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Call for Nominations for President and Two Vice PresidentsFIG Member Associations are encouraged to nominate
candidates for the positions of President and Vice
Presidents for the term 2027-2030 |
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Call for bids for FIG Congress 2030Does your organisation want to be the host of the large
FIG Congress that will take place in 2030? What are the
main items on the agenda in your country that you would
like international input to? What are interesting projects
that the rest of the world should learn about? What city in your country
could be suitable to welcome surveyors, geospatial experts,
valuers and related professions from all over the world?
Submit your bid. |
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The FIG Foundation Young Surveyor Grants
The FIG Foundation will sponsor and award Young Surveyor Grants in
support of FIG Congress 2026 and FIG Young Surveyors Conference. A total of 4 grants will be awarded. Deadline to submit
application is 5 December 2025. |
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VCSP Hackathon 2025The Volunteer Community Surveyor Program (VCSP) is excited to
announce the VCSP Hackathon 2025, under the theme: Innovating for
Climate-Resilient & Inclusive Land Administration. This global
challenge invites young surveyors (under 35 or within 10 years of
graduation) to harness the power of geospatial and digital tools in
addressing some of the world’s most urgent issues such as climate
change, land governance, and tenure security. Apply here http://bit.ly/4nUROzn Applications close on 18 October 2025 |
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Call for PapersIt is our pleasure to invite you to the largest and most prestigious conference of surveying and geospatial professionals in 2026, held in Cape Town, South Africa. The FIG Congress is the major event held every four years and includes elections of the new FIG President and two Vice Presidents. Further, an extensive technical programme will take place over the four conference days 25- 28 May. Secure your place in the programmeSubmit here - Deadline is 1 November 2025 The overall theme of the congress is:
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Learn and share globally – with participation from around 80-90 countries |
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Network across silos, cultures, generations, sectors and professional roles – with sessions and representation from the broad range of experts |
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Make an impact on careers, organizations and communities |
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Enjoy undisturbed on-site time to focus, concentrate, and collaborate |
The SDGs will be central to all sessions, highlighting how surveyors work with and find solutions towards these goals and beyond. Surveyors must be heard as the next global development agenda for post-2030 is prepared in the next few years.
Read more and submit your abstract
Call for papers
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Call for papers in PDF
The
Survey Review
Biennial Prize 2026 - offered to young surveyors for an
outstanding peer-review paper
A range of sponsorship and exhibition opportunities are available during the Congress to highlight your company or organisation.
Characteristics and a distinctive feature of FIG conferences: Includes experts from all various areas of surveying – interpreted in the broadest sense including land surveyors, geospatial experts, valuers, quantity surveyors, hydrography surveyors etc. – are all represented. FIG brings these different surveying professions and professionals together to enhance the cooperation and understanding of each other’s fields. Participants demographics: - 1/3 Public/Governement Read more about your sponsorship and exhibition opportunities: |
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Follow the steps:
When attending the conference please check the pre-events that are offered:
The
Young Surveyors Conference
Reference Frames in Practice seminar
Land Value and Cadaster - Twins for Transparency
of Real Estate in AI-Times
Real Estate Price Effects of Climate Actions &
Reality Check: Are Valuation Models and Data
Fit for Purpose?
Networking opportunities
Networking is a central element at a FIG event. It is a unique opportunity to meet with colleagues and friends from all around the world and to expand your contacts. To facilitate networking various activities will take place during the Congress such as the welcome reception, Gala Dinner, technical tours specially designed by your colleagues from South Africa. Various social tours are offered to give you the opportunity to explore the country.
More information and news about the Congress is availabe on the congress website: www.fig.net/fig2026
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Meet FIG at Intergeo - find us at "Verbändepark - booth 1A021Get your complimentary ticket to attend this large
fair through FIG. We hope to see you 7-9 October in
Frankfurt, Germany. If you will attend - book a meeting
with Director Louise Friis-Hansen or come by our stand for
a small South Africa souvenir.
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Celebrating Two Milestones of Surveying in DenmarkThe 150th anniversary of the Danish Association of Surveyors was
celebrated on the same day The Danish FIG Young Surveyors was
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Global Geospatial Collaboration in Focus: DMGIS 2025 unites FIG and ISPRS in BeijingThe 9th international workshop on Dynamic and Multi-dimensional GIS
(DMGIS) was held in Beijing, China on 22-23 August 2025. |
The European Space Agency - EO excellence Award
This prestigious award celebrates individuals and teams who are
advancing the scientific use of Earth observation data to tackle global
challenges, expand our understanding of the planet, and inspire future
breakthroughs. Deadline 10 December
Internship positions at UN
West Africa Regional Manager at Optron Group
Commission 7 Annual meeting and FIG Joint Land
Administration Conference
3-5 November 2025 in Florianaplis Brazil
Submit your abstract
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FIG Commission 8 Annual Meeting ”Responsible Knowledge
Transfer and Innovation in Land and Spatial Governance” held during the 6th
edition of Romanian Surveying Week 21-25 October 2025. Commission
2 will host
a Roundtable on education topics.
More information
Young Surveyors meetings:
17-18 October 2025: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
FIG Young Surveyors 2nd Americas Regional Meeting 2025: Empowering
tomorrow's surveyors skills for a dynamic industry.
More infomation
Join young geospatial leaders from across Africa at the 4th FIG Young
Surveyors African Regional Meeting (4YSAM)
happening
Theme: LEAD. INNOVATE. TRANSFORM.
Registration Fee: $150
Bonus: Get access to the 10th ISK ARC/CASTLE Conference for just $100 more!
More Information
10-14 November 2025, UNECA, Addis Ababa Ethiopia
2nd African Women Land Professional Associations Conference - 2AWLPAC
2025
Organised by FIG Africa Regional Network (ARN) with the theme:
African Women Land Professional Associations and Gender Perspectives for
Social Justicve, Inclusion, and Demand for Reparation for Africans and
Descendant of Africans in Diaspora.
Target audience: All Male and Female Land Professionals including: Land
Surveyors, Estate Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Town Planners, Engineers,
Builders, Lawyers, Cartographers, Journalists, Women and Youth NGOs from the
55 African Countries and beyond Africa. Do not miss this golden opportunity.
It is for all gender.
All genders are welcome!
Held as part of ther UN-ECA meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
To attend the 2AWLPAC, ensure that you register for the 2025 CLPA via the
links:
https://indico.un.org/event/1017783/ OR
https://www.conftool.com/clpa2025/
See:
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Announcement
The article of the month in September 2025 is a paper written by
R.D. Shah and Bihar Wing Patna, India: Climate
Responsive Land Governance and Disaster Resilience: Safeguarding Land Rights
in Asia What are Asian surveyors doing about climate? This paper
explores the link between climate responsive land governance, disaster
resilience and tenure security and its challenges in the region. Read
the article
2-3 October 2025, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago - onsite and
virtual
Regional Surveying Conference and Cocktail reception with the theme:
“Transforming Property Management: Navigating Trends and Challenges in
Surveying for a Resilient Caribbean.” organised byThe Institute of Surveyors
of Trinidad and Tobago (ISTT) and supported by FIG.
website: www.instituteofsurveyors.com
7-9 October 2025, Frankfurt Germany
Intergeo 2025, organised by DVW, Germany.
Get free tickets with FIG’s discount code by using this
link or this discount code: IG25-FIG.
Web site: https://www.intergeo.de/en/welcome-to-intergeo
15-17 October 2025, Brno, Czech Republic
9th International Conference on Engineering Surveying (INGEO 2025 ),
supported by FIG Commission 6 (Engineering Surveys) Web site: https://www.ingeoconference.com/
17-18 October 2025, 17-18 October 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota
USA
FIG Young Surveyors 2nd Americas Regional Meeting 2025.
Empowering tomorrow's surveyors skills for a dynamic industry.
21-25 October 2025: Timisoara, Romania
Romania 6th edition of Romanian Surveying Week (RSW) with the theme
"Geospatial technologies for sustainable development of agriculture and
built environment " organized by Romanian Surveyors Union, in partnership
with the Faculty of Civil Engineering from Polytechnical University
Timișoara (FCPUT) and the Faculty of Agriculture from University of Life
Science ”King Mihai I” from Timișoara (ULST), and in collaboration with FIG
Commissions 2 and 8.
During the RSW the FIG Commission 8 Annual Meeting ”Responsible Knowledge
Transfer and Innovation in Land and Spatial Governance” will be held.
FIG Commission 2 will host a Roundtable on education topic.
More information
27-28 October 2025: Mombasa, Kenya
Join young geospatial leaders from across Africa at the 4th FIG Young
Surveyors African Regional Meeting (4YSAM)
happening 27–28 October 2025 in Mombasa, Kenya
Theme: LEAD. INNOVATE. TRANSFORM.
Registration Fee: $150
Bonus: Get access to the 10th ISK ARC/CASTLE Conference for just $100 more!
More Information
27-31 October 2025: Mombasa, Kenya 10th ISK Africa Regional
Conference
The Conference will bring together young surveyors as well as professionals
from Government, Private Sector, development partners, academia, and
policymakers from Kenya and across the globe to a common stage to network,
exchange ideas, and share best practices as part of enhancing contribution
to local and international development in the land and built sector.
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3-5 November 2025: Florianapolis, Brazil
FIG Commission 7 Annual Meeting and FIG Joint Land Administration Conference
held together with the ONU-Habitat Brasil Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM)
and the 13th International FIG Workshop on LADM and 3D-LA including
Commission 8 annual meeting, all hosted by the Universidade Federal de Santa
Catarina (UFSC).
Submit your abstract and
more information
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18-20 November 2025: Ahmedabad, India
9th India Land Development Conference (ILDC) 2025. Theme: “Centrality of
Land and Sustainable Development: Addressing the Past, the Present and the
Future".
Conference brochure |
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information
More events: Check the eevents page
FIG Congress 2026, Cape Town, South Africa: 24-29 May 2026 -
www.fig.net/fig2026
FIG Working Week 2027, Stavanger, Norway: 23-27 May 2027 -
www.fig.net/fig2027
FIG Working Week 2028, Paris, France - Celebrating FIG 150th Anniversary
24-28 June 2028 www.fig.net/fig2028
Kind regards,
Ms. Louise Friis-Hansen
Director
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International Federation of Surveyors
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FIG Congress 2026 Cape Town, South Africa Web site: www.fig.net/fig2026 |
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