FIG WW Prague Technical Programme

Technical Programme for the FIG Working Week 2000
21-26 May, Prague

ADMINISTRATIVE MEETINGS AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMME FOR FIG WORKING WEEK 2000

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - QUO VADIS

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Tuesday 23 May
13.30 - 15.00
Raisuv Sal

Plenary Session
Chairperson: Milan Klimes (Czech Republic)

Robert W. Foster, President of FIG: The Global Role of Surveying in the New Millennium

John Leonard, Secretary-General, CERCO: Europe's Official Mappers - Quo Vadis?
Jirí Síma, Director-General, Czech Office for Surveying Mapping and the Cadastre: Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre in the Czech Lands - History, Present State and Perspectives

15.30 - 17.30
Raisuv Sal

Session 1
Co-operation with International Bodies and Organisations
Coordinator: Bureau
Chairperson: Christian Andreasen (USA)

Prof. Ian Williamson (Australia) and Prof. Don Grant (Australia): The United Nations and FIG Bathurst Declaration on Land Administration for Sustainable Development - A Challenge for Surveyors
Dr. Sylvie Lacroux, UNCHS(Habitat): Challenges in Rebuilding a New Land Administration System in Post-Conflict Countries
Dr James Riddell and Dr Fritz Rembold, FAO: Farm Land Rationalisation and Land Consolidation: Strategies for Multifunctional Use of Rural Space in Eastern and Central Europe
Prof. Stig Enemark (Denmark) and Dr Frances Plimmer (UK): Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications in the Surveying Profession
Iain Greenway (UK): Surveyors and Standardisation

15.30 - 17.30
Spolecensky Sal
(Winter Garden)

Session 2
Future Technologies
Coordinator: Commission 5
Chairperson: Dr Michel Mayoud (France)

Jaroslav Šimek (Czech Republic) and Prof. Jan Kostelecký (Czech Republic): Modern Geodetic Network and Datum in Europe
Prof. Nicolas Paparoditis (Greece): Integration of Techniques for Digital Mapping
Prof. Michel Kasser (France): New Modern Height Determination Techniques
Dr Naser El-Sheimy (Canada): Integrated Systems and their Impact on the Future of Positioning, Navigation and Mapping Applications
Prof. Alojz Kopacik (Slovak Republic): Trends of the Highway Tunnel Building in Slovakia

Wednesday 24 May
08.30 - 10.00
Raisuv Sal

Session 3
Quality Assurance in Surveyor's Profession
Coordinator: Commission 1
Chairperson: Klaus Rürup (Germany)

Jiří Novák (Czech Republic): The Key Issues of Implementation and Certification of ISO 9001 Quality Control System in GEODIS BRNO, spol. s r.o.
Prof. Dr. Klaus Kummer (Germany): Reorganisation of the Surveying System in the Eastern Part of Germany after Reunification - Examples and Outlook
Prof. Stig Enemark (Denmark): Creating a Quality Culture in Surveying Education
Prof. John Parker (Australia): Quality Awards and Surveyors

8.30 - 10.00
Spolecensky Sal
(Winter Garden)

Session 4
Technical Standards and Quality
Coordinator: Commission 5
Chairperson: Prof. Jean-Marie Becker (Sweden)

Prof. Jean-Marie Becker (Sweden), Prof. Hansbert Heister (Germany) and Dr Vaclav Slaboch (Czech Republic): New Technical Standards Improving the Quality in Positioning and Measurement
Prof. Paul Cross (UK), Matt Higgins (Australia) and Roger Lott (UK): Reference Frames in Practice: The Role of Professional, Scientific, Standards and Commercial Organisations
Prof. Karl-Hans Klein (Germany) and Dr. Otto Heunecke (Germany): Aims and Activities in German Standardisation respective Engineering Surveys
Sean Hinds (Canada): Quality in Transition - A Journey for CHS (Canadian Hydrographic Service)
Dr. Dan Sharni (Israel) & Haim B. Papo (Israel): The Carmel Mountains Precise Geoid Additional paper included only in the proceedings

10.30 - 12.00
Spolecensky Sal
(Winter Garden)

Session 5
Information Systems and Information Technologies
Coordinator: Commission 3
Chairperson: Robin McLaren (UK)

Prof. Ian Masser, EUROGI: Spatial Data Infrastructures in Europe
Panel Discussion:
- Prof. Bernd Teichert (Germany): NSDI in Germany
- Robin A. McLaren (UK): NSDI in the UK
- Kari Strande (Norway): «Norway GI-digital» - an Infrastructure for the Entire Society
- Milan Konecny and Dr Josef Hojdar (Czech Republic): National Geoinformation Infrastructure of the Czech Republic - Preliminary View of Neoforum
Vit Suchanek (Czech Republic) and Josef Jirman (Czech Republic): The Enhanced Information System of the Cadastre of Real Estates of the Czech Republic Additional paper included only in the proceedings

10.30 - 12.00
Raisuv Sal

Session 6
Planning and Appraisal
Coordinator: Commission 9
Chairperson: Michael Yovino-Young (USA)

Diane Awo Dumashie (UK): Coastal Industrialised Land Development in the UK
Richard M. Betts (USA): The Revolution in How We Work
Helge Onsrud (Norway): Developing FIG Agenda 21 - A Presentation of a Draft FIG Statement on Sustainable Development
Zbynek Smejkal (Czech Republic): Property Assessment in the Czech Republic
Michael Yovino-Young (USA): Commission 9 as Key to Global Network of Appraisal and Valuation Organizations

10.30 - 12.00
Salonek 9

Special Session of the Task Force on Under-representative Groups in Surveying
Chairperson: Gabriele Dasse (Germany)

Diana Lee-Smith, Gender Unit, Catalina Trujillo, Women and Habitat Programme and Sylvie Lacroux, Land Management Programme, UNCHS(Habitat): CSD-women - Position Paper on Land Management

13.30 - 15.00
Raisuv Sal

Session 7
New Trends in Education and Training
Coordinator: Commission 2
Chairperson: Prof. Kirsi Virrantaus (Finland)

Prof. Henrik Haggrén (Finland) and Prof. Esben Munk Sørensen (Denmark): An Overview to Virtual Academy - Methods and Techniques
Prof. Bela Markus (Hungary): Educational Metadata
Ales Cepek and Josef Hnojil (Czech Republic): Internet in Education, Practical Experience and Future Plans
Prof. Julian Rouch (USA): Summary of Models of Surveying Curricula around the World"
Svato Michalcak (Slovak Republic): Methodology for the Self-development of Professional Personality in the Information Era

13.30 - 15.00
Spolecensky Sal
(Winter Garden)

Session 8
Public and Private Sector Partnership and Urban Renewal
Coordinator: Commission 8
Chairperson: Helmut Brackmann (Germany)

Erik Jan Kleingeld (Netherlands): Public-Private Partnership in Urban Redevelopment, Quo Vadis?
Dr. Violeta Puscasu (Romania): Urban Renewal in Romania
Dr. Milan Turba (Czech Republic): Strategic Plan for Prague
Giuseppe Rando (Italy) and Beppino Bonazzi (Italy): City of Ferrara – Urban Renewal Project Providing for the Redevelopment of the Western Section of the City, between the Railway and the Boicelli Canal and between via Modena and the Po River

15.30 - 17.30
Raisuv Sal

Session 9
Future Role of Cadastre and Land Management
Coordinator: Commission 7
Chairperson: Dr. Paul Munro-Faure (UK)

Dr Paul Munro-Faure (UK): Commission 7 and the Bathurst Declaration – The joint Initiative with FAO on the Multilingual Thesaurus
Dr. Richard Baldwin (UK) and Prof. Peter Dale (UK): Lessons Learned from the Emerging Land Markets in Central and Eastern Europe
Carsten Kragh (Denmark): Practical Requirements for EU Accession Countries for Land Information Systems in Respect to Agriculture
Ivan Pesl (Czech Republic): Cadastral Reform in the Czech Republic
ByoungChan Ryu (Korea): Study on the Improvement of the Cadastral Surveying Organization

15.30 - 17.30
Spolecensky Sal
(Winter Garden)

Session 10
Multidisciplinary Nature of Surveying
Coordinator: Commission 1
Chairperson: Prof. John Parker (Australia)

Alan J. Middleton (Australia): The Turner Survey Post - A Mystery Solved
Klaus Rürup (Germany): Results of Working Group 1 of Commission 1 - Organisational Structures in the Surveying World
Iain Greenway (UK): Practical Aspects of Ethics
Jes Ryttersgaard (Denmark): Establishing Information Communities - A Technical or an Organisational Challenge
Gianfranco Morocutti (Italy): The Development of the Surveyor's Profession in Italy
Leonie Newnham (Australia), Prof. John Parker (Australia) and Adrian Spall (Australia): Managing the Relationship between Local Government and State Government - the Victorian Experience

Historical EXHIBITION AND Symposium

Sunday 21 May 13.00-15.30 National Technical Museum Kostelni 42, Prague	Historical Symposium Seppo Härmälä (Finland): Struve Arc Vitali B. Kaptüg (Russia): The Toise-Metre Problem in the Struve Arc Prof. Michael Cooper(United Kingdom): Robert Hooke (1635-1703): The Hidden Surveyor Revealed Prof. Pavel Hanek (Czech Republic) and Antonin Svejda (Czech Republic): Historical Surveying Instruments from Bohemian Region
15.30-16.15	Coffee Break
16.15-17.00	Visit to the Exhibition
17.00-19.00	Meeting on the Struve Arc Project for the countries involved
Monday 22^nd May 17.00-18.30 National Technical Museum Kostelni 42, Prague	Opening of the Historical Exhibition

AD HOC COMMISSION ON CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT AND
THE INTERNATIONAL COST ENGINEERING COUNCIL (ICEC)
SPECIAL SEMINAR

Thursday 25 May
Full-day
Raisuv Sal
(Registration fee for those attending only this special seminar is US$100)

Technical Session

Steven Boeschoten, Region II Director of ICEC (Netherlands): How to Sell Your Estimate

Gianluca di Castri (Italy): Organisation of a Major Engineering Project

Des Pellicena, Assistant Secretary of ICEC (UK): Project Controls University - in an International Arena

Courtney Collins, Partner Central and Eastern Europe: Gleeds (UK): Capital Allowances and Taxation

Workshop

International Housing - How the surveying professions can assist in providing the housing requirements in the 21^st century

Session 1
Introduction	The challenge in summary and the aims of the workshop John Collinge - BSc (Hons) FRICS Chairman, FIG Commission for Construction Economics and Management
Land issues	Land tenure, titling, law and registration Dr. Paul Munro-Faure Chairman, FIG Commission 7, Cadastre and Land Management
Valuation and Funding Issues	Valuation, taxation and funding issues G. Michael Yovino Young - MBA MAI ASA Chairman, FIG Commission 9, Valuation and the Management of Real Estate
Planning	Urban planning issues Representative, FIG Commission 8, Spatial Planning and Development
Quantity Surveying/Cost Engineering	Budgeting, planning, forecasting and procurement Roger Batten - MBE Vice Chair, FIG Commission on Construction Economics and Management and Immediate Past President of ICEC
An International View	Housing Development in Nigeria Murtala Oladapo President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
Session 2
Discussion	Discussion Closing and Actions

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ADMINISTRATIVE MEETINGS AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMME FOR FIG WORKING WEEK 2000

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - QUO VADIS

Historical EXHIBITION AND Symposium

AD HOC COMMISSION ON CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL COST ENGINEERING COUNCIL (ICEC) SPECIAL SEMINAR

Technical Session

Workshop International Housing - How the surveying professions can assist in providing the housing requirements in the 21st century

AD HOC COMMISSION ON CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT AND
THE INTERNATIONAL COST ENGINEERING COUNCIL (ICEC)
SPECIAL SEMINAR

Workshop

International Housing - How the surveying professions can assist in providing the housing requirements in the 21^st century