FIG Newsletter – November/December 2017

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Seasons Greeting and a Happy New Year!
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année
Fröhliche Weihnachten und Ein Gutes Neues Jahr
Feliz Navidad y Prospero año nuevo!
Kul sanna wa'intum b'kheir
새해 복많이 받으세요!
Glædelig jul og godt nytår

Please note that FIG Office will be closed from 23 December 2017 until 3 January 2018.
We will be looking forward to the cooperation with you in 2018.

The FIG Foundation would like to invite all Young Surveyors  (defined as 35 years old or younger, or within 10 years of graduation with a Bachelors or Masters degree in surveying/geomatics) to apply for funds to participate in the 4th FIG Young Surveyors Conference and the XXVI FIG Congress to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, 4-11 May 2018
Read more

FIG Foundation offers two types of grants:
Academic Research Grants of up to 40,000 euros spread over four years. The grants are aimed at emerging researchers on the threshold of their research career. Deadline 31 March 2018
http://www.fig.net/figfoundation/2018_research_grants.asp

Ph.D. Scholarship Grants of up to 4,000 euros to PhD students. Deadline 1 February 2018
http://www.fig.net/figfoundation/2018_phd_scholarship.asp

The venue is Istanbul Congress Center

 The lively Istanbul city center - a city that never sleeps

Istanbul Congress Center is situated in the city centre of Istanbul

There are many hotels nearby the Istanbul Congress Center and it is located near the famous Taksim Square

The Congress is organised by FIG and the Turkish Chamber of Survey and Cadaster Engineers (CSCE) and will take place 6 – 11 May 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.

We are certain that Istanbul will exceed in meeting all requirements and expectations for a memorable and successful Congress. This geographical area has not hosted any FIG Congress and General Assembly before. Istanbul is one of the most impressive and attractive cities at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, where unique beauties of the West and the East come together.

The overall theme of the large 4-year Congress is:
Embracing our smart world where the continents connect: enhancing the geospatial  maturity of societies

The four day conference will offer an exciting and variated choice of technical sessions, technical tours and of course also the opportunity to explore the wonderful city and surroundings of Istanbul as well as the famous Turkish hospitality.

Register now

Register here for the Congress 2018. 

Your easy steps to register:

• Enter your personal information;
• Register to Congress, Pre-events, Dinners:
• Book Technical Tours and Social Tours;
• Book Accommodation;
• Finally go to payment details.

When you register before 20 February 2018 you are entitiled to the Early Bird Registration of 650 €

Pre-events

Three exciting Pre-events are offered:

• 4TH FIG Young Surveryors Conference
• Reference Frames in Practice Seminar
• BIM for Surveyors Workshop 

More information at: http://www.fig.net/fig2018/

Social events and tours

The Congress is not only about technical sessions, learning and presentations. Also very important is the networking part of the FIG Congress. The  Welcome Reception is included in the registration fee, and it will be possible to meet old colleagues/friends from all over the world and to make new acquaintances especially if you participate for the first time. A traditional Turkish Dinner is organised at the Military Museum, and the festive Gala Dinner will take place on a Boat on Bosphorus. Read more

Further to this there are both exciting technical tours and social tours not to miss.

Exhibition and sponsorship

Secure your stand at exhibition - the stands are rapidly sold out.
The exhibition will be built up in the hallways of the session rooms and will therefore be well visited throughout the conference days. Read more: http://www.fig.net/fig2018/exhibitors.htm
Read more about your sponsorship opportunities at:
http://www.fig.net/fig2018/sponsors.htm

Conference information

Stay updated – visit the congress site: www.fig.net/fig2018 which is updated regularly.

FIG Vice President Diane Dumashie facilitated a workshop on Strengthening Cooperation with Partners in the Global Land Tool Network: Advocating and Implementing A Fit For Purpose Framework in the Country Context that was held in Kigali, Rwanda
http://www.fig.net/news/news_2017/11_fig-gltn.asp

FIG Vice President Rudolf Staiger, together with FIG Office visited the Local Organising Committee in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for the preparations of FIG Working Week 2020 and were also invited to the 185 year celebration of Dutch Kadaster.
http://www.fig.net/news/news_2017/11_2020amsterdam.asp

FIG Commissions 7, 8 and 9 have organised the GeoPrevi Symposium in cooperation with the Local Organsers in Bucharest, Romania.
http://www.fig.net/news/news_2017/09_geoprevi.asp

The series of INGEO conferences are organised under the umbrella of FIG Commission 6. The longevity of this event shows the importance of the theme - monitoring and safety of engineering structures.
http://www.fig.net/news/news_2017/10_INGEO2017.asp 

The FIG Asia Pacific Capacity Development Network convened a meeting for Asia Pacific member states on “Regional Challenges, Benefits and Opportunities of Exchanging Geodetic Data” in cooperation with the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), UN Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN GGIM-AP) Work Group (WG) 1 Geodetic Reference Frames.
http://www.fig.net/news/news_2017/10_Kumamoto_Japan.asp

FIG Publication no 64: Reference Frame in Practice Manual is now also available in Spanish: Manual de Marcos de Referencia en la Práctica.
http://www.fig.net/news/news_2017/2017_11_pub64_spanish.asp