International Federation of Surveyors
Fédération Internationale des Géomètres
Internationale Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
The main FIG event, FIG Working Week 2025 in Brisbane, Australia, is
just around the corner including the FIG General Assembly. Already this
week the first activities start - on Saturday 5 April pre-events such
as the Young Surveyors Conference and a Reference Frame in Practice
Seminar are held. On the following day, the first General Assembly will
hopefully attract many member representatives, and includes reports
from various FIG activities, introduction to Commission Chairs Elects
candidates and the two bidders for the destination of the FIG Working
Week 2029. On 7-9 April the doors open for a wealth of sessions,
workshops, discussions, experiences, networking,
in the technical programme. Have you thought of the
benefits your association or organisation get from being member of FIG?
And which benefits it gives you? FIG Presidents discussed this at three
online meetings in February which will continue at the Presidents
meeting during the Working Week. You can see the provisional result on
the Benefits page
of FIG website. What matters to you?
Hope to see you in Brisbane...
FIG General Assembly 2025 6-10 April in Brisbane, Australia
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Members are encouraged to attend the FIG General
Assembly which will take place on 6 and 10 April
2025 in Brisbane, Australia in connection with the FIG
Working Week 2025. We do hope to see many members represented. |
FIG Working Week 2025 is just around the corner...
Conference days: 7-9 April | FIG General Assembly: 6 and 10 April | Pre-events: 4-5 April
FIG and Geospatial Council of Australia have the honour to invite you to the FIG Working Week 2025 held jointly with the national event Locate25.
This spectacular event will be held in Brisbane Convention & Exhibtion Centre (BCEC) in the capital city of Queensland, Australia. The dynamic city of Brisbane shows seamless blends of urban sophistication with cutting-edge technology and research, making it the perfect location for geospatial and surveying experts and its related professions.
We do hope to see many both international and national participants
Plenary sessions
In the morning of each of the three conference days the plenary sessions include current topics by highly respected presenters:
Plenary session 1 : Monday 7 April 2025 11:00-13:00 Seeks to set the tone of the 3 days conferencing in the context of the power of Geography and geospatial ecosystem. This encompasses the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, as well as the human activity/ populations and effects, resources and economic activities.
Plenary session 2: Tuesday 8 April 2025 9:00 - 11:00 Continuing the climate focus, it seeks to create and define what is a resilient relationship between land, climate change and people. As professionals leading in the land, marine and built environment, it is imperative that we rethink core assumptions, challenge established norms, and ensure future-proof practices and standards.
Plenary Session 3: Wednesday 9 April 2025 9:00 - 11:00 Will consider the professional standards, competencies and appropriate skills to ensure competent professionals in a digital generation. We need to ensure that our skills, training and development keeps us relevant, particularly in relation to transformation and technology that is essential across all our survey and geospatial disciplines.
Take a look at the detailed technical programme with a large and broad selection of sessions.
Go to the conference website: www.fig.net/fig2025
NEWS FROM FIG
Global Surveyors Day 2025
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Happy Global Surveyors Day 21 March - the day was celebrated around the world. Please find here reports from some of the celebrations. Read more |
New Publication: A CALL TO ACTION: Climate Responsible Land Governance and Disaster Resilience. Safeguarding Land Rights
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This publication is a result of the FIG Regional Conference 2024 in
Nepal. Read the full CALL TO ACTION and outcome of the sessions and
discussions .
Read more
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Publication 84: The Land Administration Domain Model: An Overview and LADM in the Classroom
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The overview publication, FIG Publication no 84, is a guide to LADM,
giving
overview of LADM. The publication is intended for anyone wishing to
learn more about LADM: why is it needed, how is it designed, what is
it and what are the benefits. This overview publication has an
extended version titled ‘LADM in the Classroom’ with a focus to
training and higher education.
Read more |
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The extended book introduces the reader to the Land
Administration Domain Model (LADM) through examples. It starts by
giving the reader an overview of core LADM concepts then proceeds to
illustrate how data about different people-to-land relationships can
be organized using LADM. Each example represents a scenario that can
be encountered in a Land Administration System. The scenarios used
in examples are derived from the Land Administration System of the
hypothetical town of Watteriver together with its surrounding rural
areas. Each case, representing a particular scenario, is presented
both conceptually and using a simplified representation of a
database in which data are stored concretely. A demonstration
dataset, accompanying GIS project, and reusable slides are available
online - details in the book. |
SPECIAL UPCOMING EVENTS
Next-Generation Sustainability: Advancing the Future with Geospatial Intelligence
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Will you attend the FIG Working Wek 2025 in Australia? Then attend this Geospatial Leadership Training and Global Forum which takes place 1-3 April in Melbourne. Read more |
The New Era of Real Estate Modeling: Insights into Current Practice, AVMs, AI, and Future Challenges
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Conference and Workshop - 21-23 May 2025 in Pafos, Cyprus explores the future of real estate modeling, focusing on the pivotal role of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) and AI-driven innovations in transforming the valuation profession. Read more |
Build Back Better the Self-Made Cities
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A joint conference with UNECE WPLA, FIG Commissions 3 and 9, EGoS
and World Bank.
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Young Surveyors 2nd Americas Regional Meeting - Grant applications from FIG Foundation
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The FIG Foundation is sponsoring four Young Surveyors to participate in the 2nd FIG Young Surveyors Americas Regional Meeting in 2025 Apply for FIG Foundation grant to attend. Read more |
ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
TThe article of the Month in March 2025 is a position paper from FIG Commissions 2 and 7 The Teaching Essentials for Responsible Land Administration (TERLA) It addressed the challenge of teaching the daunting and complex domain of land governance at a country-level. It looks back on that foundation work, unpacking lessons, but also draws on the insights of those valuators and educators deeply engaged with its application to case forward. Read the article
FUTURE EVENTS
1-4 April 2025, Melbourne, Australia
Global Geospatial and Land Community at Melbourne Connect, organised by the
Centre for SDIs and Land Administration-CSDILA at University of Melbourne.
Geospatial Leadership Training and Global Forum on Advancing Land and
Geospatial Knowledge and Innovation to address climate actions, resilience
and sustainability challenges, as a dialogue on shaping the Future
Generation of Sustainability Agenda.
Website
FIG Working Week 2025
6-10 April 2025, Brisbane Australia
Web site: www.fig.net/fig2025
7-9 April 2025, Karlsruhe, Germany
6th Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring
(JISDM) organised by FIG, IAG and ISPRS.
Web site: https://jisdm2025.gik.kit.edu/
9-11 April 2025, Lviv, Ukraine
Geoforum 2025 the XXVІII International Scientific and Technical Conference
dedicated to the anniversary of the professional holiday of geologists,
land-surveyors and cartographers of Ukraine. Supported by FIG.
More
information
21-23 May 2025 in Pafos, Cyprus
The New Era of Real Estate Modeling: Insights into Current Practice, AVMs,
AI, and Future Challenges Organised by FIG Commission 9
More information
18-20 June 2025, Athens Greece
& Workshop on "Building Back Better the Self-made Cities, Improving the
Geospatial Data Ecosystems & Formalizing the Informal Settlements" organised
jointly by UNECE WPLA, FIG Commissions 3 & 9, EGoS and World Bank.
Web site
7-9 October 2025, Frankfurt Germany
Intergeo 2025, organised by DVW, Germany.
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.
More events: Check the events page
Save the dates
FIG Congress 2026, Cape Town, South Africa: 24-29 May 2026 -
www.fig.net/fig2026
FIG Working Week 2027, Stavanger, Norway: 23-27 May 2027 -
www.fig.net/fig2027
FIG Working Week 2028, Paris, France - Celebrating FIG 150th Anniversary
24-28 June 2028
Kind regards,
Ms. Louise Friis-Hansen
Director
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International Federation of Surveyors |
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FIG Working Week 2025, 6-10 April, Brisbane, Australia Web site: www.fig.net/fig2025 |
FIG Working Week 2027, Stavanger, Norway
FIG Working Week 2028, Paris, France - Celebrating FIG 150th Anniversary
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