President Stig Enemark visits RICS and ICES
London, United Kingdom, 10-11 December 2009
President Stig Enemark attended the Annual Geomatics Christmas
Lecture at RICS in London 10 December 2009. This year’s Christmas Lecture
was given by Prof. Mike Cooper, (previous Chair of FIG Commission 5
and well-known to FIG members) who spoke about 'Who did they think we
were?'. The lecture provided a very interesting insight in the role of
surveyors through history.
President Enemark had a breakfast meeting with Max Croft,
President of RICS the following morning. This meeting was attended also by
Ken Hall, ICES President, Diane Dumashie, RICS FIG delegation
chair, and James Kavanagh, Director RICS Land Group. The purpose of
the discussion with RICS was to continue the high-level liaison, to further
clarify the complementary aims of the two organisations, and to engage in
joint activities where this is appropriate. The key issues discussed at the
meeting were: the global profile and reach of the surveyor; marketing of
surveyors skill sets, capacity building in the developing world and poverty
alleviation, co-operation in Africa; and co-operation with United Nations
and FAO on land tenure policies.
14 December 2009
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