News from Commission 8

FIG Publication # 38 - The Contribution of the Surveying Profession to Disaster Risk Management

FIG established a working group to highlight the current and future need for research and action in the field of disaster risk management in the year 2003. After three years of research in the form of expert meetings as well as papers and posters presented at the FIG conferences, FIG publication presents application-oriented concepts, methods and instruments for an effective disaster risk management. The publication is result of the work of FIG Working Group 8.4 on Risk and Disaster Management. ISBN-10: 87-90907-58-2

Commission 8 Newsletter - September 2005

Promoting Sustainable Land Management (Bagamoyo) & Promoting Land Administration and Good Governance (Accra), March 2006 - Presentation of Dr. Diane Dumashie

FIG Congress in Munich, Germany, 8-13 October 2006

• Congress web site: www.fig2006.de
• Technical programme: www.fig.net/fig2006
• Chairperson's report to General Assembly
• Draft Work Plan 2007-2010

Working Group 8.4 on Risk Management has got its web site: http://www.isbk.uni-bonn.de/fig

FIG Working Week in Cairo, Egypt, 16-21 April 2005

• Commission 8 Annual Meeting in Cairo 17 April 2005 - minutes of the meeting
• Report from the FIG Working Week in Cairo
• Commission 8 Chairperson's report to the 28th General Assembly in Cairo, Egypt 16-21 April 2005
• General information

  • Conference proceedings: www.fig.net/pub/cairo

  • Conference web site: www.fig.net/cairo

  • Report of the Working Week: http://www.fig.net/news/news_2005/cairo_2005/cairo_ww.htm

Simon Adcock from Australia elected as new Commission 8 Chair Elect

The FIG General Assembly appointed Mr. Simon Adcock from Australia as the new Chair Elect of Commission 8 after Dr. Spike Boydell resigned for personal reasons some weeks before the Working Week in Cairo. Simon will be the Chair Elect in 2005-2006 and then automatically follow Dr. Diane Dumashie as the Chair of Commission 8 in 2006-2010. You can read more about Simon Adcock in his CV.

Commission 8 attends the Regional Conference in Jakarta, 3-7 October 2004 - Read Report from the Chair

FIG Working Week in Athens, 22-27 May 2004

• Conference proceedings: www.fig.net/pub/athens

• Report of the Working Week: http://www.fig.net/news/news_2004/athens_ww.htm

• Commission 8 report to the 27th General Assembly in Athens, Greece 22-27 May 2004

Diane Dumashie was appointed to Commission 8 Chair for 2004-2006. Diane is a private surveyor running her own company Dumashie Associates