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FIG 2010 in Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010
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Facing the Challenges - Building the Capacity
confirmed as
theme for FIG 2010 during President Enemark's visit to Sydney
Sydney, Australia, 10-14 November 2008
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Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour will be
the venue of the FIG Congress 2010. |
President Stig Enemark together with Vice President Matt
Higgins and FIG Director visited Sydney 10-14 November to discuss the
themes and arrangements of the FIG Congress 2010 that will be held at the
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour in the very heart
of Sydney.
At the meetings the theme of the conference was confirmed to be "Facing
the Challenges - Building the Capacity". In addition to the opening
ceremony there will be four plenary sessions with topics related to big
challenges that are facing surveyors and mankind (climate change, disaster
risk management and good land governance), to spatially enabled society and
technological futures (as positioning infrastructures and information
mobility). The technical programme allows 8-10 parallel technical sessions
and workshops that can accommodate up to 600 presentations. As usual, the
option for peer review and non peer review papers will be offered.
President Enemark met during his visit representatives of different
Australian associations representing surveyors in New South Wales and in
Australia. They expressed great enthusiasm to the congress, that is expected
to gather more than 2,500 surveyors to Sydney. FIG 2010 will be the only
significant conference in the Asia-Pacific region in 2010. The congress will
offer a real good reason to visit Australia, if you have not done it earlier
or if you just want to return for another visit. In addition to the
technical and scientific programme there will be an entertaining social
programme full of Australian friendship and hospitality. The tradeshow is
expected to be the bigger than any normal FIG congress and it will attract
also attendees outside the congress participants.
The Young Ambassadors are planning a special programme for students and
young surveyors prior to and during the congress.
President Enemark also visited the Department of Lands of New South
Wales, meeting with Warwick Watkins, Surveyor General, Des Mooney,
General Manager LPI and Paul Harcombe, Chief Surveyor LPI and even
more importantly the Congress Director of FIG 2010. The visit stated clearly
that Sydney and Australian surveyors have lot to offer for international
participants in both professional and social aspects.
You can already now register your interest to attend this major FIG
Congress in 2010 in Sydney at the conference web site:
www.fig2010.com. It will keep you
updated on the latest congress news.
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Jim Curnow, President of the Institution of Surveyors
Ausralia, ISA and Stig Enemark, President of FIG.
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John Minehan, President of the Institution of Surveyors New
South Wales and President Enemark at the new headquaters of ISNSW. |
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Meeting at the Surveying and Mapping Industry Council at the ISNSW
offices where the associations expressed their support to FIG 2010. |
Congress Director
Paul Harcombe, Stig Enemark and Warwick Watkins, Surveyor General of NSW.
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Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. |
Darling Harbour. |
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Harbour Bridge. |
Circular Quay. |
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Sydney skyline. |
National Maritime Museum. |
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Sydney Opera House. |
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