent  facilities for the congress...		 Click picture for bigger format.
... coffee break at the Conference centre, most breaks and lunches were served at the exhibition.
Director General Forum
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Surveyor General Warwick Watkins was chairing the Director General Forum and one of the co-organisers.		 Click picture for bigger format.
Voce President Iain Greenway was the organiser of the Director General Forum on FIG behalf.
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The Director General Forum gathered together leaders from about 50 national mapping and cadastre agencies.		  
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President Stig Enemark and Don Buhler, BLM (USA). Dr. Buhler gave President Enemark the new publication from BLM.

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President Stig Enemark gave the membership certificate of the State Geodetic Administration of Republic of Croatia to Director General Željko Bačić at the DG Forum. Altogether ten new affiliate members were approved in Sydney.
Small Islands Development States Workshop
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Small Islands Development States Workshop was a special event included in FIG 2010 programme.		 Click picture for bigger format.
The seminar was organised for 50 invited participants and open also for observers.
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Dr. Diane Dumashie was the coordinator of the SIDS seminar- here together with Dr.Spike Boydell.		 Click picture for bigger format.

 
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