Reference Frame in Practise Seminar

Reference Frames in Practise (RFIP)

Date: Saturday 5 April & Sunday 6 April
Time:  TBC 
Location: Rydges South Bank (next to BCEC)
Fee: $175
Includes: tea and coffee, lunch on Saturday.  Morning Tea on Sunday.

The main focus is on reference frames in general with a specific focus on UN initiatives, global and regional frames as well selected national case studies.

The technical seminar is aimed at surveyors, spatial professionals, students and operational geodesists who are interested in learning more about practical aspects of reference frames from some of the world’s leading geodesists and geodetic surveyors.

The organisers, FIG, Geospatial Council of Australia, UN ICG, UN GGIM-AP, & IGS would like to thank and acknowledge the following sponsors for their generous support of this event:

Programme

Saturday 5 April 2025
09:00 - 9:15	Opening Remarks and Group Photo Dr. Ryan Keenan, Chair, FIG Commission 5; TBD, FIG/Local Organizing Committee
09:15 - 10:15	Session 1: International Geodesy Initiatives 1. ICG at UN Ms. Sharafat Gadimova, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs 2. UN-GGIM Asia Pacific, Mr. Basara Miyahara, GSI, Japan 3. International GNSS Service Ms. Allison Craddock, IGS Central Bureau Director 4. United Nations – Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence TBD, UN-GGCE
10:15 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 12:30	Session 2: Introduction to Geodetic Reference Frame Theory 5. Updating Terrestrial Reference Frames to Science and Society Dr. Richard Gross, President, IAG 6. Dynamic Datums and Deformation Models Dr. Chris Pearson, Trimble, University of Otago, New Zealand 7. Introduction to geoids and vertical reference systems Dr. Nic Donnelly, LINZ, New Zealand
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 17:00	Session 3: Reference Frames in Asia-Pacific Region 8. Asia-Pacific Reference Frame: APREF Mr. Ryan Ruddick, Geoscience Australia 9. New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 - NZGD2000 Mr. Matt Wightman, LINZ, New Zealand 10. Geodetic Datum of Australia 2020 - GDA2020 Dr. Craig Harrison, Geoscience Australia 11. Japanese Geodetic Datum 2011 - JGD2011 Mr. Basara Miyahara, GSI, Japan 12. Nepal Datum Modernization Mr. Mahesh Thapa, Survey Department, Nepal 13.  Sponsor Presentation TBC, Trimble Navigation
Sunday 6 april 2025
09:00 - 10:30	Session 4: Reference Frames in the Pacific 14. Overview of datum modernization in the Pacific Islands Mr. Andrick Lal, SPC, Fiji 15. Papua New Guinea’s New Datum Dr. Richard Stanaway, PNG UOT PNG 16. Fiji’s New Reference Frame Mr. Asakaia Tabua, Ministry of Lands, Fiji 17. Cook Islands Case Study Mr. Vaipo Mataora, Cook Islands 18. Tonga Geodetic Datum Mr. Viliami Folau, Tonga 19. Taiwan Geodetic Datum Prof. Peter T. Y. Shihi, National Yang Ming Chiao University, Taiwan
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:00 - 12:00	Session 5: Panel discussion