FIG Working Week 2008 – Integrating Generations and
FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar – Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing

MEETING PROGRAMME

Meeting programme as a .pdf file.

Link to Technical Programme
Friday, 13 June 2008
Friday
13 June
09:00-17:00
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Room 357		 FIG Council Meeting
  • by invitation only
Friday
13 June
09:30-17:00
Stockholm Technical Office		 Pre-Conference Workshop – History of Surveying - Day 1
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Saturday
14 June
09:00-17:00
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Room 357		 FIG ACCO Meeting
  • by invitation only
Saturday
14 June
09:30-15:00
Stockholm Technical Office 		Pre-Conference Workshop – History of Surveying – Day 2
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Sunday
15 June
09:00-15:00
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Aulan		 General Assembly – First Session
  • for FIG members
  • open for observers
Sunday
15 June
15:00-15:30
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Aulan		 Meeting of the International Institution for the History of Surveying and Measurement
  • open for delegations to the General Assembly
  • agenda includes: extension of the Struve Arc in Africa (African delegates on the 30th Meridian especially invited); publication: Struve’s translation of the Arc of the Meridian; and history seminars in 2008 and 2009.
Sunday
15 June
15:00-16:00
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Room 460		 Reception for Honorary Presidents and Honorary Members
  • by invitation only
Sunday
15 June
15:30-17:30
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see beside		 Commission Annual Meetings
Commission: 1-10
  • for national delegates and correspondents, but observers are also welcome to attend
  • Commission meetings will be held as follows:
    • Room 251: Commission 1
    • Room 252: Commission 2
    • Room 253: Commission 3
    • Room 356: Commission 4
    • Room 357: Commission 5
    • Room 358: Commission 6
    • Room 360: Commission 7
    • Room 362: Commission 8
    • Room 454: Commission 9
    • Room 458: Commission 10
Sunday
15 June
16:00-17:30
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Music Hall		 Director General Summit
  • by separate invitation only
Sunday
15 June
17:00-18:00
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Room 357		 Commission Meetings – FIG Commission 5 Steering Committee Meeting I
  • by invitation only
Sunday
15 June
18:00-20:00
Stockholm City Hall		 Welcome Reception
  • hosted by the City of Stockholm Mr. Bo Bladholm, Lord Mayor of Stockholm
  • all participants, pre-registration required
  • Note: Reception starts exactly at 18:00
  • dress code: smart casual
Monday, 16 June 2008
Monday
16 June
09:00-10:30
Folkets Hus
(STOCCC)
Congress Hall
 


Andreas Carlgren

Anna Tibaijuka
Opening Ceremony
Moderator: Mr. Lars Jansson, Deputy Director General , Swedish National Land Survey

Music - Music corpse

Arrival of Mr. Andreas Carlgren, Minister for the Environment
Minister Andreas Carlgren accompanied by Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG President, Mr. Svante Astermo, Conference Director and Mr. Carl-Olof Ternryd, FIG President 1977

Music - Music corpse

Greeting and Welcome Address by Mr. Svante Astermo, Conference Director (3163)
[paper]

Welcome Address by Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG President (3162)
[paper]

Opening of the FIG Working Week 2008 by Mr. Andreas Carlgren, Minister for the Environment assisted by Mr. Carl-Olof Ternryd and Ms. Cecilia Lindén
[paper]

FIG Fanfare - Music corpse

Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing, Opening Keynote Address by Dr. Anna K. Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN-HABITAT (3161)
[curriculum vitae] [paper]

Music entertainment - folkdance and music corpse

Dress code: business attire

Monday
16 June
10:30-11:00
Folkets Hus
(STOCCC)
Foyer		 Coffee Break
Monday
16 June
11:00-12:30
Folkets Hus
(STOCCC)
Congress Hall		 Plenary Session I – Sustainable Urban Development and the Millennium Development Goals
Commission: All
Chair: Prof. Paul van der Molen, Vice President of FIG, the Netherlands

Mr. Andreas Carlgren, Minister for the Environment (Sweden):
Environment and Climate – The Role and Importance of Property and Land Administration Institutions in Society (3093)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Chairman, Institute for State Effectiveness (Afghanistan):
Legal Empowerment in a Globalizing World (3094)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG President (Denmark):
Partnership between FIG and the UN Agencies in Support of the Millennium Development Goals (3095)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]
 

Andreas
Carlgren


Ashraf
Ghani
Stig
Enemark

Monday
16 June
12:30-14:00
Folkets Hus
Cabaret		 Lunch
Monday
16 June
13:00 -17:00
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Pelarsalen		 Exhibition
Monday
16 June
14:00-15:30
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Aulan



 FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing
SFS 1 - Land Administration and Property Rights – How to Achieve the Basic and Fundamental Structure?
Commission: UN-HABITAT and FIG Commissions 3, 7, 8 and 9
Chair: Mr. Helge Onsrud, Norway
Rapporteur: Mr. Szilard Frickska, UN-HABITAT
Monday
16 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 456		 TS 1A - SDI
Commission: 3
Chair: Mr. Robin McLaren, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Mr. Bo Lauri, Sweden
Monday
16 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 353		 TS 1B - GIS in Urban Planning and Management
Commission: 3 and 8
Chair: Mr. Hartmut Mueller, Germany
Rapporteur: Mr. Isaac Boateng, United Kingdom
Monday
16 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 361		 TS 1C - Development in GNSS Measurement Technologies and Techniques
Commission: 5
Chair: Mr. Mikael Lilje, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Rob Sarib, Australia
Monday
16 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 359		 TS 1D - Property Taxation
Commission: 9
Chair: Mr. Peter Ljung, Sweden
Rapporteur: Ms. Heidi Falkenbach, Finland
Monday
16 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 356		 TS 1E - Cadastral Information Management
Commission: 7, 3 and 1
Chair: Mr. Gyula Iván, Hungary
Rapporteur: Dr. Klas Ernald Borges, Sweden
Monday
16 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 454		 TS 1F - Spatial Planning Case Studies
Commission: 8 and 3
Chair: Ms. Kari Strande, Norway
Rapporteur: Dr. Iz H. Baki, Hong Kong SAR, China
Monday
16 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 351		 TS 1G - Curricula
Commission: 2
Chair: Prof. Bela Markus, Chair of FIG Commission 2, Hungary
Rapporteur: Prof. Arvo Vitikainen, Finland
Monday
16 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 451		 TS 1H - Developments in Scanner and Sensor Technologies
Commission: 5
Chair: Prof. Rudolf Staiger, Germany
Rapporteur: Mr. David Martin, France
Monday
16 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 458		 TS 1I – Imaging Data Applications
Commission: 5 and 6
Chair: Prof. Alojz Kopácik, Chair of FIG Commission 6, Slovakia
Rapporteur: Mr. Craig Roberts, United Kingdom
Monday
16 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 452		 Commission Meetings – FIG Commission 4 Annual Meeting
Monday
16 June
15:30-16:00
Norra Latin		 Coffee Break
Monday
16 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 351



 FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing
SFS 2A – Dialogue on Land Use Management and Property Rights – Outlining the Roadmap for Southern and Eastern Africa
Commission: UN-HABITAT and FIG Commission 7
Chair: Mr. Mmuso Riba, South Africa
Monday
16 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 451



 FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing
SFS 2B – Dialogue on Land Use Management and Property Rights – Outlining the Roadmap for Asia
Commission: UN-HABITAT and FIG Commission 7
Chair: Prof. Paul van der Molen, FIG Vice President, Netherlands
Monday
16 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 454



 FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing
SFS 2C – Dialogue on Land Use Management and Property Rights – Outlining the Roadmap for West Africa
Commission: UN-HABITAT and FIG Commission 7
Chair: Ms. Erica Mamley Osae, SUF, UN-HABITAT, Ghana
Monday
16 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 458



 FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing
SFS 2D – Dialogue on Land Use Management and Property Rights – Outlining the Roadmap for Central and Eastern Europe
Commission: UN-HABITAT and FIG Commissions 3 and 7
Chair: Dr. Chryssy Potsiou, Chair of FIG Commission 3, Greece
Monday
16 June
16:00-17:30
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Aulan		 TS 2A - Geodetic Networks, Reference Frames and Systems I
Commission: 5
Chair: Dr. Sandra Verhagen, the Netherlands
Rapporteur: Mr. Rob Sarib, Australia
Monday
16 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 456		 TS 2B - NSDI and e-Government
Commission: 3
Chair: Prof. Yerach Doytsher, Israel
Rapporteur: Mr. Paul Kelly, Australia
Monday
16 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 353		 TS 2C - Cadastral Information Services
Commission: 7 and 3
Chair: Dr. Szabolcs Mihaly, Hungary
Rapporteur: Mr. Gyula Iván, Hungary
Monday
16 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 361		 TS 2D - Calibration of Instruments
Commission: 5 and 6
Chair: Dr. Neil Weston, USA
Rapporteur: Dr. Volker Schwieger, Germany
Monday
16 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 359		 TS 2E - Land Consolidation – Case Studies
Commission: 7 and 8
Chair: Mr. Richard Grover, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Dr. Maria Ulfvarson Östlund, Sweden
Monday
16 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 356		 TS 2F - Young Surveyors
Commission: 1 and 2
Chair: Mr. Gert Steinkellner, Austria
Rapporteur: Ms. Cecilia Lindén, Sweden
Monday
16 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 452		 Commission Meetings - Commission 4 Meeting
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Tuesday
17 June
09:00-10:30
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Aulan		 Plenary Session II – Land Administration and Finance Systems
Commission: All
Chair: Mr. Lars Magnusson, Director General, BKN (National Housing Credit Guarantee Board), Sweden
Co-Chair: Ms. Ann Jennervik, ee&sd, Sweden

Mr. Michael Mutter, Senior Adviser, Slum Upgrading Facility, SUF, UN-HABITAT:
Expanding the Outreach of Housing Finance for the Urban Poor - A Matter of Cooperation (3096)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Ms. Renu Sud Karnad, Joint Managing Director Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited - India:
Channelling Financial Flows for Adequate and Affordable Housing (3097)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Dr. Malcolm Childress, Sr. Land Administration Specialist, World Bank:
Land Finance through Land Governance—Expanding the Discussion of Land Policy during Food Crisis, Climate Change and Rapid Urbanization (3098)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Mr. Dan Ericsson, State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Sweden:
Housing Finance for All – Swedish Engagement in Land Administration and Housing Finance (3154)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]
 

Michael
Mutter
Renu Sud
Karnad
Malcolm
Childress
Dan
Ericsson

Tuesday
17 June
09:00-17:00
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Pelarsalen		 Exhibition
Tuesday
17 June
10:30-11:00
Norra Latin		 Coffee Break
Tuesday
17 June
11:00-12:30
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Aulan



 FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing
SFS 3 – Putting Innovative Systems for Functioning Finance into Practice
Commission: UN-HABITAT and FIG Commissions 3, 7, 8 and 9
Chair: Mr. Bengt Kjellson, Lantmateriet, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 456		 TS 3A - Geodetic Networks, Reference Frames and Systems II
Commission: 5
Chair: Ms. Christina Kempe, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Mikael Lilje, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 353		 TS 3B - The Role of Land Administration in Sustainable Development
Commission: 7
Chair: Mr. Sřren Fauerholm Christensen, Denmark
Rapporteur: Ms. Kristin Andreasson, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 361		 TS 3C - Tools for Land Administration
Commission: 7
Chair: Dr. Daniel Steudler, Switzerland
Rapporteur: Prof. Francis Gäbele, Belgium
Tuesday
17 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 359		 TS 3D - GNSS Reference Stations
Commission: 5
Chair: Mr. David Zilkoski, USA
Rapporteur: Dr. Volker Schwieger, Germany
Tuesday
17 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 356		 TS 3E - Digital Land Administration
Commission: 7, 1 and 3
Chair: Mr. Christiaan Lemmen, the Netherlands
Rapporteur: Mr. Lars Ĺstrand, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 454		 TS 3F - Coastal Zone Administration
Commission: 4, 7 and 8
Chair: Dr. Diane Dumashie, Chair of FIG Commission 8, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Mr. Rob Mahoney, United Kingdom
Tuesday
17 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 351		 TS 3G - Capacity Building
Commission: 2, 3 and 7
Chair: Dr. Hans Mattsson, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Per Larsson, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 451		 TS 3H - Reliability of Positioning and Measurement Technology
Commission: 5
Chair: Mr. Graeme Blick, New Zealand
Rapporteur: Mr. David Martin, France
Tuesday
17 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 458		 TS 3I - Deformation Monitoring – Techniques and Case Studies
Commission: 5 and 6
Chair: Prof. Alojz Kopáčik, Chair of FIG Commission 6, Slovakia
Rapporteur: Prof. Lothar Gruendig, Germany
Tuesday
17 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 452		 Task Force Meetings – Task Force on Institutional and Organisational Development
  • by invitation only
Tuesday
17 June
12:30-14:00
Cabaret		 Lunch
Tuesday
17 June
12:30-14:00
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Room 352		 Meeting of the Francophone Group
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 351



 FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing
SFS 4A - Dialogue on Land Management Practises and Tools and Their Links to Efficient Finance
Commission: UN-HABITAT and FIG Commission 7
Chair: Mr. Tommy Österberg, Swedesurvey, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Christiaan Lemmen, Chair of FIG WG 7.1 - Development of Pro Poor Land Management and Land Administration, Netherlands
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 451



 FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing
SFS 4B – Dialogue on Revisiting Planning Cutting the Costs, Involving the Rights of the Poor and Enabling Adequate Finance
Commission: UN-HABITAT and FIG Commissions 3, 7 and 8
Chair: Mr. Geoffrey Payne, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Ms. Ann-Katrin Myles, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 454



 FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing
SFS 4C – Dialogue on Linking the Financial Sources, Public versus Private Sector, Efficient Subsidies
Commission: UN-HABITAT and FIG Commission 9
Chair: Ms. Carmen Nonay, Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid GPOBA/The World Bank
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 458



 FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing
SFS 4D – Dialogue on Expanding the Outreach of Housing Finance for the Urban Poor
Commission: UN-HABITAT and FIG Commissions 8 and 9
Chair: Ms. Ruth McLeod, United Kingdom
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Aulan		 TS 4A - Reorganising the Land Registries in the Nordic Countries
Commission: 7 and 3
Chair: Mr. Lars Jansson, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Thomas Nylund, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 456		 TS 4B - Compulsory Acquisition of Land
Commission: 9, 7 and 8
Chair: Prof. Frances Plimmer, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Prof. Kauko Viitanen, Chair of FIG Commission 9, Finland
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 353		 TS 4C - GNSS Standards
Commission: 5
Chair: Mr. Iain Greenway, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Mr. Mikael Lilje, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 361		 TS 4D - Engineering Surveying
Commission: 6
Chair: Dr. Gethin Roberts, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Ms. Kerstin Hegner, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 359		 TS 4E - The Surveyors Role in Promoting Sustainability and the Use of Sustainable Resources
Commission: 7 and 8
Chair: Dr. Diane Dumashie, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Dr. Hendrik Ploeger, the Netherlands
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 356		 TS 4F - Hydrographic Information Management
Commission: 4 and 3
Chair: Mr. Ulf Ohlsson, Sweden
Rapporteur: Dr. Michael Sutherland, Canada
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 463		 TS 4G – Processing of Geodetic Data
Commission: 5 and 6
Chair: Dr. Volker Schwieger, Germany
Rapporteur: Mr. Rob Sarib, Australia
Tuesday
17 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 452		 Meeting of the FIG Corporate Members
Chair: Mr. Peter Normann Hansen, Denmark
  • by invitation only
Tuesday
17 June
15:30-16:00
Norra Latin		 Coffee Break
Tuesday
17 June
15:30-17:30
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Room 463		 Meeting of the Arab Union of Surveyors
  • open for the members of the Arab Union of Surveyors
Tuesday
17 June
16:00-17:30
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Aulan



 FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing
SFS 5 – Wrap-up and How to Proceed – Panel and Open Forum
Commission: UN-HABITAT and FIG Commissions 3, 7, 8 and 9
Chairs: Mr. Michael Mutter, Slum Upgrading Facility (SUF/UN-HABITAT) and Prof. Paul van der Molen, Vice President of FIG, the Netherlands
Rapporteur: Mr. Mark Napier, South Africa
Tuesday
17 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 456		 TS 5A - Land Administration - European Experiences
Commission: 7 and 3
Chair: Mr. András Osskó, Chair of FIG Commission 7, Hungary
Rapporteur: Ms. Anna Bremberg, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 353		 TS 5B - Applications of Remote Sensing and Imagery
Commission: 5, 8, 3 and 7
Chair: Prof. Yerach Doytsher, Israel
Rapporteur: Mr. Dave Doyle, USA
Tuesday
17 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 361		 TS 5C - Structural Monitoring
Commission: 6
Chair: Dr. Ivo Milev, Germany
Rapporteur: Dr. Gethin Roberts, United Kingdom
Tuesday
17 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 359		 TS 5D - Tools and Methods in Land Valuation
Commission: 9
Chair: Ms. Heidi Falkenbach, Finland
Rapporteur: Mr. Dieter Kertscher, Germany
Tuesday
17 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 356		 TS 5E - 3D Cadastre
Commission: 7
Chair: Mr. Arvo Kokkonen, Finland
Rapporteur: Ms. Ida Cronquist, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 454		 TS 5F - Geoid
Commission: 5
Chair: Mr. Lars E. Engberg, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Rob Sarib, Australia
Tuesday
17 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 351		 TS 5G - GNSS Antenna Calibration and Accuracy Assessment
Commission: 5
Chair: Mr. David Martin, France
Rapporteur: Dr. Volker Schwieger, Germany
Tuesday
17 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 451		 TS 5H - Land Administration Case Studies I
Commission: 7
Chair: Ms. Agneta Ericsson, Sweden
Rapporteur: Ms. Anna-Karin Lang, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 458		 TS 5I - Hydrographic Surveying in Practice
Commission: 4
Chair: Mr. David Neale, Trinidad and Tobago
Rapporteur: Ms. Frida Andersson, Sweden
Tuesday
17 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 452		 Meeting of the FIG Standards Network
  • for members of the FIG Standards Network
  • by invitation only
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Wednesday
18 June
09:00-10:30
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Aulan		 Plenary Session III – Technical and Organisational Innovations
Commission: All
Chair: Mr. Matthew Higgins, Vice President of FIG, Australia

Mr. David Zilkoski, Director of the NOAA`s National Geodetic Survey (USA):
The Surveyor: Charting the World’s Course - What´s in the Future? (3099)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Mr. Frank Udnaes, Policy and Infrastructure Group in the Galileo Unit, European Commission:
Status of the European EGNOS and Galileo Programmes (3100)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]

Mr. Stig Jönsson, General Director of National Land Survey (Sweden):
Building Integrated Land Information Systems and Development of NSDI  (3101)
[abstract] [paper] [slides]
 

David
Zilkoski
Frank
Udnaes
Stig
Jönsson

Wednesday
18 June
09:00-15:00
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Pelarsalen		 Exhibition
Wednesday
18 June
09:00-10:30
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Room 452		 Commission Meetings – FIG Commission 9 WG 9.1 and WG 9.3 Meetings
  • Open meeting of Commission 9 Working Groups WG 9.1 - Compulsory Purchase and Compensations in Land Acquisition and Takings; and WG 9.3 – Diagnostic Tools and Prescriptive Practices for The Valuation Profession
Wednesday
18 June
10:30-11:00
Norra Latin		 Coffee Break
Wednesday
18 June
11:00-12:30
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Aulan



 TS 6A - Good Governance in Land Administration
Commission: 7, 8 and 1
Chair: Dr. Diane Dumashie, Chair of FIG Commission 8, United Kingdom
Wednesday
18 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 456		 TS 6B - Land Administration Policies and Systems
Commission: 7
Chair: Ms. Ann-Katrin Myles, Sweden
Rapporteur: Dr. Jenny Paulsson, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 353		 TS 6C - The Profession
Commission: 1
Chair: Ms. Monica Lagerqvist Nilsson, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Fredrik Warnquist, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 361		 TS 6D - Interactions between Land Valuations and Spatial Planning
Commission: 8 and 9
Chair: Mr. Isaac Boateng, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Ms. Ibimina Kakulu, United Kingdom
Wednesday
18 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 359		 TS 6E - Issues in Land Valuation
Commission: 9
Chair: Mr. Steven Nystrom, USA
Rapporteur: Mr. Henrik Roos, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 356		 TS 6F - Posters Associated with Discussion Forum in TS 7F on Real Time GNSS CORS
Commission: 5
Chair: Dr. Volker Schwieger, Germany
Rapporteur: Mr. Mikael Lilje, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 454		 TS 6G - Real Estate Management Supported by GIS
Commission: 9 and 3
Chair: Mr. Dieter Kertscher, Germany
Wednesday
18 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 351		 TS 6H - Education Case Studies I
Commission: 2
Chair: Dr. Liza Groenendijk, the Netherlands
Rapporteur: Mr. Leif Eidenstedt, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 451		 TS 6I - GIS Algorithms and Techniques
Commission: 3
Chair: Prof. Charalabos Ioannidis, Greece
Rapporteur: Prof. Miodrag Roić, Croatia
Wednesday
18 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 458		 TS 6J - Project Management – Open Session
Commission: 10
Chair: Mr. Richard A. Hucker, MBE, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Mr. Andrew Morley, United Kingdom
Wednesday
18 June
11:00-12:30
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Room 358		 TS 6K – Traceability and Data Processing
Commission: 5 and 6
Chair: Prof. Alojz Kopáčik, Chair of FIG Commission 6, Slovakia
Wednesday
18 June
12:30-14:00
Cabaret		 Lunch
Wednesday
18 June
14:00-15:30
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Aulan



 TS 7A - Informal Settlements – Managing the Issues
Commission: 3, 7 and 8
Chair: Prof. Michael Barry, Canada
Rapporteur: Dr. Khaled Nabbout, Germany
Wednesday
18 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 456



 TS 7B - Administration of Land Tenure
Commission: 7
Chair: Mr. Mats Backman, Sweden
Rapporteur: Ms. Eleni Tzortzioti, Greece
Wednesday
18 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 353		 TS 7C - Issues and Techniques in Spatial Planning
Commission: 8
Chair: Ms. Ewa Svensson, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Thomas Nylund, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 361		 TS 7D - Land Valuation Case Studies I
Commission: 9
Chair: Mr. Henning Elmstrom, Denmark
Rapporteur: Ms. Heidi Falkenbach, Finland
Wednesday
18 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 359		 TS 7E - Cadastral Information – Case Studies
Commission: 7 and 3
Chair: Dr. Thomas Kalbro, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Gyula Iván, Hungary
Wednesday
18 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 356

 TS 7F - Discussion Forum on Real Time GNSS CORS (Related to Special Poster Session TS 6F)
Commission: 5
Facilitators: Prof. Rudolf Staiger, Chair of FIG Commission 5 (Germany) and Prof. Chris Rizos, Vice President of IAG (Australia)
Rapporteur: Mr. Rob Sarib, Australia

Joint Session - FIG Commission 5 - Position and Measurement and IAG Commission 4 - Positioning and Applications

Wednesday
18 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 454		 TS 7G - Standards
Commission: 1
Chair: Mr. Iain Greenway, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Dr. Patrik Ottoson, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 351		 TS 7H - Education Case Studies II
Commission: 2
Chair: Dr. Steven Frank, USA
Rapporteur: Dr. habil Janus Strauhmanis, Latvia
Wednesday
18 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 451		 TS 7I - GIS Applications in Turkey
Commission: 3
Chair: Mr. Ozam Emem, Turkey
Rapporteur: Ms. Kerstin Hegner, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 458		 TS 7J - Construction Economics – Issues for the Profession
Commission: 10
Chair: Dr. Maria Ulfvarson Östlund, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Andrew Morley, United Kingdom
Wednesday
18 June
14:00-15:30
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Room 452		 Commission Meetings – FIG Commission 4 and 8
Wednesday
18 June
15:30-16:00
Norra Latin		 Coffee Break
Wednesday
18 June
15:30-17:30
Norra Latin
Room 463		 FIG Foundation Meeting
  • by invitation only
Wednesday
18 June
16:00-17:30
Norra Latin
Aulan



 TS 8A - Informal Settlements – Mechanism to Avoid
Commission: 3, 7 and 8
Chair: Dr. Chryssy Potsiou, Chair of FIG Commission 3, Greece
Rapporteur: Dr. Leif Norell, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 456		 TS 8B - Spatial Planning and Regeneration Issues – Case Studies
Commission: 8, 3 and 7
Chair: Ms. Helen Murray, Ireland
Rapporteur: Mr. Makis Apostolatos, Greece
Wednesday
18 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 353		 TS 8C - Land Consolidation
Commission: 7 and 8
Chair: Dr. Iz H. Baki, Hong Kong SAR, China
Rapporteur: Dr. Ing. Adrianna Pulecka, Poland
Wednesday
18 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 361



 TS 8D - Land Valuation Case Studies II
Commission: 9
Chair: Mr. Bengt Kjellson, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Hĺvard Steinsholt, Norway
Wednesday
18 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 359		 TS 8E - Natural Disaster Management
Commission: 8
Chair: Prof. Theo Kötter, Germany
Rapporteur: Ms. Monica Lagerqvist-Nilsson, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 356

 TS 8F - New Positioning Techniques Forum
Commission: 5
Facilitators: Prof. Rudolf Staiger, Chair of FIG Commission 5 (Germany) and Prof. Chris Rizos, Vice President of IAG (Australia)
Rapporteur: Mr. David Martin, France

Joint Session - FIG Commission 5 - Position and Measurement and IAG Commission 4 - Positioning and Applications

Wednesday
18 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 454		 TS 8G - Construction Economics – Case Studies
Commission: 10 and 8
Chair: Mr. Andrew Morley, Chair of FIG Commission 10, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Mr. Geoff Schmitt, United Kingdom
Wednesday
18 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 351		 TS 8H - GIS in Environmental Management
Commission: 3
Chair: Mr. Rob Mahoney, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Mr. Ulf Sandgren, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 451		 TS 8I – Case Studies in Land Administration II
Commission: 7
Chair: Mr. Thomas Nylund, Sweden
Wednesday
18 June
16:00-17:30
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Room 357		 Meeting for Young Surveyors
Chair: Ms. Cecilia Lindén, Sweden
Rapporteur: Mr. Roman Pieczka, Poland
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Thursday
19 June
08:30-10:30
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Room 456		 Presidents’ Meeting
  • for Presidents of Member Associations
  • by invitation only
Thursday
19 June
09:00-10:30
SLF Office
Vasagatan 52, 4th Floor
Room I		 Commission Meetings – FIG Commission 9 WG 9.2, WG9.4 and WG9.5 Meetings
  • Open meeting of Commission 9 Working Groups WG 9.2 - Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing; WG 9.4 – Review of Valuation Methods and Standards Worldwide; and WG 9.5 – GIS-analyses in Real Estate Market Analyses and Valuation
Thursday
19 June
09:00-10:30
SLF Office
Vasagatan 52, 4th Floor
Room II		 Commission Meetings – FIG Commission 5 Steering Committee Meeting II
  • by invitation only
Thursday
19 June
10:30-11:00
Norra Latin		 Coffee Break
Thursday
19 June
11:00-13:30
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Aulan		 General Assembly – Second Session
  • for FIG members
  • open for observers
Thursday
19 June
13:30-15:00		 Lunch
Thursday
19 June
15:00-16:30
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Aulan		 Closing Ceremony
Moderator: Mr. Lars Jansson, Deputy Director General, Swedish National Land Survey
  • Report on the Working Week 2008, Mr. Svante Astermo, Chair of the Local Organising Committee
    [abstract] [paper] [slides]
  • Closing Address and Summary of the Working Week, Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG President
    [abstract] [paper] [slides]
  • Appreciation to FIGWW2008 Organising Committee, Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG President
  • FIG Fanfare
  • Closing of the Working Week 2008

Dress code: Smart casual
Thursday
19 June
16:30-17:30
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Aulan and Foyer

 Farewell Reception
  • sponsored by FIG Congress 2010 in Sydney
© International Federation of Surveyors, FIG 2008