FIG Working Week 2012 and the XXXV General Assembly in Rome, Italy, 6-10 May 2012

FIG Working Week 2012 - Knowing to manage the territory, protect the environment, evaluate the cultural heritage

Picture Gallery 3 - Opening Ceremony, Concert and Reception

Links to picture galleries of the FIG Working Week and the XXXV General Assembly in Rome, Italy

• Picture Gallery 1 - General Assembly I - Sunday 6 May 2012

• Picture Gallery 2 - General Assembly II - Thursday 10 May 2012

• Picture Gallery 3 - Opening Ceremony, concert and reception - Monday 7 May 2012

• Picture Gallery 4 - Plenary Sessions

• Picture Gallery 5 - Technical sessions, FAO and GLTN Forums and special workshops

• Picture Gallery 6 - Exhibition

• Picture Gallery 7 - Administrative Meetings - Presidents' Meeting, Council, Commissions, partners, members and administration

• Picture Gallery 8 - Social Events - FIG Foundation Dinner and Concert, Conference Dinner and Commission Dinners

• Picture Gallery 9 - FIG Closing Ceremony and Farewell Reception

• Picture Gallery 10 - The 1st FIG Young Surveyors Conference

• Picture Gallery 11 - Registration, Rome Cavalieri and Rome
   

• Report of the FIG Working Week
• Report of the XXXV General Assembly
• Proceedings
• Conference web site

Opening Ceremony, Concert and Reception
The opening ceremony was organised at the Parco della Musica - a world class music centre in Rome.	The music complex is designed by architect Renzo Piano.
Participants of FIG 2012 waiting to enter the music hall. The outside auditorium allows also good venue for outdoor concerts and activities.	The Giuseppe Sinopoli Hall can host up to 1,400 listeners - at the opening ceremony there were 1,100 participants present.
FIG Council members and other invited quests waiting for the opening ceremony to start.	Members of the organising committee and CNGeGL ready for the Working Week.
President Fausto Savoldi, CNGeGL making his welcome address.	The Working Week in Rome is the first FIG major conference in Italy since 1963.
Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta started the programme with the national anthem of Italy and music from Astor Piazolla.	President CheeHai Teo welcoming the record audience to Rome and FIG Working Week.
President Teo making his welcome address.	Roma Sinfonietta performing the FIG fanfare arranged for the first time for sinfoniett orchestra.
President Teo declares the Working Week opened.	The second part of the concert included unforgettable melodies from Nino Rota to Italian and international films.
The opening ceremony and concert were followed by the welcome dinner at the foyers of Parco della Musica.
Many of the young surveyors who attended the Young Surveyors Conference continued to the Working Week.