FIG President Stig Enemark attends 9th South East Asia
Congress
Christchurch, New Zealand 30 October- 2 November 2007
Mount Cook is a real land mark in New Zealand
The 9th South East Asian Congress in Christchurch, new Zealand 30 October
– 2 November in conjunction with the 119th New Zealand Institute of
Surveyors Annual Conference and the 6th Trans Tasman Surveyors Conference.
The Opening session included welcome addresses from John Hannah,
President New Zealand Institute of Surveyors (NZIS), Pengiran Matusin
Matasan, President of Association of South-East Asian Nations Federation
of Land Surveyors and Geomatics (ASEAN FLAG), Graham Marion,
President of Institution of Surveyors Australia (ISA), Brian Coutts,
President of Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE),
and Stig Enemark, President of International Federation of Surveyors
(FIG).
All the President’s Men: John Hannah (NZIS), Graham Marion (ISA),
Pengiran Matasan (ASEAN FLAG), Stig Enemark (FIG), Brian Coutts (CASLE)
The conference theme “Developing Sustainable Societies” was very well
addressed during the entire conference that attracted around 450
participants form many overseas countries including Australia, Malaysia,
Kenya, Nigeria, UK, and China. The conference made huge progress in putting
the surveying profession at the forefront of sustainable development.
The conference theme was addressed through a well designed combination of
high profile plenary session and more thematic technical sessions with about
85 presentations. Many interesting presentations were given by key people
such as: Bill Robertson, former Surveyor General of New Zealand; Don Grant, Current Surveyor General of New Zealand;
Ian Williamson,
Head of Department of Geomatics, University of Melbourne, and former Chair
of FIG Commission 7; Diane Dumashie, former chair of FIG Commission
8.
Special sessions were conducted by FIG Commission 4 on Marine
Environment, chaired by Adam Greenland, and FIG Commission 5 on
Geodesy supporting Sustainability, chaired by John Hannah.
The papers from the Congress can be seen on the website as follows:
http://www.conference.co.nz/index.cfm/surveyors2007, selecting 'Papers'
from the home directory will access the Speaker Papers loaded to date and
which are still being added to.
A Conference Statement was adopted as follows:
Surveyors, as members of a profession that has a leading influence on the
land and built environments of today’s and tomorrow’s communities, commit
themselves to:
- Developing and implementing strategies to deliver environmentally
sustainable outcomes.
- Embracing best practice to achieve sustainability.
- Supporting and promoting education for best practice in sustainable
development.
- Facilitating and promoting collaboration between clients, councils,
consultants and communities so as to achieve mutually beneficial
outcomes.
- Supporting the collection and responsible use of scientific and
technical information that will lead to informed decision making.
This statement is well in line with the remarks of the Minister for Land
Information Mr. David Parker saying that: “The most important role of the
surveyor in the development of sustainable societies is through the
promotion of sustainable land use. Surveyors are in there right at the very
fundamental stage of land development and they’re the ones most able to
influence outcomes.”
President Stig Enemark ending his key-note address with presenting
the forthcoming FIG Working Weeks in Stockholm, June 2008 and in Israel, May
2009, and finally the FIG Congress in Sydney, April 2010.
FIG president Stig Enemark with the
incoming President of NZIS
Bruce Manners (left) and the retiring President
John Hannah
(right).
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