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International Federation of Surveyors
Fédération Internationale des Géomètres Internationale Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure |
FIG Newsletter – July 2019 |
Dear Colleague,
In this issue of the FIG Newsletter you will find news about several
upcoming events. Commission 7 will meet in Korea, Commission 3 in Romania.
The call for papers for FIG Working Week 2020 is out - it is time now to
consider submitting an abstract. You can submit both for the extensive
double blinded peer review process and also regular/short. Be inspired by
the call to submit a 3 minute video on your career path...
Article of the Month
Each month on the FIG web site we publish a paper called the Article of the Month.
July/August 2019 is written by Kealy et al.: A Benchmarking Measurement Campaign in GNSS-denied/Challenged Indoor/Outdoor and Transitional Environments. This article is a peer reviewed paper, presented at the FIG Working Week 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The paper received the navXperience award given to the best peer review paper within the area of positioning and measurement (FIG Commission 5).
NEWS FROM FIG
FIG General Assembly 2019 - Minutes
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The first General Assembly with the new Council with President
Rudolf Staiger in the chair was held in Hanoi, Vietnam as part of
FIG Working Week 2019. The minutes are now available. Read more |
The FIG
Governance 2021 Debate is soon to start!
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The FIG Task Force on Govenance 2021 is to set to go live in the
upcoming weeks- we have devised an interactive approach and will be
trailing a digitally communication platform, providing you with a
means to debate on strategic questions , information resources, and
signposts to thought leadership. Read more |
FIG EVENTS
FIG Working Week 2020 10-14 May 2020 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
FIG and the Local Organisers from the Netherlands welcome all to Amsterdam.
The FIG Working Week 2020 in Amsterdam is addressing the following overall
theme:
Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management
This theme is both relevant for the Netherlands and internationally in a world where drinking water is a scarce resource, waste water needs to be recycled rather than seen as waste, where the sea needs to be better mapped and managed, where land resources need to be protected against sea-level rise, and where land-based fresh water habitats are threatened.
The overall theme, is built up by the following sub-themes:
1. Smart Surveyors
Rapid urban growth, smart energy, cleaner mobility, and ‘land rights for all’ are some of the challenges demanding innovative surveying approaches and technologies. Sensing technologies, spatial data processing technologies and related approaches are already available. Use and improve them to become future proof, Smart Surveyors!
2. Integrated Land and Water management
Without integrated land and water management, the Netherlands as also other coastal countries cannot sustain its agricultural and urban development. Climate change, though, increases the risks of sea and riverine floods and extended drought periods and complicates this management task. Unorthodox measures are called for. Get familiar with these measures and discuss them from your critical surveyor perspective.
3. Ten years to go to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
The countdown begins, only one decade to go to accomplish the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all and surveying professionals have a key role to play. How did we, as surveyors, contribute to ending poverty, improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests? In addition, what will be our role for the coming 10 years?
Exhibition and Sponsorship opportunities - please fill
in questionnaire
In order to prepare a useful, relevant and interesting
exhibition, the local organisers have prepared a questionnaire.
Please help us and respond to this - it takes only 3-5 min.
Dear (potential) participant,
As you perhaps know, the theme of the FIG Working Week 2020 in
Amsterdam refers to the ‘Smart Surveyors for Land- and Water
Management’.
In order to increase the ‘smartness’ of the Working Week, we
would like to check your expectations and wishes with respect to
the companies and organisations present at the exhibition. Your
wishes will be exchanged anonymously with registered exhibitors.
With your answers we can suggest the exhibitors to demonstrate
specific products and present services that can be of interest
for participants. In such way we can match the wishes of the
participants with the supply of the companies.
Smartness is in this case that we try to have more intelligent
and focussed interaction between all the participants.
Thank you very much for your input.
Marinus de Bakker (LOC member) responsible for exhibition
- Questionnaire FIG Working Week 2020
- Sponsorship opportunities
- Exhibition
- Sponsorship and exhibition prospectus in pdf
The Working Week Web Site: www.fig.net/fig2020 will be updated regularly
FIG Commission 7 Annual Meeting 2019 - Seoul, Korea
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The 2019 Commission 7 Annual Meeting will take place 5-9 August in
Seoul, Korea. The theme of this Annual Meeting is ‘Digital
Twin, Smart Cities and Smart land Information’. Korea as a leading
country in the development of advanced technologies across the
geospatial industry, offers an opportunity to experience first hand
on how the evolution of technology is changing land administration,
particularly in the collection, processing and sharing of cadaster
and land registration. Web Site: https://www.com7figseoul.com/ Tentative programme |
FIG Commission 3 Annual Meeting and Workshop 2019
FIG Commission 3 Annual Meeting and Workshop will be held within the 1st edition of Romanian Surveying Week, organized by the Romanian Surveyors Union (UGR) and the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca (USAMV Cluj-Napoca) in Cluj-Napoca from 23-26 September 2019.
The theme of FIG Commission 3 Annual Meeting and Workshop ‘Advances in Geodata Analytics for Smart Cities and Regions’ addresses the role of the geospatial scientific and professional community in shaping the future of urban and regional development by creating new opportunities. Event Website: http://www.sgr.ugr.ro
FIG NEWS
Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems Workshop
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FIG AP CDN convened two sessions at the workshop held in Suva, Fiji
24-28 June 2019 Read the report |
Shanghai International Symposium of Space & Future Conference
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New era, new system and new planning – building a sound and better territorial and spatial planning system was the theme of the conference which FIG Vice President Orhan Ercan and Chair of Commission 8, Marije Louwsma attended. Report |
Report on the 4th Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring (JISDM)
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The symposium aimed to connect research in deformation measurement / techniques, analysis and interpretation with advanced practice. Report |
Submit your entry now for the Career Pathways Competition
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Contribute with your story on: How I came to be here. How did you
end up in the spatial/surveying industry? Record a 3-minute video
sharing your story... Read more |
2019 Aubrey Barker Fund/FIG Foundation Course Development Grant
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The Aubrey Barker Fund and the FIG Foundation are seeking
applications for grants of up to 20,000 euro (spread over two years)
with the objective of building the capacity of academic institutions
teaching surveying in developing countries, and of providing support
in teaching and developing their curriculum more effectively. http://www.fig.net/news/news_2019/06_aubrey_barker_FIG_grant.asp |
News from commissions
Jobs
New jobs available as Professor in Geodesy KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden and Head of Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. More info
FIG Working Week 2019, 22-26 April in Hanoi, Vietnam
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FIG Working Week was held 22-26 April 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The post survey shows that 98.9 per cent of the participants will
recommend the Working Week. |
Events
5-9 August 2019, Seoul, Korea
FIG Commission 7 Annual Meeting.
Tentative programme
Web site: www.com7figseoul.com
15-18 August 2019, Darwin, Australia
South East Asia Survey Congress (SEASC). Organised by ASEAN Flag Surveying
Nations and SSSI, Australia, supported by FIG
Web site: www.seasc2019darwin.com.au/
12-13 September 2019, London, UK
CASLE Golden Jubilee conference and General Assembly organised by The
Commonwealth Association of Surveying & Land Economy (CASLE)
More information
17-19 September 2019, Stuttgart, Germany
Intergeo - Trade show and conference, Organised by DVW and supported by FIG.
Through FIG you can obtain a complimentary one-day entrance ticket to the
trade show. Website: https://intergeo.de/intergeo-en/
23-28 September 2019, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1st Romanian Surveying Week, and FIG Commission 3 Workshop and Annual
Meeting - FIG Commission 3 Workshop theme “Advances in Geodata Analytics for
Smart Cities and Regions”
Website: http://www.sgr.ugr.ro
22-29 September 2019, Beijing, China
International Workshop on GIS Technology and Application, organised by
Chinese Society for Geodesy Photogrammetry and Cartograsphy and SuperMap
Software Co., Ltd.
1-3 October 2019,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The 8th FIG Workshop on the Land Administration Domain Model
(LADM2019).
A joint event with UDMS's 4th International Conference on Smart
Data and Smart Cities (SDSC2019) and Geomatics Geospatial
Technology (GGT2019) as part of
Geospatial
Kuala Lumpur 2019
Web site:
http://www.isoladm.org/LADM2019Workshop
9-11 October 2019, Porto, Portugal
Geodecision 2019 meeting. Geodecision for Sustainable Communities. Supported
by FIG
Web site: https://www.mygeodecision.com
11-12 October 2019, Porto, Portugal
6th FIG Young Surveyors European Meeting "Mapping the Path to
Sustainability"
Web site: http://www.fig.net/organisation/networks/ys/activities/events/6ysem.asp
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Director
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FIG Working Week 2020,
10–14 May 2020. Amsterdam, Netherlands Web site: www.fig.net/fig2020 |
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FIG Working Week 2021, 24-28
May 2021, Accra, Ghana Web site: www.fig.net/fig2021 |
FIG Congress 2022, Cape Town, South Africa
FIG Working Week 2023, Orlando, Florida, USA
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