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International Federation of Surveyors
Fédération Internationale des Géomètres Internationale Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure |
FIG Newsletter – March 2022 |
Dear Colleague,
FIG Council has released the names of the nominated candidates for the positions for President and Vice Presidents for the term 2023-2026. Elections will take place during the General Assembly at the Congress 2022. FIG Council has also appointed new FIG Foundation Directors and a new chair of Africa Regional Network.
It is now time to prepare your attendance at the FIG Congress. Register (at the early bird fee), book your hotel (at discounted rate), and look forward to all the benefits of an on-site event. Check the pre-events and tours that are also offered.
We are continuing our series on FIG and the SDG's, and in this issue we will concentrate on FIG Commission 6 on Engineering Survey. You are invited to an open consultation on the IPMS standard. On and around 21 March, Surveyors Day was celebrated around the world.
Curious... Read on!
FIG Congress 2022 - Join us in September
The local organisers from SGP - the Polish Association of Surveyors - together with FIG, are fully occupied with the preparations of this special event that has to be organised within a year. The Congress only takes place once every 4 years, and it marks the final year of the current leadership of FIG, the council and commissions and there will be elections for a new President and new Vice Presidents.
The Congress offers a large and exciting technical programme. Before the conference days there will be the possibility to attend a selection of pre-events.
Registration has opened
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We cannot wait to meet again in
person.
which you will bring home with you in your back-pack of special experiences and adventures mixed with new knowledge, ideas and food-for-thought from the technical programme. |
Register now at the early bird fee
Plan your trip: The conference hotel is the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre Warsaw - the same as the conference venue. A special accommodation room rate has been agreed with the hotel. Book before 1 July to get this special price. Read more and book your room here
Social and technical tours: Explore Warsaw and Poland, or maybe you are interested in a Polish Cuisine cooking class... Check the tours
Accompanying persons are welcome. Included in the accompanying person price is the opening ceremony, Welcome Reception, the possibility to book the special tours offered through the conference, and included in the fee is one half-day tour of own choice from the selection of half-day tours. Read more
Network, reconnect, inspire - Your sponsorship and exhibition possibilities
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Discover your sponsorship and exhibition possibilities. Be visible at the Congress - let your organisation be represented among the exhibitors and to be part of this special event. Various sponsorship packages makes it possible to find a sponsorship that fits to your needs and helps your visibility at the Congress. Have a look at your sponsorship and exhibition possibilities |
Be part of this special event
The FIG Congress 2022 gives passionate professionals the opportunity to:
- - Learn globally – with participation from around 80-90 countries
- - Learn across silos, from other countries, industries and professional roles – with sessions and representation from the broad range of surveyors and geospatial experts
- - Make impacts on careers, organizations and communities
More information available at the conference web site:
www.fig.net/fig2022
Currently FIG and the local organisers from Poland are working on the technical programme. As soon as possible a draft programme will be published.
NEWS FROM FIG
General Assembly election for President and Vice Presidents
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FIG Council has received nominations for three candidates for the position of President and four candidates for the two Vice President posts. Please find the candidates here and read about decisions made by FIG Council at their latest meeting in March 2022. Read more |
New leadership in FIG Africa Regional Network
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FIG Council has appointed Mohammad Mamman Kabir chair of the Africa Regional Network taking over from Jennifer Whittal. Read more about this and also further news from ARN on the Mentoring Pilot Programme and Voices of African Young Professionals. Read more |
Two new FIG Foundation directors appointed
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Meet the two new members of the board: Jennifer Whittal, South Africa, and Bryn Fosburgh, USA. Read more |
FIG and the Sustainable Development Goals - Commission 6
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Commission Chair Maria Joao Henriques gives her statement on the sustainable development goals in relation to Commission 6 - Engineering Surveys
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Statement from FIG Council on Ukraine
 | Last month FIG Council published a statement and expressed its disapproval of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is against all fundamental principles of the global community regarding a peaceful and respectful living together. The statement has been updated to also cover the Congress in Poland. Read more |
NEWS FROM FIG MEMBERS
Global Surveyors' Day!
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Global Surveyors' Day is a way to globally recognize the ground-breakers, pioneers, individuals and the industry that has shaped our history and continues to be the foundation of our communities. Several activities took place around the globe Read more |
First femaile Quantity Surveyor elected 50th President of Ghana Institution of Surveyors
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Quantity Surveyor Rosemargaret Esubonteng was elected as the 50th president of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GHIS). Read more |
IPMS Coalition harmonized standard
The second exposure draft of the IPMS all asset classes is now complete and
a consultation is open until 8 April 2022.
Read the guidelines, the document and there are suggested questions - please
visit:
https://consultations.intstandards.org/connect.ti/ipmsallbuildings/
CORPORATE MEMBER OF THE MONTH
FIG Corporate member of the Month in March 2022 is Geo-Tech Surveys Limited, Ghana
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Geo-Tech partners with GMX Systems Ltd, Israel and launches a Ghana and Nationwide GNSS Cors Network. Also know for their responsibility training young surveyors. Read more |
Is your company going to be the next FIG Corporate Member of the Month?
Do you have interesting news you want to share? E.g. innovative portfolio,
profile, or just inspiring initiatives, then write to FIG
office: FIG@fig.net.
ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
The Article of the Month in March 2022 is written by Rosario Casanova, Carlos Andres chiale and Mathilde Saravia, Uruguay: Data Privacy Protection and Geographic Data Use as an Answer to Covid-19. This article aims to reflect on the relevance of geographic data use in the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationshop with the privacy rights of the people involved. Read more
JOB AND PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy seeks a Director, Latin
America and Caribbean
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is seeking
nominations for its Joint Scientific Committee (JSC)
Read more
PUBLICATIONS
The History of Surveying - Secure your special edition set
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A must-see collection item. Reserve your copy of this special
edition now. |
Surveying and Mapping
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This book provides an introduction, at academic level, into the field of surveying and mapping. The book has been written for the third-year course Surveying and Mapping, in the bachelor program of Civil Engineering at Delft University of Technology. This book covers a wide range of measurement techniques, from land surveying, GPS/GNSS and remote sensing to the associated data processing, the underlying coordinate reference systems, as well as the analysis and visualization of the acquired geospatial information. The book is freely available as an OPEN Textbook by the TU Delft library |
Upcoming Events
6-8 April 2022, Lviv - Yavoriv - Brukhovychi, Ukraine
The XXVI International Scientific and Technical Conference
"GEOFORUM-2022", that will be held on April 6-8, 2022, in Lviv - Yavoriv -
Brukhovychi, Ukraine.
Read conference flyer
Website: http://zgt.com.ua/en
6-11 June, 2022, Nice, France
The XXIVth ISPRS Congress, will take place on June 6-11, 2022 in Nice,
France. The deadline for both full papers and abstracts is January 10, 2022.
Website: https://www.isprs2022-nice.com/
20-22 June 2022, Valencia, Spain
5th Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring (JISDM 2022) in
cooperation with FIG Commission 6.
https://jisdm2022.webs.upv.es
11-15 July 2022, San Diego, CA, US
Esri User Conference 2022, the worlds largest GIS conference
Web site: https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/save-date
11-15 September 2022, Warsaw, Poland
FIG Congress
Web site: www.fig.net/fig2022
Kind regards,
Ms. Louise Friis-Hansen
Director
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FIG Working Week 2025, Brisbane, Australia
FIG Congress 2026, Cape Town, South Africa
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