Call for Papers

General

The overall theme of FIG 2010 is “Facing the Challenges – Building the Capacity”. The theme is particularly relevant to today’s world. We are now faced with a global economic crisis of immense proportions, and living in a world undergoing dramatic climate change whose consequences unknown and, thus far, unpredictable. Never before has the need to Face the Challenge - the challenge to share ideas and resources; to cooperate between nations, between generations and between disciplines – been more urgent. The four plenary sessions address the key issues from climate change, disaster risk management and good land governance to spatially enabled society and technological futures such as positioning infrastructures and information mobility. The technical programme will include a broad professional and scientific programme with 10 slots each offering from 8 up to 10 parallel sessions and workshops. With 4 poster session slots over four days will offer up to 600 presentations.

The carefully prepared technical programme will offer both specially invited high profile presentations and papers that are selected through the open call for papers procedure. For the first time at an FIG Congress the Call for Papers is open for both peer review and non-peer review submissions. FIG 2010 will gather international professionals and academics from many disciplines of land professionals (land surveying, land and real estate appraisal, GIS, spatial planning, positioning and measurement, environmental awareness, engineering surveying and project management). FIG 2010 will be the major FIG Congress summarising the results of FIG activities from FIG, its Council, commissions and working groups from the period 2007-2010.

Framework of technical programme and commission meetings:

 

Time Monday Time Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
08:30-10:00 Commission Annual Meetings
Registration		 08:30-10:00 Technical Sessions (8-10) Technical Sessions (8-10) Technical Sessions (8-10)
10:00-11:30 Opening Ceremony 10:30-12:00 Plenary Session Plenary Session Plenary Session
11:30-13:00 Opening of the Exhibition and lunch 12:00-13:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
13:00-14:30 Plenary Session 13:00-14:00 Poster Sessions (8-10) Poster Sessions (8-10) Poster sessions (8-10)
14:30-15:00 Coffee 14:00-15:30 Technical Sessions (8-10) Technical Sessions (8-10) Technical Sessions (8-10)
15:00-16:30 Technical Sessions (8-10) (Commission keynotes) 15:30-16:00 Coffee Coffee Coffee
16:30-17:30 Poster Sessions (8-10) 16:00-17:30 Technical Sessions (8-10) Technical Sessions (8-10) Technical Sessions (8-10)
    Eve Commission dinners    

If you have any questions about the technical programme or paper submission please contact FIG Office, email: fig@fig.net. Submit your abstract at: http://www.fig.net/abstractdb/submit.asp?id=12

Important dates

Deadlines for submitting abstracts, papers and registration are:

 

Non Peer Reviewed Papers Peer Reviewed Papers
The deadline has passed but some late proposals will be considered and accepted. The deadline for acceptance of Peer Reviewed Papers has passed.
19 November 2009 19 November 2009
  Confirmation to authors of acceptance of non peer reviewed abstracts.
First draft of the technical programme will be published on the web.		   First notification to authors of acceptance to authors of peer reviewed papers.
For accepted papers, authors will also be notified of any modifications required by the reviewers.
Authors of papers not accepted for peer review will be offered to convert the paper to the non peer review process.
    10 December 2009
      Deadline for authors to submit revised full paper for 2nd round of peer review (depending on proposed corrections from reviewers).
    14 January 2010
      Second notification to authors of acceptance of peer reviewed papers with the possibility of further modifications from the 2nd round of peer review.
All Papers (peer reviewed and non peer reviewed)
14 January 2010
  Technical programme published on the conference web site.
21 January 2010
  Deadline for all authors to submit Full Papers.
28 January 2010
  Early bird registration closes and deadline for all authors to register.
11-16 April 2010
  XXIV FIG International Congress 2010.

Submission of Abstracts (Non Peer Review Papers)

Abstracts for the XXIV FIG International Congress closed on 8 October 2009.

Abstracts were able to be submitted online or in electronic format to:

International Federation of Surveyors
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33
DK-1780 Copenhagen V
DENMARK
Tel + 45 3886 1081
Fax + 45 3886 0252
by email: fig@fig.net

Authors were required to submit all their contact details, including name, address, phone and fax numbers and email as well as any preference for a poster or an oral presentation. Receipt of abstracts was acknowledged electronically.

When submitting a paper the author(s) agreed that FIG has the right to publish the paper in the conference proceedings (at the conference and on the FIG web site); in the FIG Surveyors Reference Library; and in the FIG online journal (if selected for this purpose) without any other agreement or compensation. The copyright of the paper remains with the author(s).

The number of abstracts is limited to a maximum of two per author.

Submission of Peer Review Papers

Peer review papers to be presented at the XXIV FIG International Congress 2010 were due on 22 September 2009.  Authors were required to follow the guidelines prepared for papers (paper guidelines and the specific paper template for FIG 2010 that are available on the congress web site).

Full papers were submitted to FIG in electronic format to:

International Federation of Surveyors
by email fig@fig.net

or by mailing it to:

International Federation of Surveyors
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33
DK-1780 Copenhagen V
DENMARK
Tel + 45 3886 1081
Fax + 45 3886 0252

Authors were required to submit at the end of your paper all your contact details, including your name, address, phone and fax numbers and email address. Papers that were not be accepted by the peer review process may be offered to the conference as non peer reviewed papers. In the conference programme a paper that has been accepted by the peer review process will be marked “This is a peer reviewed paper”. When submitting a paper the author(s) agree that FIG has the right to publish the paper in the conference proceedings (at the conference and on the FIG web site); in the FIG Surveyors Reference Library; and in the FIG online journal (if selected for this purpose) without any other agreement or compensation. The copyright of the paper remains with the author(s).

The number of papers for peer review is limited to a maximum of two per author.

Topics

FIG 2010 is the main event for all ten FIG technical commissions. Therefore technical papers were required to relate to topics of interest of the following commissions.

  1. Professional Standards and Practice
  2. Professional Education
  3. Spatial Information Management
  4. Hydrography
  5. Positioning and Measurement
  6. Engineering Surveys
  7. Cadastre and Land Management
  8. Spatial Planning and Development
  9. Valuation and the Management of Real Estate
  10. Construction Economics and Management; and
    History of Surveying and Measurement (Permanent Institution of FIG).

Specific topics of FIG 2010

In the open call for papers non-peer review and peer review papers were invited from the following detailed topics.

Commission 1 – Professional Standards and 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 and Land Management

Commission 8 – Spatial Planning and Development

Commission 9 – Valuation and the Management of Real Estate

Commission 10 – Construction Economics and Management

Permanent Institution - History of Surveying and Measurement

 

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Important Dates

Standard Registration: 8 March 2010
Late Registration: After 8 March 2010
Accommodation: Deposit non refundable at 08 March 2010
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