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Call for Nominations for President and Two Vice Presidents FIG Member Associations are encouraged to nominate candidates for the positions of President and Vice Presidents for the term 2027-2030 Read more...

Call for bids for FIG Congress 2030 Does 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. Read more...

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. Read more...

VCSP Hackathon 2025 The 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. members must not exceed 3 who will participate to design practical prototypes that leverage GIS, coding, design, and policy expertise to create innovative, scalable solutions for climate and land challenges. Beyond this competition, the hackathon is a unique opportunity to collaborate, learn, and showcase talent on an international stage. All code, datasets, and outputs will be shared openly on agreed platforms, ensuring that solutions contribute to broader knowledge-sharing within the surveying and geospatial community.   Apply here http://bit.ly/4nUROzn Applications close on 18 October 2025

FIG CONGRESS 2026 - SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT - DEADLINE 1 NOVEMBER

Call for Papers It 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 programme Submit here - Deadline is 1 November 2025 The overall theme of the congress is: The Future We Want - The SDGs and Beyond

The FIG Congress 2026 gives you as professional the opportunity to:

	Learn and share globally – with participation from around 80-90 countries
	Network across silos, cultures, generations, sectors and professional roles – with sessions and representation from the broad range of experts
	Make an impact on careers, organizations and communities
	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   |   Call for papers in PDF
The Survey Review Biennial Prize 2026 - offered to young surveyors for an outstanding peer-review paper

Showcase your company/organisation, products and services to a special audience

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 - 1/3 Private Practitioners - 1/3 Academia Read more about your sponsorship and exhibition opportunities: > Sponsorship > Exhibition

Register and plan your trip

Follow the steps:

1. Submit abstract  (deadline 1 November)
2. Secure your travel
3. Register - remember to check pre-events, social events, and technical tours
4. Book your flight  and airport transfer
5. Book accommodation and leisure tours
6. Wait and look forward to your trip... check www.fig.net/fig2026 regularly

Pre Events

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

 NEWS FROM FIG

Meet FIG at Intergeo - find us at "Verbändepark - booth 1A021 Get 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. Read more...

Celebrating Two Milestones of Surveying in Denmark The 150th anniversary of the Danish Association of Surveyors was celebrated on the same day The Danish FIG Young Surveyors was founded Read more...

Global Geospatial Collaboration in Focus: DMGIS 2025 unites FIG and ISPRS in Beijing The 9th international workshop on Dynamic and Multi-dimensional GIS (DMGIS) was held in Beijing, China on 22-23 August 2025. Read more...

COMMISSION AND NETWORK MEETINGS

Commission 7 Annual meeting and FIG Joint Land Administration Conference
3-5 November 2025 in Florianaplis Brazil

Submit your abstract and more information
Flyer in English   |  Spanish   |  Portugise

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.
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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.
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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!
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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: Flyer with speakers  |  Announcement

FUTURE EVENTS

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.
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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!
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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
Flyer in English   |  Spanish   |  Portugise

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  |  More information

More events: Check the eevents page

Kind regards,
Ms. Louise Friis-Hansen
Director

	International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomčtres Internationale Vereiningung der Vermessungsingenieure International Federation of Surveyors Kalvebod Brygge 31-33 DK-1780 Copenhagen V Tel. + 45 3886 1081 Direct: + 45 9391 0810 louise.friis-hansen@fig.net  www.fig.net
	FIG Congress 2026 Cape Town, South Africa Web site: www.fig.net/fig2026

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