FIG President Stig Enemark attends
39th Conference of the French Chartered Surveyors and
1st Conference of European Surveyors
Strasbourg, France, 17-19 September 2008
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Pierre Bibollet, President of the French
Ordre des Geométrès-Experts and FIG President Stig Enemark.
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FIG President Stig Enemark attended the 39th Conference of the French
Chartered Surveyors and 1st Conference of European Surveyors, Strasbourg,
France, 17-19 September 2008.
The conference was organised by Ordre des Geométrès-Experts (the French
Association of Chartered Surveyors) in cooperation with the two European
surveyors' organizations the CLGE (Council of European Geodetic Surveyors)
and GE (Geométrès Europas). The main aim of this European Conference was to
raise awareness of the surveying profession and increase its exposure among
various European institutions and EU consumers generally both in France and
across Europe.
The opening session included key note addresses from Adrien Zeller,
President of the Alsace Regional Council, Pierre Bibollet, President
of the French Ordre des Geométrès-Experts, Alain Gaudet, President of
Geométrès Europas, Henning Elmstrom, President of Council of European
Geodetic Surveyors, Francois Mazuyer, Vice President of Ordre des
Geométrès-Experts and general rapporteur of the conference, and the FIG
President Stig Enemark, who concluded, that "FIG sees the European
region as a very strong partner in building and enhancing the global
standing of the surveying profession."
The conference included about 20 presentations organized around three
main themes with about six presentations: (i) The Surveyor and Advances in
Technology: making sustainable development part of the equation; (ii) The
law, the Surveyor and Property: what areas of expertise for what guarantees?
and (iii) The Surveyors and the Consumer: matching services to requirements.
The third theme included presentations of Jean Bergevin from the
European Commission, Bozana Lipej from Slovenia, and Rob Mahoney
from United Kingdom.
The conference was very well attended by more than 1,000 participants
with more than 100 from outside France and with a strong representation from
Francophone Africa. President Enemark also attended a meeting of the
Francophone Group of Surveyors with representation from Algeria, Burkina
Faso, Canada, France, Madagascar, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Morocco,
Congo Dem. Repub., Lithuania, and Mali.
Most presentations were in French with a few in English and German.
Simultaneous translation was provided at all sessions. The conference
profile can be found at http://www.geometre-strasbourg2008.eu/. Conference proceedings are
available at:
http://www.geometre-expert.fr/www/cmsMng.do?ID_RUBRIC=281&ID_PAGE=11989,
and at the CLGE website: http://www.clge.eu/
The conference concluded by adopting a document of recommendations that
was signed by the three presidents of OGE, CLGE, and GE. The recommendations
are focused on the role and professional status of the European surveyor.
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