How to Get More Students Involved in FIG
How to get students and young surveyors more involved in FIG
has been an important discussion topic in FIG for several years. Without
active participation of the next generation there is no future for any
profession or professional association.
FIG established some years ago a task force for
under-represented groups in surveying that is now the
Network of Under-represented
Groups chaired by Gabriele Dasse (Working Group 1.5 in Commission
1).
What else could be done? Two active students from the Lund
University in Sweden have made their proposal. They challenge FIG to take
more action in the attached article. They will also make a presentation at
the next FIG Working Week in Athens in May 2004.
In the Working Week programme one technical session is
reserved to discuss the topic Buidling Bridge to the Next Generation. This
will be also a starting point for discussions if a students network or
membership in FIG is possible and how it should be organised.
In Athens there will be also an informal evening meeting for
students and young surveyors together with the Greek surveying students. The
FIG Council is actively encouraging students and younf surveyors to
participate the working week in Athens.
It is worth mentioning that FIG is co-sponsoring the
next International Geodetic Students Meeting in Finland in June 2004 and
looking for options to raise this co-operation to a more permanent level.
You can read more about this conference at:
http://otax.tky.hut.fi/IGSM2004/
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