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Aboriginal dance at the opening
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The XXIV FIG Congress Facing the Challenges – Building the Capacity held in Sydney Australia 11-16 April 2010 turned out to be the biggest FIG congress ever. With more than 2,200 participants from 100 countries it gathered the biggest attendance to an FIG event. The total number of presented papers exceeded 800. Read the full report and see the picture galleries. The congress proceedings including handouts of PowerPoint presentations are also available. Read also the report from the General Assembly and see the minutes.

Click picture for bigger format. FIG Annual Review 2009 is available on the web and as a hard copy. You can download it from here as a .pdf file (32 pages, 3.47 MB) from here.

Hard copies have been mailed to all members in May 2010. Further copies can be ordered from the FIG Office, email: fig@fig.net.

  • Eight new FIG publications launched at the FIG Congress in Sydney
Eight new FIG publications were launched and circulated at the FIG Congress in Sydney in April 2010. FIG Office has sent a hard copy of all new publications to all FIG members in May 2010.

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The Parliament Palace - a perfect setting for the conference.

The conference entitled “The Cadastral surveyor – Paving the Way to the Future” was organized by the European Council of European Geodetic Surveyors (CLGE) in cooperation with the Romanian Association of Private Surveyors, the Romanian Geodetic Union, and the Romanian Agency of Cadastre and Land Registration. The conference also included the launch of the adopted “Code of Conduct of the European Surveyors” that is an important and very useful document also in a global context as well as the adoption of the Bucharest Declaration stating some key principles of the role of the cadastral surveyors in serving society. Read more...

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The meeting was organized by United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in cooperation with the Cartographic Section of the Department of Field Services (DFS). Experts from 16 countries and 15 Regional and International Organizations attended the Meeting. The purpose to establish a global mechanism for discussion and coordination of critical issues in the field of geographic information management. Read more...

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Aboriginal dance at the opening ceremony.

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Tim Flannery making his key note address.

The XXIV FIG Congress Facing the Challenges – Building the Capacity held in Sydney Australia 11-16 April 2010 turned out to be the biggest FIG congress ever. With more than 2,200 participants from 100 countries it gathered the biggest attendance to an FIG event. Among participants there were 120 students and 250 accompanying persons.
The technical programme with more than 1,000 offered papers out of which more than 700 were presented in Sydney was a big hit. In totally there were more than 150 technical and flash sessions, workshops and special seminars. The total number of presented papers exceeded 800. The participants packed both plenary halls and technical session rooms at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour in the heart of Sydney. Read the full report and see the picture galleries. The congress proceedings including handouts of PowerPoint presentations are also available

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Stig Enemark, FIG President 2007-2010 and Teo CheeHai, President Elect 2011-2014 after the election.

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Malaysian delegation making their presentation for the General Assembly.

The FIG General Assembly 2010 was held in conjunction to the FIG Congress 2010 in Sydney, Australia. The General Assembly was attended by 67member associations and the total number of participants exceeded 300. The biggest interest in the agenda was election of the next FIG President and new Vice Presidents. Mr. Teo CheeHai from Malaysia was elected as the next FIG President in a very close race. He will be the first FIG President from Asia. The term of the new President is four years starting 1st January 2011.
Dr. Chryssy Potsiou from Greece and Prof. Rudolf Staiger from Germany were elected as new Vice Presidents for term of office 1.1.2011-31.12.2014 and Dr. Dalal S. Alnaggar from Egypt for term of office 1.1.2011-31.12.2012.
FIG Congress 2014 was given to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after a very tight competition.
The General Assembly decided that a Sydney Declaration will be published as outcome of the Congress. Final version of the Sydney Declaration is now available.
The FIG Office has sent all members a hard copy of the minutes together with the FIG Annual Review and a set of latest publications.
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