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Look forward to FIG Working Week 2028 - the special celebration year
25-26 June 2025, Paris, France
2028 will be a special year for FIG as it will include a celebration
of the 150th anniversary of FIG. Since FIG was founded in Paris, France
in 1878, the Working Week 2028 will take place in the same city. One
difference to other Working Weeks will be that there will be one special
celebration day.
FIG President Diane Dumashie visited Paris and the local organisers
togethher with FIG Director Louise Friis-Hansen. Already now the local
organisers are far in their planning of this event. The celebration day
will take place in the Philharmonie with a mixture of plenary/key note
speakers and celebration. The other two days will take place at the
nearby Cité des Sciences with technical sessions.
The two French Associations,
Ordre des Géomètres-Experts (OGE) and the
French Association of Topography (AFT) are local hosts of this special
event. FIG had meetings with representatives from both
associations including President of OGE Séverine Vernet.
The meetings were a mixture of preparatory meeting of the Working
Week and a site visit to the two venues that will be used for the
Working Week.
FIG President Diane Dumashie and Director Louise Friis-Hansen met
with President of OGE, Séverine Vernet, Luc Lanoy, Bertrand Mercier and
Florian Lebourdais for a pre-meeting. Other attendees from OGE were
Hervé Grelard, Nicolas SMITH (NS) and Jean-François DALBIN. Bernard
Flaceliere attended on behalf of AFT.
Pre-meeting with Séverine Vernet, Luc Lanoy, Bertrand Mercier
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Philharmonie de Paris - Celebration day
The conference days will be organised differently than usually. There
will be one main celebration day on 26 June 2028 which will take place
at the Philharmonie de Paris. This will be a special and spectacular day
with plenary presentations, keynote speakers and celebration in amazing
surroundings, celebrating the 150th anniversary of FIG.
Cité des Sciences et Industrie
The following two days will take place at the nearby Cité des
Sciences et Industrie - 26 and 27 June. The Cité des Science is a is a
large science
museum in Europe. Located in the Parc
de la Villette in Paris, France, it is one of the three dozen French
Cultural Centers of Science, Technology and Industry (CCSTI), promoting
science and science culture. At the same time it is a conference centre,
and the two technical session days will take place here.
With the technical sessions there will be a 2-day exhibition.
The Cité des Sciences et Industrie will be used as venue for the
General Assembly on 24 and 28 June, too.
Save the dates
Already now save the dates for this special event:
24 and 28 June: FIG General Assembly
25 June: Celebration Day
26-27 June: Technical sessions, technical tours and exhibition
23-24 June: Pre-events
Louise Friis-Hansen
August 2025
