Univ.-Prof. Dr. -Ing. Holger Magel,
President 2003-2006
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Curriculum Vitae
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel
Date of birth 3 May 1944
Nationality German
Status Married - wife Ansi
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Professional Career
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel, born in Neuburg/Donau
in 1944. After doing A-levels in 1963 studies of Geodesy at the Munich
Technische Hochschule up to 1968. After first experiences with a sworn
engineer's office in Graz completion of the Bavarian Traineeship, and
leadership of Land Consolidation measures in Upper and Lower Bavaria.
From 1975 to 1978 position of a curator of the newly established Chair
of Rural Development and Land Consolidation at the Munich Technische
Universität. In 1977 obtaining the degree of a Doktor-Ingenieur about
rural planning.
Acting with the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and
Forestry in the Rural Development Department since 1978, in charge of
building up the Bavarian Village Renewal Programme as well as establishing
a new Method of Landscape and Regionalplanning within Rural Development.
Since 1 Febr. 1995 Head of the Rural Development Department and
Director General of the Bavarian Administration of Rural Development.
Since 1986 lectures for geodesists, civil engineers and geographers at
the Munich Bundeswehr University (up to 1990) and the Munich Technische
Universität. In 1993 appointment as an honorary professor for Rural
Development at the Munich Technische Universität.
President of the Bavarian Academy "Ländlicher Raum" (Rural Areas) since
1994.
Advisor of the European Commission for Rural Development in Eastern
Germany in 1992/93; chairman of the German Bund-Länder Team for Village
Renewal from 1984 - 1995; member of the board of the European Association
for Rural Development and Village Renewal.
Chair of the working group land readjustment and land economics of the
German Geodetic Commission since 2004
Acting as an expert in Eastern- and South Europe as well as in Asia and
South America. More than 250 expert publications and books on land
consolidation, Village renewal ,landscape planning , rural development and
civil society. Many lectures at home and abroad. Member of several
scientific institutions and NGO.
Vice-President (since 1999 ) and then President of the International
Federation of Surveyors, 2002-2006.
Since 1 Jan. 1998 Full Professor and Director of Institute.
Presentations
- Changing FIG – Model for a Changing World. Farewell speech at the
Handover Ceremony
on 2 December 2006 in Münster, Germany.
- FIG Vision, Mission and Activities - Promoting Sustainable
Development. Luncheon Address at the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS),
2 November 2006.
- FIG President’s
Welcome Address to the 50th Anniversary Celebration of WTSUM. Wuhan,
China P. R., 28 October 2006.
- President Holger Magel: From Surveying to Geomatics and
Land Management. About Future Perspectives of a Changing Discipline and
Profession. Presentation at the 14th International Conference on
Geoinformatics (Geoinformatics 2006) – The 21st Century’s Geoinformatics.
Wuhan, China P.R., October 28-29, 2006.
- Shaping the Change 2002-2006 – The German Period of FIG. FIG
President’s Address at the Opening Ceremony of the XXIII FIG Congress in
Munich on 10 October 2006.
- Shaping the Change - Congress Summary. Closing Address by
FIG President at the Closing Ceremony of the XXIII FIG Congress in
Munich on 13 October 2006.
- Geographic
Information for Sustainable Development – Global Trends and Perspectives.
Keynote Speech at the 5th Map Asia, 30 August 2006 in Bangkok.
- About FIG’s and Surveyors Contributions to building a better world.
Keynote presentation at the International Geodetic Students Meeting,
Cracow, Poland 30 June 2006.
- Closing Remarks at the Habitat Professionals Forum's Networking Event
"Public Engagement: The Inclusive Approach" by Chair of the Habitat
Professionals Forum, Univ.-Prof. Holger Magel, FIG President, at the 3rd
World Urban Forum, Vancouver, Canada 22 June 2006.
- Opening Remarks at the Habitat Professionals Forum's Networking Event
"Public Engagement: The Inclusive Approach" by Chair of the Habitat
Professionals Forum, Univ.-Prof. Holger Magel, FIG President, at the 3rd
World Urban Forum, Vancouver, Canada 22 June 2006.
- Statement at the GLTN Round Table on Gendering Land Tools
by FIG
President Professor Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel, at the 3rd World Urban Forum,
Vancouver, Canada 21 June 2006.
- FIG Statement at the Global Land Tools Network (GLTN) - Networking
Event at the 3rd World Urban Forum, Vancouver, Canada 20 June 2006.
- From secure tenure towards urban and rural land management - about
FIG’s role serving the needs of politics and societies. Presentation at
the UNECE WPLA Workshop on Institutional Framework for Securing Real
Property Rights in Tbilisi, Georgia 11 May 2006
- Zur Zukunft der Geodäsie aus globaler Perspektive. Grußwortadresse zum
9. Österreichischen Geodätentag 2006 am 03. Mai 2006 in Krems
- Surveyors
Contributions to Science and Society. Welcome address at GEOFORUM
2006, Lviv/Javoriv; Ukraine, 6 April 2006
- Closing remarks at the 5th FIG Regional Conference in Accra, Ghana.
10th March 2006.
- Opening Address at the
5th FIG Regional Conference in Accra, Ghana. 8 March 2006.
- About Surveyors’ Commitment, Role and Education for Society and
Sustainable Development. Keynote Address at the Opening Ceremony of the 8th SEASC 2005 on 22
November 2005 in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
- Closing Remarks.
Closing Ceremony of the 8th SEASC 2005 in Brunei Darussalam, 25 November
2005
- Building Modern Land Administration Systems in Developed Economies –
Aspects and Experiences from Germany. Presentation at the Expert Group
Meeting “Incorporating Sustainable Objectives into ICT, Enabled Land
Administration Systems”, Melbourne, Australia, 9–11 November 2005
- About the Identity, Sociopolitical Role and Technical Tasks of Surveyors
on the National and International Stage. Keynote Speech at the 43rd
National Conference of Consiglio Nazionale Geometri - New horizons of the
profession: Guarantees for the society in evolution, Palermo, Italy 17-22
October 2005
- Opening
Speech at the 43rd National Conference of Consiglio Nazionale Geometri,
Palermo, Italy 18 October 2005
- The resources of rural areas.
A plea for sustainable land management and an active civil society.
Abstract of Presentation at the 5th European Congress on Village Renewal,
St. Pölten, Austria, 21 September 2005
- About the need
of centres of capacity building in urban and rural development.
Presentation of President Holger Magel, Chair of the Steering Committee of
the Habitat Professionals Forum at the Habitat Professionals Forum Session
at the XXII Congress of UIA in Istanbul, Turkey, 5 July 2005.
- Surveyors should look
after their identity. Address by President Holger Magel at the 60th
anniversary celebrations of the Polish Head Office of Geodesy and
Cartography (GUGIK), Warsaw, Poland, 23 June 2005.
- Conference Summary.
Closing Speech by FIG President, Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel at the
FIG Working Week and the 8th GSDI Conference Cairo, Egypt, 21 April 2005
- From Pharaohs to
Geoinformatics – Shaping the Change. Opening Speech by FIG President,
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel at the FIG Working Week and the 8th GSDI
Conference Cairo, Egypt, 17 April 2005
- Vermessung urbi et orbi –
Gedanken über glokale Geodäten. Festansprache von FIG Präsident
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel zum 50. Geburtstag von FIG-Vizepräsident
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Drees. Münster/Westfalen, Germany, 19 March 2005
- Surveyors and Politics – the Need for Dialogue. FIG Monthly Article,
January 2005 based on the purely orally given lecture at the RICS as the
“Christmas Lecture” of the Geomatics Faculty, December 2, 2004.
- Memorandum of
Understanding between the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) and FIG.
Speech by Prof. Holger Magel, President of FIG at the signing ceremony in
Vienna, December 13, 2004
- New Challenges to Education
in Geodesy and Geoinformation. Presentation held at the Faculty of
Civil and Geodetic Engineering of the University of Ljubljana, October 1,
2004.
Surveying the Future –
Contributions to Economic, Environmental and Social Development in Urban
and Rural Areas, Opening keynote address at the 3rd FIG Regional
Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Jakarta October 4, 2004
- Surveying the Future – Contributions to Economic, Environmental and Social
Development, Closing address, recommendations and the Jakarta Statement at
the 3rd FIG Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Jakarta October
6, 2004
- FIG Meets the Arab World of
Surveyors. Opening Keynote Address at the 2nd International Scientific
Conference in Beirut, Lebanon, 21 September 2004.
- Closing Speech and Conclusions of the FIG Working Week 2004. Closing
address at the FIG working Week 2004 in Athens, Greece 27 May 2004.
- Breathing the Olympic Spirit - The Mission of FIG in the 21st Century.
Opening speech at the FIG Working Week 2004 in Athens, Greece, 23 May
2004.
- Greeting to the Ingenieurvermessung 2004 - 14th International Conference
on Engineering Surveying. 15-19 March, Zürich, Switzerland
- Land Policy and Land Administration - A Challenge for Surveyors. Visions
and Experiences in Germany. Keynote presentation at the Annual Surveying
Congress of the Danish Association of Chartered Surveyors, DdL, 31 January
2004
- Welcome Address at the Annual Surveying Congress of the Danish Association
of Chartered Surveyors, DdL, 30 January 2004
- The FIG Agenda - Some Remarks and Insights. Welcome Address at the Annual
Surveying Congress of the Danish Association of Chartered Surveyors, DdL,
31 January 2004
- Handouts of slides as .pdf-file
- Urban-Rural-Interrelationship for Sustainable Development. FIG
President Professor Dr-Ing. Holger Magel. Keynote speech at the Opening
Ceremony of the 2nd FIG Regional Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, 2nd
December 2003
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Conclusions and FIG-Responses of the 2nd FIG Regional Conference
“Urban-Rural Interrelationship for Sustainable Environment”. Prof.
Holger Magel, FIG President’s Closing Speech, Marrakech, 2-5 December 2003
- Spatial
Information Management for Sustainable Development. Public Lecture.
Surveyors Week 2003, October 26-31, 2003,Kingston, Jamaica. (Day of
lecture: October 30, 2003)
- Shaping
the Change: Visions on surveying and surveyors in the new century.
Lecture at the University of Technology. Surveyors Week 2003, October
26-31, 2003,Kingston, Jamaica. (Day of lecture: October 29, 2003
- An Obligation to
Say What We Think. Interview at the GIM International, August 2003
- Bridging the Gap:
About Integrating Survey and GIS. Opening Speech at the ESRI “Survey
and GIS Summit - Bridging the Gap 2003”, San Diego, CA, USA, 6 July,
2003
FIG
Article of the Month - August 2003
- About Surveyor's
Contribution to a Free and Vital Society and Economy, Opening Speech
at UN/ECE Committee on Human Settlements WPLA Workshop, Athens, Greece,
May 29, 2003
- About the Future of
Cities, Speech ob behalf of the Habitat Professionals Forum and FIG
at a Parallel event during the 19th Session of the UN-HABITAT Governing
Council, Nairobi, Kenya, May 9, 2003
- Opening
Speech at the FIG Working Week and 125th Anniversary in Paris, April
13, 2003
- Land Policy and
Land Management in Germany, Public lecture at The University of
Melbourne, 6 February, 2003
- Address at the FIG Handover during the Intergeo 2002 in Frankfurt 16
October 2002 - in German
- Ressource
Architektur - Perspektivenund Positionen aus der Sicht der International
Federation of Surveyors (FIG). Contribution to the Closing Plenary "Perspectives
and Visions" of the XXI International Congress of UIA, organised by the
International Union of Architects, Berlin, Germany, 26 July 2002
- Sustainable
Land Development and Land Management in Urban and Rural Areas - About
Surveyors' Contribution to Building a Better World. Keynote
Presentation at the International Conference on Spatial Information
Management for Sustainable Development, Nairobi, Kenya 2-5 October
2001, organised by FIG, ISK and UNCHS(Habitat)
- Welcome Address at the
International Conference on Spatial Information Management for
Sustainable Development, Nairobi, Kenya, 2 October 2001, organised
by FIG, ISK and UNCHS(Habitat)
- Closing Address and
Conclusions at the International Conference on Spatial Information
Management for Sustainable Development, Nairobi, Kenya, 4 October
2001, organised by FIG, ISK and UNCHS(Habitat)
- Grußwort zur 200-Jahr
Feier der Bayerischen Vermessungsverwaltung. 20 June 2001, Munich,
Germany
- Access to Land
and Security of Tenure as a Condition for Sustainable Human
Development. Keynote introduction at the Discussion of the Global
Campaign for Secure Tenure organized by the Habitat Professionals
Forum. The United Nations Special Session for an overall review and
appraisal of the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, New York, USA,
6 June 2001.
- Conference résumé and presentation of the Potsdam Declaration
rural 21“. (Veröffentlichung in: Tagungsband/Conference Volume
rural 21. Hrsg.: Bundesministerium für Verbraucherschutz, Ernährung
und Landwirtschaft, Bonn, 2001, S. 63 – 77.)
- Surveying and Politics - A
Relationship of Mutual Benefit. Keynote address at the Plenary
Session "Visions on Surveying" at the International
Conference "New Technology for a New Century", FIG Working
Week, 6-11 May 2001, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Columns of President Holger Magel
Geoinformatics
GIM International
Other columns and Interviews
Contacts
President Magel can be contacted either through the FIG
permanent office in Copenhagen or his private address.
FIG Office
International Federation of Surveyors
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33
DK-1780 Copenhagen V
DENMARK
E-mail: FIG@fig.net
Tel +45 3886 1081
Fax +45 3886 0252
Univ. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel
FIG President
Director of Institute of Geodesy, GIS and Land Management
Technische Universität München
Center of Land Management
and Land Tenure
Arcisstrasse 21
D-80290 München
Germany
Tel. + 49 89 289 22535
Fax + 49 89 289 23933
Email:
magel@landentwicklung-muenchen.de
12 March 2003 - updated 28 December 2006
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