Theme and topics

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The theme of the conference is “Spatial Information for Economic and Environmental Development”.

General Topics

All ten FIG technical commissions will attend the conference and papers therefore requested to all following topics:

  • Professional Standards & Practice
  • Professional Education
  • Spatial Information Management
  • Hydrography
  • Positioning and Measurement
  • Engineering Surveys
  • Cadastre & Land Management
  • Spatial Planning & Development
  • Valuation and the Management of Real Estate
  • Construction Economics and Management

Specific Topics

The main theme of the conference is divided into sub-themes to which papers are requested, in  particular:

  • Free Movement of Labour and Certification of Personnel
  • Professional Standards and Qualifications and Mutual Recognition
  • Surveying/Geomatics Education
  • NSDI
  • e-Governance
  • Spatial Information and Technology for Natural Disaster Management
  • Marine Cadastre/Coastal Zone Management
  • Nautical Hydrography
  • Hydrographic Surveying in Ports & Harbours
  • Hydrography for Dredging & Engineering Projects
  • Regional Horizontal and Vertical Reference Frame
  • Cost Effective Surveying Technology and Techniques for Developing Countries
  • Positioning and Measurement Technologies and Applications
  • Mobile Mapping Technologies
  • Current Development in Remote Sensing Technologies
  • Applied Engineering Surveys
  • Engineering Surveys in Urban Development (tunnel and underground surveys)
  • Mine Surveying
  • Cadastre and Land Management
  • Decentralization of Land Management
  • Land Management, Land Administration and Cadastre in Indonesia (customary rights, decentralization, land records, digitalization and digital cadastre)
  • Urban Development and Spatial Planning in South East Asia
  • Risk and Disaster Management
  • Property Markets in Informal Settlements in Indonesia
  • Valuation and Real Estate Management in ASEAN Countries
  • Cadastre and GIS in Land Taxation
  • Affordable Housing

Each conference day will be opened by a plenary session with contributions from prominent keynote speakers followed by 3 parallel sessions.