Vice President CheeHai Teo attends “Smart Korea 2010” Korea
NSDI Expo
Korea, 1 – 3 September 2010
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The winning entry: Elementary School National Map Drawing
Competition in conjunction with 2010 Smart Korea |
“Smart Korea 2010”, the third successive annual Korean NSDI Expo that
also incorporates a series of themed symposiums, is the national specialized
geospatial symposium and exhibition. This year, the organizers’ aim was the
promotion of the convergence of geospatial science and smart technologies
that should bring about a better future.
The International Federation of Surveyors was invited to “Smart Korea
2010” by the organisers; Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), Korea
Cadastral Survey Corporation (KCSC), Korea Association of Surveying and
Mapping (KASM), Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement (KRIHS) and
Ubiquitous City Association (U-City). The host is the Ministry of Land,
Transport and Maritime Affairs, Republic of Korea. The Honorable Mr Jeong
Chang-Su, Vice Minister of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs officiated
the event and with him was an entourage of senior officials including Mr Lee
Sung-Yeul, President of the Korea Cadastral Survey Corporation, Mr Kim
Won-Ik, President of the Korean Association of Surveying and Mapping and Mr
Kang Sung-Sik, Vice President of Korea Land and Housing Corporation. Amongst
the invited guests is Prof. Ronald Abler, President of International
Geographic Union and Prof Abbas Rajabifard, President of Global Spatial Data
Infrastructure Association, both sister organizations to FIG.
Vice President CheeHai TEO represented FIG at the Expo and made a
keynote presentation at the official opening ceremony of the event. He began
by acknowledging the progress within Korea’s Geospatial profession and
industry that has recognized the usefulness and the value of geospatial
information to social, environmental and economic development.
In the presentation, VP CheeHai Teo stated that Geospatial sciences and
technologies no longer confine itself to measurement or to just surveying
alone. The science and the technologies are pervasive, and considerable
advances are occurring in places that even surveyors could hardly imagine;
making a real difference in informed, reliable and responsible decisions and
actions. He also spoke of the challenges facing humanity today, from the
provision of the twin basic needs of humanity - adequate food and adequate
shelter, to climate change, rapid urbanization, as well as natural disasters
highlighting the need for continued sustainable development. There is also
an economic dimension. The ongoing financial and economic crisis brings into
sharp focus the manner nations, societies, families and individuals to
deploy their wealth and allocate their finite resources.
FIG, as a global organization aims to ensure that the disciplines of
surveying and all who practice them meet the needs of the markets and
communities that they serve. VP CheeHai Teo opined that these advances and
innovation occurring within our science, our profession and our industry
should serve humankind and contribute towards the many challenges that we
are facing. These advances and innovation can also mean ordinary existence
and rising economic prosperity for a nation as well as continued and
sustained growth and development for others.
He ended his presentation by stating his belief that today’s and
tomorrow’s Surveyors, Geospatial Scientists, or Geospatial Professionals are
equipped with both knowledge and training to make informed, reliable and
sustainable decisions and judgment, as well as to act accordingly and urged
the Korean Geospatial profession and industry to rise to the occasion and do
the job well!
CheeHai TEO
FIG Vice President
6 September 2010
Handouts of the presentation by CheeHai Teo:
Smart Geospatial!
Happy Life! (pdf 7,89 Mb)
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FIG Vice President Teo CheeHai at his presentation
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A visit to Bupeong/Gyeyang District Local Office, Incheon Branch,
Korea Cadastral Survey Corporation |
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Korean Secondary School kids waiting to enter the 2010 Smart Korea
Exhibition Hall |
Interacting with staff members of Korea Cadastral Survey Corporation
Bupeong/Gyeyang District Local Office, Incheon Branch |
15 September 2010
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