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FIG Newsletter – December 2022 |
Dear Colleague,
The best wishes to you for a Happy New Year - and what an exciting new year we are
looking into... The first year of the new leadership of FIG with President
Diane Dumashie in the lead, new Vice Presidents, new chairs of commissions
and networks. A whole range of new possibilities.
When that is said; the
turnaround to a new year also means a farewell to the year that has just
passed with a sincere thanks to all of you who made this a special year - especially to the
Polish local organisers who managed to organise a highly successful and
festive congress within one year. This turn of year also means a farewell to the
now past term 2019-2022 and its leadership - the President, Vice Presidents
and all the commission, network chairs and many others who ensured a high level of activities,
efficiency and outcome throughout the past - rather different - four years.
A very big THANK YOU
that sounds around the globe is not enough...
In this newsletter you will find a collection of news items - my seasons greetings to all in an around FIG with a heartfelt THANKS to all of you who follow FIG; as a tribute to the outgoing FIG President Rudolf Staiger the Article of the Month in December is the video recording of the keynote session on Technology and Visualtion for the Future; we are continuing the "Task Force on FIG and the SDGs series" - this time read about FIG Commission 8 and the SDGs and many other items.
The main event of the year 2023 will be the FIG Working Week in Orlando, Florida - remember the deadline for abstract submission:15 January 2023. You are also encouraged to register now and make advantage of the early-bird fee.
I hope you will enjoy this newsletter and wish you a happy, properous and hopefully peaceful 2023
FIG WORKING WEEK 2023 - BE PART OF THE TECHICAL PROGRAMME, SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT NOW
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the largest and most prestigious conference of surveying and geospatial professionals in 2023; held in Orlando, Florida USA. We expect around 1,500 - 2,000 surveying and geospatial experts from all over the world.
Local host of the Working Week is our US member - the National Society of Professional Surveyors, NSPS who, together with FIG, are looking forward to welcoming you to an extraordinary week of sessions, social, and sun!
The location within the Disney compound is extraordinary and special and besides the technical programme there will also be technical tours specially designed for Working Week participants.
The overall theme of the Working Week is
Protecting Our World, Conquering New Frontiers
As the world emerges from the grips of a global pandemic and the renewed enthusiasm of in-person conferences, the focus of the geospatial professions is becoming clearer. Our world and the population residing on it needs our assistance in finding better ways of sustaining our environment. This vision for helping with making those changes are reflected in this year’s theme for our Working Week and is strategically aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as adopted by the Member States in 2015.
Call for papers - deadline 15 January 2023
Be part of the technical programme. Do you have a story to tell, research to share, best practice examples or other things you would like to share with your fellow surveyors? Then submit your abstract.
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Become a sponsor or exhibitor
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This FIG Working Week 2023 will be held in the Americas for the first time in over 20 years. This will be your chance to showcase your company or organisation to both a large American and also to a truly international audience. |
 | NSPS Executive Director and member of the Conference Steering Committee, Tim Burch, was present at Intergeo 2022 in Essen Germany, and was interviewed for Intergeo TV. Watch the interview |
Register now
Many exciting experiences are awaiting you during the Working Week and at the destination.
Several pre-event options
Three conference days on 29-31 May with a packed techincal
programme
Networking opportunities
Several special technical tours have been organised for attendees
only.
The Working Week Dinner: American Evening will be a spectacular performance, the Disney's Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical
Revue
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Read more about the Working Week and what to expect, and register at www.fig.net/fig2023 |
Follow the Working Week preparations on FIG Social media:
NEWS FROM FIG
Seasons Greetings from FIG Office
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Happy New Year |
FIG General Assembly 2022 - Minutes
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The FIG General Assembly 2022 took place over three sessions - one online and two onsite in Warsaw Poland. Please find here the minutes of the General Assembly |
Call for bids for FIG Working Week 2027
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Will you be our host in 2027? FIG Council announces the bidding
material for the FIG Working Week 2027. All member associations are
encouraged to consider to submit a bid. Deadline is 12
january 2023. Election of the destination
will take place at the Working Week 2023 and General Assembly in
Orlando, Florida. |
National Land Conference 2022, Ghana
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A four-day conference on land was held in Accra Ghana to highlight
the implementation of the recently promulgated laws on land
management and physical planning for sustainable development. The
conference was an important step also for the FIG Working Week 2024
that will be held in Accra, Ghana. |
Dr. Haim Srebro receives award for his work on boundary-making practice
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IBRU has awarded its fifth annual Raymond Milefsky Award to Dr.
Haim Srebro, after being nominated by FIG. Haim Srebro is among
other things main editor of two FIG publications on International
Boundary Making. |
Recipient of the FIG Foundation PhD Scholarship 2021 finished PhD
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At the FIG Congress 2022, Dogus Guler, who finished his PhD at the
Geomatics Engineering Department of Instanbul Technical University,
Türkiye, held a presentation on his research. |
COMMISSION NEWS
Newsletters:
- FIG Commission 1 Newsletter December 2022
- FIG Commissison 8 Newsletter December 2022
FIG and the Sustainable Development Goals - Commission 8
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Commission Chair Marije Louwsma gives her Statement on the sustainable development goals in relation to Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development
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ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
The Article of the Month in December 2022 is a recording of the FIG Congress 2022 Keynote: Technology and Visualtion for the future in which Rudolf Staiger and Robert Olszewski focus on the future technologies of geospatial data visualization and its role for surveyors and the role of GNSS measurements in future. Read more and watch the video
JOBS
Check the vacancies and project opportunities at KTH Royal
Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Civil Society Unite, Department
of Global Communications UN, and EPSRC Centre for Doctorial Training in
Geospatial Systems.
Read more
NEW PUBLICATIONS
Geometer Dreams
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Peter Byrne has written a book about his forty years as a surveyor.
Written as vignettes, the shortest being just one line, together
with some longer essays and reflections, Geometer Dreams is about
people, their interactions and the circumstances they met. The story
settings range from the Pilbara district of Western Australia to the
Blue Mountains of New South Wales, from Borneo through Zimbabwe to
Brazil and the United Nations and includes also FIG material.
Michael D. Breen has written a review of Geometer Dreams.
Read the review and find more information about the book here |
Land administration systems go digital - two FAO, UN and FIG publications
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These new publications examine the state-of-play and future
directions for digital transformation in land administration in the
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region and
beyond. Fig publication 80 - Digital
transformation and land administration - Sustainable practices from
the UNECE region and beyond and FAO Knowledge for Investment
Brief: Funding Digital Transformation for Land
Administration |
New FIG publication no 79 on Land Consolidation
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This new FIG Publication prepared by FIG Commission 8 aims to
provide an overview of relevant topics for land consolidation
practice.
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New FIG publication no 78 on Geospatial Data in the 2020s
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New FIG Publication by FIG Commission 3 sheds light on several areas
where geospatial data can be particularly useful in supporting the
path to sustainability in the 2020s. |
UPCOMING EVENTS
16-17 February 2023, Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchowk, Nepal
International Workshop on Land Use Planning and land administration:
integration and decentralisation supported by FIG Commission 7
Attendance by invitation only
28 May - 1 June, Orlando, Florida USA
FIG Working Week 2023
Web site: www.fig.net/fig2023
5-7 July 2023, TU Delft, Netherlands
CAAD Futures 2023 - INTERCONNECTIONS: Co-computing beyond boundaries
Abstract submission - deadline 17 June 2022
Web site: www.caadfutures2023.nl
Kind regards,
Ms. Louise Friis-Hansen
Director
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FIG Working Week 2025, Brisbane, Australia
FIG Congress 2026, Cape Town, South Africa
FIG Working Week 2028, Paris, France - CELEBRATING FIG 150 ANNIVERSARY
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