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Young Surveyors Network
Purpose of the Young Surveyors Network
- To improve the number of young professionals participating
within the FIG.
- To help young professionals in the beginning of their careers
with contacts.
- To increase co-operation between the commissions and the
students and young professionals network.
The target groups of this working group are Master- and PhD Students,
young professionals and commission delegates.
In a time where many of the member organizations are facing
difficulties to attract young people to the profession of surveying this
working group have been created. The goal is to create connections
between “older” and “younger” surveyors.
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2012 FIG Foundation Young Surveyor Conference Fellowships
The 2012 FIG Working Week to be held in Rome, Italy, will be the first FIG
Working Week to host an additional Young Surveyors Conference immediately prior
to the main Working Week events. The FIG Young Surveyors Conference will be held
on the 4-5 May 2012, hosted by the National Council of Italian Surveyors, whist
the full Working Week will run from 6 – 10 May. The aim of the additional young
surveyor sessions will be to further the network of young surveyors
internationally, to introduce young surveyors to the wider Working Week, and to
learn more of the young surveyor vision for the future of the FIG.
FIG Foundation has decided to cover up to four (4) Fellowships, to cover the
costs of travel, accommodation during the FIG Young Surveyors Conference and FIG
Working Week and conference registration. Fellowships include attendance at the
FIG Foundation Dinner, the FIG Gala Dinner and Commission dinner.
The 2012 FIG Foundation Young Surveyor Conference Fellowships will provide
funding for individuals to cover the costs to attend and participate in the 2012
FIG Working Week in Rome, including attendance at the FIG Young Surveyor
Conference.
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2011 (extended deadline)
Latest Newsletter
Chair and members
Background
The FIG Young Surveyors Network was established as Commission 1
Working Group
1.2 Young Surveyors at the FIG Congress in Munich in 2006.
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Current chair Cecilia Lindén (left) and chair elect Kate Fairlie in
Sydney |
The reason that this working group was started in the
first place was to bring
more young surveyors into the network in FIG and because of the age
structure within the
surveying community in the western world.
Rome was not built in one day and neither was
this working group. But since 2006 we have come quite a long way and in
2009 the working
group was upgraded to a Young Surveyors Network in Eilat, Israel. In the
creation of the Young Surveyors Network within FIG a lot of experience and
input has been gathered throughout the four year period that has passed
since 2006. |
A global network
We are on the way to create a global network, and we are sure
that there are
many young surveyors thorughout the world who want to take part in this network.
In the Western World the average age of a surveyor is quite high,
e. g. USA 57 years. It is about
the same in large parts of Europe. This is a great problem as there are not
enough new
surveyors to fill up the gap that will come out of the upcoming retirements. Can
something be
done about this, and what can be done? Is this a global problem or specific fore
some parts of
the world? My impression so far is that young surveyors are keen to get involved
but the
older generation doubt this, could it just be miscommunication? But we wonder how
many of
the doubters have ever tried to get a young surveyor involved on a national
level? We believe
that this is a key element to keep young people involved within the national
organizations.
| Starting this network one of our key topics has been networking and
getting to
know more people in order to extend our personal network as well as the
network of people
who want to get involved. And looking on where we have gotten so far,
this is a pretty strong
motivation of the people that are involved. The world is shrinking with
new
communication tools made available, and we feel connected to the people
in our group despite
the distances both spatially and culturally. Skype, chats, various
social media groups
on the internet and of
course emails have made it possible for all of us to keep a daily
contact. We hope to share
some of these experiences when it comes to communication. There is so
much that can be
done with so little. Cecilia Lindén
Chair of the YS Network
June 2010 |
The very young surveyors. |
Meetings
The Young Surveyors meet at FIG Working Weeks, Conferences and
Congresses organising sessions, social events and speed mentoring.
FIG Congress Sydney, Australia 2010
In Sydney, Australia, FIG Young Surveyors both hosted a well represented
session as well as an open meeting and a very successful barbeque.
The technical session included the following presentations:
Reports
General Assembly Reports:
Young Surveyors Newsletter
Links to related pages
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