XXIII FIG Congress in Munich, Germany
8-13 October 2006

Shaping the Change

Picture Gallery 5 - Pictures of New Members

Links to documents and reports of the FIG Congress in Munich

• Report of the Conference

• Picture Gallery 1 - Opening Ceremony - 10 October 2006

• Picture Gallery 2 - General Assembly I - Sunday 8 October 2006

• Picture Gallery 3 - General Assembly II - Friday 13 October 2006

• Picture Gallery 4 - Administrative Meetings (President's meeting 10 October, Council and ACCO  meetings)

• Picture Gallery 5 - Pictures of new members

• Picture Gallery 6 - Plenary Sessions, Technical Programme and Exhibition

• Picture Gallery 7 - Closing Ceremony

• Picture Gallery 8 - Social Events - Welcome Reception, City Reception, State Reception and other receptions

• Picture Gallery 9 - Social Events - Intergeo-treff and FIG Foundation Dinner, Farewell Dinner and FIG 2010 Party

• Picture Gallery 10 - Venues, pictures of Munich and impressions

• List of participants

Main addresses

• Shaping the Change 2002-2006 – The German Period of FIG. FIG President’s Address by Prof. Holger Magel, FIG President at the Opening Ceremony of the XXIII FIG Congress in Munich on 10 October 2006.
  • in English
  • in German
• Eröffnungsansprache des Bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten Dr. Edmund Stoiber anlässlich des 23. Internationalen FIG Kongresses am 10. Oktober 2006 in München
  • in German
• For a More Just World – the Surveyors’ Role for Achieving Sustainable Development. Keynote Address at the Opening Ceremony by Dr. Klaus Töpfer
  • to follow
• Shaping the Change - Congress Summary. Closing Address by Prof. Holger Magel, FIG President at the Closing Ceremony of the XXIII FIG Congress in Munich on 13 October 2006.
  • slides of the presentation
• Conference proceedings

New member associations
President Holger Magel gives the membership certificate to Merab Nadaraia, President of SPLIT from Georgia.	Mr. Mannars Chan, Honorary President of HKInstES from Hong Kong SAR, China receives the membership certificate of FIG as the second member association from Hong Kong.
Mr. Mannars Chan, HKInstES addressing the General Assembly.	Prof. LIAO Junping (Patrick), Vice President of the China Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and Agents (CIREA) introducing CIREA to FIG members.
President Magel and the representatives of CIREA.
President Magel and Prof. Jose Sergio Pahor from the new member association FENEA from Brazil.
New Affiliate members
Paul Harcombe received the membership certificate on behalf of ANZLIC from Australia and New Zealand.	Mr. Ljupco Georgievski, General Director of State Authority for Geodetic Works, together with President Magel after Macedonia FYROM joins FIG as an affiliate member.
Prof. Sharai Batsukh from Administration of Land Affairs, Geodesy and Cartography from Mongolia together with President Magel.	Tryggvi Már Ingvarsson represented the Land Registry of Iceland at the Congress where Iceland also became an affiliate member of FIG.
New Corporate members
President Magel together with the representative of Grontmij that joined FIG as a corporate member in 2005.	Dr. Mohd. A. M. Kheir Shanan, General Manager of SEDIC - Sudan Engineering and Digital Information Center, which joined FIG as a corporate member in Munich becoming at the same time the first FIG member from Sudan.
New potential members
President Magel together with representatives of GTZ and delegates from Montenegro discussing the membership of Montenegro in FIG.