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FIG Congress 2026

24-29 May 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa

The overall theme is "The Future We Want - The SDGs and Beyond" exploring how land governance, geospatial intelligence, and technological advancements can drive sustainability, climate change, resilience, and equitable growth beyond 2030.

FIG is excited to welcome you to the FIG Congress 2026, and are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract for consideration.

Submit an abstract for FIG Congress 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa

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Conference keywords: (check all that apply)		SDG Climate AI Diversity and Inclusion
Standard keywords: (check all that apply)		Access to land Affordable housing Bridge surveying Cadastre Capacity building Cartography Coastal Zone Management Cost management CPD Curricula Deformation measurement Digital cadastre Education	e-Governance Engineering survey Geoinformation/GI GIM GNSS/GPS GSDI History Hydrography Implementation of plans Informal settlements Land distribution Land management Land readjustment	Laser scanning Legislation Low cost technology Marine cadastre Mine surveying Photogrammetry Positioning Professional practice Property taxes Quantity surveying Real estate development Reference frames Reference systems	Remote sensing Risk management Security of tenure Spatial planning Standards Tunnel surveying Urban renewal Valuation Young surveyor
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Commissions involved: (check all that apply in the order of preference; the order is indicated after commission/special group name) Note: A maximum of 3 commissions can be checked.		Commission 1 - Professional Standards & Practice Commission 2 - Professional Education Commission 3 - Spatial Information Management Commission 4 - Hydrography Commission 5 - Positioning and Measurement Commission 6 - Engineering Surveys Commission 7 - Cadastre & Land Management Commission 8 - Spatial Planning & Development Commission 9 - Valuation and the Management of Real Estate Commission 10 - Construction Economics and Management History - History
Special groups involved: Note: A maximum of 3 commissions can be checked.		Geospatial innovation for a Changing World Resilient Land, Water and Natural Resource Administration and Management Sustainable Settlements Our World beyond the SDGs Commercial track
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	This is an abstract for a regular/non-peer review process and full paper to be provided as requested by the organisers. I am not interested in a presentation slot
	This is an abstract for a peer review paper. The full paper shall be provided before the deadline for abstract submission. Peer review will be double blind and use scientific criteria. Only papers that will be presented personally can be peer reviewed. When submitting a paper for peer review process I assure that this paper has not been published earlier, submitted, or will be submitted for publication in any journal or any other conference (first time publication at this FIG conference). I am a Young Surveyor (under the age of 35 or within 10 years of graduation) and I would like my peer review paper to participate in the contest for the Survey Review Journal Prize.
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Note: By submission you agree that your accepted abstract, paper and presentation will be published by FIG in the FIG Congress 2026 proceedings, the FIG Surveyor Reference Library, and also the FIG Peer Review Journal (for peer review papers only), and that your contact details will be kept by FIG.