Meeting Program

Opening Ceremony and Plenary sessions as a .pdf file

Meeting program as a .pdf file

Overview of technical program

Technical program

Sunday, 3 May 2009
Sunday
3 May 2009
09:00-17:30
Coral A		 ACCO Meeting
  • by invitation only
Sunday
3 May 2009
11:00-17:30
Coral B		 Pre-Conference Workshop – History of Surveying
  • Separate registration required

HS 1 – Session 1
Time: 11:00-12:30
Commission: History
Chair: Dr. Haim Srebro, Israel

Lunch
Time: 12:30-14:00

HS 2 – Session 2
Time: 14:00-15:30
Commission: History
Chair: Mr. John Brock, Australia

Coffee Break
Time: 15:30-16:00

HS 3 – Session 3
Time: 16:00-17:30
Commission: History
Chair: Mr. Alan Wright, United Kingdom

Monday, 4 May 2009
Monday
4 May 2009
09:00-15:00
Big Blue Hall		 General Assembly – First Session
  • for FIG members
  • open for observers
Monday
4 May 2009
15:00-15:30		 Coffee Break
Monday
4 May 2009
15:30-17:30		 Commission Annual Meetings
Commission: 1-10

Meetings will be held as follows:

  • Commission 1 - Hotel room 308
  • Commission 2 - Coral B
  • Commission 3 - Big Blue Hall 2
  • Commission 4 - Hotel room 338
  • Commission 5 - Coral A
  • Commission 6 - Hotel room 438
  • Commission 7 - Big Blue Hall 1
  • Commission 8 - Tarshish B
  • Commission 9 - Tarshish A
  • Commission 10 - Hotel room 408
     
  • for national delegates and correspondents, but observers are also welcome to attend
Monday
4 May 2009
Dan Eilat
20:00-		 Welcome Reception
  • all participants, included in registration fee (except daily registrants)
  • dress code: smart casual
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Tuesday
5 May 2009
09:00-10:30
Big Blue Hall		 Opening Ceremony
Chair: Dr. Joseph Forrai, Deputy Director General, Survey of Israel

Cultural Programme

Welcome Greeting – Dr. Haim Srebro, Director General, Survey of Israel and Conference Director
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Greeting – Dr. Ron Adler, Past Director General, Survey of Israel and Chair of FIG PC Meeting 1972
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Welcome Address - Mr. Joseph Kraus, ALSI President and Chairman of the Organizing Committee
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Welcome Address – Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG President
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Opening Keynote Address
Prof. Isaac Ben Israel, the Chairman of the Israel Space Agency:
Israel in Space Programme (3503)
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Cultural Programme
 

Isaac
Ben Israel		    

Tuesday
5 May 2009
10:30-11:00 		Coffee Break
Tuesday
5 May 2009
11:00-12:30
Big Blue Hall		 Plenary Session 1 – Geo Information Management
Chair: Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG President

Mr. Lawrie E. Jordan III, Director, Imagery Enterprise Solutions, ESRI:
Geo Information Management Perspectives for the Future (3504)
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Dr. Vanessa Lawrence, CB, Director General and CEO, Ordnance Survey:
The Role of a National Mapping Agency in Geoinformation Management (3505)
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Dr. Haim Srebro, Director General, Survey of Israel
Geospatial Information On-Line by the Survey of Israel (3506)
[ paper ] [ handouts ]
 

Lawrie E. Jordan III
Vanessa Lawrence
Haim
Srebro

Tuesday
5 May 2009
12:30-14:00 		Lunch
Tuesday
5 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Big Blue Hall 1		 TS 1A – Case Studies in Cadastre
Commission: 7
Chair: Mr. Daniel Roberge, Chair Elect of Commission 7, Canada
Rapporteur: Mr. Habtemicael Weldegiorgis, Eritrea
Tuesday
5 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Big Blue Hall 2		 TS 1B – SDI in Support of Development
Commission: 3
Chair: Prof. Yerach Doytsher, Israel
Rapporteur: Dr. Chryssy Potsiou, Chair of FIG Commission 3, Greece
Tuesday
5 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Tarshish A		 TS 1C – CORS-RTK I
Commission: 5
Chair: Dr. Neil Weston, USA
Rapporteur: Dr. Yakov Tuchin, Israel
Tuesday
5 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Tarshish B		 TS 1D – Environment and Land Use Planning
Commission: 8
Chair: Dr. Diane Dumashie, Chair of FIG Commission 8, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Mr. Moshe Benhamu, Israel
Tuesday
5 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Coral B		 TS 1E – Valuer’s Profession and Real Estate Taxation
Commission: 9 and 1
Chair: Ms. Heidi Falkenbach, Finland
Rapporteur: Mr. Steven Nystrom, USA
Tuesday
5 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Hotel room 308
 		TS 1F – Image Processing, Visualization and Mapping Systems
Commission: 6 and 5 in co-operation with the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
Chair: Dr. Sagi Filin, Israel
Rapporteur: Dr. Gethin W. Roberts, United Kingdom
Tuesday
5 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Coral A		 TS 1G – Directors General Forum – Session I
Chair: Dr. Haim Srebro, Israel
  • by separate invitation only
Tuesday
5 May 2009
15:30-16:00		 Coffee Break
Tuesday
5 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Big Blue Hall 1		 TS 2A – Land Tenure
Commission: 7
Chair: Prof. Paul van der Molen, the Netherlands
Tuesday
5 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Big Blue Hall 2		 TS 2B – Cadastral Information Management in Israel
Commission: 3 and 7
Chair: Prof. Hartmut Müller, Germany
Rapporteur: Prof. Charalabos Ioannidis, Greece
Tuesday
5 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Tarshish A		 TS 2C – CORS-RTK II
Commission: 5
Chair: Dr. Joseph Forrai, Israel
Rapporteur: Dr. Volker Schwieger, Germany
Tuesday
5 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Tarshish B		 TS 2D – People and Planning: Working to Save the Environment
Commission: 8
Chair: Mr. Moshe Benhamu, Israel
Rapporteur: Dr. Diane Dumashie, Chair of FIG Commission 8, United Kingdom
Tuesday
5 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Coral B		 TS 2E – Real Estate Market
Commission: 9
Chair: Mr. Erez Cohen, President of the Israeli Society of Land Appraisals, Israel
Rapporteur: Mr. Dieter Kertscher, Germany
Tuesday
5 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Hotel room 308		 TS 2F – Geodetic Networks and Data Analysis
Commission: 6 and 5
Chair: Ms. Einat Salmon, Israel
Rapporteur: Mr. Jad Jarroush, Israel
Tuesday
5 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Coral A		 TS 2G – Directors General Forum – Session II
Chair: Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG
  • by separate invitation only
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Wednesday
6 May 2009
09:00-10:30
Big Blue Hall		 Plenary Session 2 – Emergency and Natural Resource Management
Chair: Dr. Haim Srebro, Congress Director FIG 2009

Dr. Avi Shapira, Chairman of the Earthquake Preparedness Committee, Jerusalem and Ex-Director of the Geophysical Institute of Israel:
On Earthquake Preparedness in Israel (3508)
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Prof. Orhan Altan, President of ISPRS and Chair of the JB GIS Committee on Risk and Disaster Management:
Role of Geospatial Professionals in Risk and Disaster Management and Preventing Natural Catastrophes (3509)
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Prof. Stig Enemark, President of FIG, Denmark:
Facing the Global Agenda – Focus on Land Governance (3512)
[ paper ] [ handouts ]
 

Avi
Shapira
Orhan
Altan
Stig
Enemark

Wednesday
6 May 2009
10:30-11:15		 Coffee Break
Wednesday
6 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Big Blue Hall 1		 TS 3A – New Challenges in Land Administration
Commission: 7
Chair: Mr. Libor Tomandl, Czech Republic
Rapporteur: Mr. Moshe Benhamu, Israel
Wednesday
6 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Big Blue Hall 2		 TS 3B – e-Government and Land Administration
Commission: 7 and 3
Chair: Dr. Szabolcs Mihály, Hungary
Rapporteur: Dr. Daniel Steudler, Switzerland
Wednesday
6 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Tarshish A		 TS 3C – GEOID-Modelling
Commission: 5
Chair: Prof. Petr Vanicek, Canada 
Rapporteur: Dr. Ron Adler, Israel
Wednesday
6 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Tarshish B		 TS 3D – Planning, Finance and Urban Readjustment
Commission: 8 and 9
Chair: Mr. Wafula Nabutola, Kenya
Rapporteur: Ms. Heidi Falkenbach, Finland
Wednesday
6 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Coral A		 TS 3E – Needs of Changing Society – New Skills, Competences in Surveying
Commission: 1
Chair: Mr. Joseph Kraus, Israel
Rapporteur: Dr. Yaron Felus, Israel
Wednesday
6 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Coral B
 TS 3F – Tectonic Processes, Landslides and Deformation Analysis
Commission: 6, 3 in co-operation with with International Society for Mine Surveying (ISM)
Chair: Dr. Volker Schwieger, Germany
Rapporteur: Dr. Gethin W. Roberts, United Kingdom
Wednesday
6 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Hotel room 308		 TS 3G – Land Policy and Reform
Commission: 7 and 8
Chair: Mr. Daniel Roberge, Canada
Rapporteur: Ms. Aune Rummukainen, Finland
Wednesday
6 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Hotel room 338		 TS 3H - Young Surveyors Network – How to Involve Students and Young Surveyors in the Work of FIG Member Associations
Commission: Young Surveyors Network
Chair: Ms. Cecilia Lindén, Chair of FIG Young Surveyors Network
Rapporteur: Mr. Cemal Özgur Kivilcim, Secretary of FIG Young Surveyors NetworkTurkey
Wednesday
6 May 2009
11:15-12:00
Hotel room 408		 Commission Meetings – FIG Commission 9 WG 9.2 and WG9.3 Meeting
Commission: 9
  • Open meeting of Commission 9 Working Groups WG 9.2 - Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing and WG 9.3 - Diagnostic Tools and Prescriptive Practices for The Valuation Profession
Wednesday
6 May 2009
12:00-12:45
Hotel room 408		 Commission Meetings – FIG Commission 9 WG 9.4 and WG9.5 Meeting
Commission: 9
  • Open meeting of Commission 9 Working Groups WG 9.4 – Review of Valuation Methods and Standards Worldwide; and WG 9.5 – GIS-analyses in Real Estate Market Analyses and Valuation
Wednesday
6 May 2009
11:00-12:45
Hotel room 438		 FIG Foundation Meeting
  • By invitation only
Wednesday
6 May 2009
12:45-14:00		 Lunch
Wednesday
6 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Big Blue Hall 1		 TS 4A – Institutional Matters and Development
Commission: 7 and 1
Chair: Mr. Daniel Roberge, Chair Elect of FIG Commission 7, Canada
Rapporteur: Mr. Marc Vanderschueren, Belgium
Wednesday
6 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Big Blue Hall 2		 TS 4B – SDI in Municipality and Natural Resources Management
Commission: 3
Chair: Dr. Sagi Filin, Israel
Rapporteur: Mr. Michael Klebanov, Israel
Wednesday
6 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Tarshish A		 TS 4C – Geodetic Datum I
Commission: 5
Chair: Dr. Gilad Even-Tzur, Israel
Rapporteur: Dr. Joseph Forrai, Israel
Wednesday
6 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Tarshish B		 TS 4D – Property Investments, Brokerage and Prices
Commission: 9
Chair: Mr. Steven Nystrom, USA
Rapporteur: Dr. Iyenemi Ibimina Kakulu, Nigeria
Wednesday
6 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Coral A		 TS 4E – Coastal Zone Management
Commission: 4 and 8
Chair: Mr. Andrew Leyzack, Chair of Commission 4, Canada
Rapporteur: Dr. John Hall, Israel
Wednesday
6 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Coral B
 		TS 4F – Francophone Session 1 – Problématiques foncières en Afrique francophone (Land Administration in Francophone Africa)
Commission: 1 and 7 in co-operation with Fédération des Géomètres Francophones (FGF)
Chair: Mr. Pierre Bibollet, France
Rapporteur: Ms. Bénédicte Fournier, France
Wednesday
6 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Hotel room 338		 TS 4G – Young Surveyors Network – Strategic Discussion on the Future of the Young Surveyors Network
Commission: Young Surveyors Network
Chair: Ms. Cecilia Lindén, Chair of FIG Young Surveyors Network
Rapporteur: Mr. Cemal Özgur Kivilcim, Secretary of FIG Young Surveyors Network, Turkey
Wednesday
6 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Hotel room 438		 Meeting of the FIG Corporate Members
  • By invitation only
Wednesday
6 May 2009
15:30-16:00		 Coffee Break
Wednesday
6 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Big Blue Hall 1		 TS 5A – Land Administration
Commission: 7
Chair: Dr. Ron Adler, Israel
Rapporteur: Ms. Einat Salmon, Israel
Wednesday
6 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Big Blue Hall 2		 TS 5B – Current Trends in SDI
Commission: 3
Chair: Prof. Yerach Doytsher, Israel
Rapporteur: Mr. Sagi Dalyot, Israel
Wednesday
6 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Tarshish A		 TS 5C – Geodetic Datum II
Commission: 5
Chair: Dr. Gershon Steinberg, Israel
Rapporteur: Dr. Yaron Felus, USA/Israel
Wednesday
6 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Tarshish B		 TS 5D – Planning and Regulatory: Appropriate Frameworks 
Commission: 8
Chair: Prof. Theo Kötter, Germany
Rapporteur: Mr. Wafula Nabutola, Kenya
Wednesday
6 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Coral A		 TS 5E – Valuation Models
Commission: 9
Chair: Mr. Dieter Kertscher, Germany
Rapporteur: Dr. Zeev Cohen, Israel
Wednesday
6 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Hotel room 308		 TS 5F – Hydrographic Surveying in Practice
Commission: 4 and 8
Chair: Dr. Michael Sutherland, Chair Elect of FIG Commission 4, Canada
Rapporteur: Mr. Andrew Leyzack, Chair of FIG Commission 4, Canada
Wednesday
6 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Coral B
 		TS 5G – Francophone Session 2 – Pratique professionnelle
Commission: 7 in co-operation with Fédération des Géomètres Francophones (FGF)
Chair: Mr. Alain Gaudet, France
Rapporteur: Ms. Bénédicte Fournier, France
Wednesday
6 May 2009
Departure at 19:45
Timna Park		 Gala Dinner
  • The event will take place outdoors in a venue that is one of a kind; in the heart of the desert…at the base of the magnificent King Solomon’s Pillars of Timna Park
  • Departure from hotels at 19:45
  • Included in registration fee (except for daily registrants and students)
  • Dress code: It is recommended to bring a light sweater / jacket and refrain from shoes with high heels
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Thursday
7 May 2009
09:00-10:30
Big Blue Hall		 Plenary Session 3 – GNSS, Geo-sciences and Surveying
Chair: Mr. Matthew Higgins, FIG Vice President, Australia

Dr. Ze’ev B. Begin, Director of the Geological Survey of Israel and Ex-Minister of Science:
The Dead Sea Fault – Thousand Kilometres and 20 Million Years of Destructive Earthquakes (3507)
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Dr. Joseph Forrai, Deputy Director General for Cadastre, Survey of Israel:
Permanent GPS Network-based Measurement Practice in Israel (3496)
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Prof. Dr. Ing. Rudolf Staiger, University of Applied Sciences Bochum, Germany, Chair of FIG Commission 5:
Push the Button - or Does the Art of Measurement Still Exist?
[ paper ] [ handouts ]


Ze’ev B.
Begin
Joseph
Forrai
Rudolf
Staiger
Thursday
7 May 2009
10:30-11:15		 Coffee Break
Thursday
7 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Big Blue Hall 1		 TS 6A – Standardization Aspects in Land Administration
Commission: 7, 3 and 1
Chair: Dr. Daniel Steudler, Switzerland
Rapporteur: Ms. Orit Marom, Israel
Thursday
7 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Big Blue Hall 2		 TS 6B – SIM Algorithms and Techniques
Commission: 3
Chair: Mr. Robert W. Foster, USA
Rapporteur: Prof. Charalabos Ioannidis, Greece
Thursday
7 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Tarshish A		 TS 6C – GPS for Engineering
Commission: 5
Chair: Prof. Rudolf Staiger, Germany
Rapporteur: Dr. Yaron Felus, USA/Israel
Thursday
7 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Tarshish B		 TS 6D – Needs of Changing Society – New Skills, Competences in Surveying
Commission: 2 and 1
Chair: Dr. Gilad Even-Tzur, Israel
Rapporteur: Mr. Gert Steinkellner, Austria
Thursday
7 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Coral A		 TS 6E – Compulsory Purchase and Compensation and Planning 
Commission: 9 and 8
Chair: Prof. Kauko Viitanen, Finland
Rapporteur: Ms. Heidi Falkenbach, Finland
Thursday
7 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Hotel room 308		 TS 6F – Project Management Forum
Commission: 10
Chair: Mr. Richard Hucker, MBE, Commission 10 WG 10.3, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Mr. Andrew W. Morley, Chair of Commission 10, United Kingdom
Thursday
7 May 2009
11:15-12:45
Coral B		 TS 6G – Cadastre in the World I
Commission: 7
Chair: Mr. Daniel Roberge, Canada
Rapporteur: Ms. Carmela Szancer, Israel
Thursday
7 May 2009
12:45-14:00		 Lunch
Thursday
7 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Big Blue Hall 1		 TS 7A – Settlements Facing Man Made Changes
Commission: 7 and 8
Chair: Dr. Diane Dumashie, Chair of FIG Commission 8, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Mr. Wafula Nabutola, Kenya
Thursday
7 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Tarshish A		 TS 7C – Engineering Structure Measurement and Data Processing
Commission: 6
Chair: Prof. Alojz Kopacik, Chair of FIG Commission 6, Slovakia
Rapporteur: Dr. Gethin W. Roberts, United Kingdom
Thursday
7 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Big Blue Hall 2		 TS 7D – Good Educational Practices
Commission: 2
Chair: Prof. Bela Markus, Chair of FIG Commission 2, Hungary
Rapporteur: Dr. Steven Frank, Chair Elect of FIG Commission 2, USA
Thursday
7 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Coral A		 TS 7E – Compulsory Purchase and Compensation and Valuation in Real Estate Development
Commission: 9
Chair: Prof. Rachelle Alterman, Israel
Rapporteur: Mr. Steven Nystrom, USA
Thursday
7 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Hotel room 308		 TS 7F - Planning and Development
Commission: 10
Chair: Mr. K. H. Chan, Hong Kong SAR, China
Rapporteur: Mr. Kenny Chan, Hong Kong SAR, China
Thursday
7 May 2009
14:00-15:30
Coral B		 TS 7G – Development of 3D Cadastre
Commission: 7 and 3
Chair: Adv. Ms. Gili Kirschner, Israel
Rapporteur: Ms. Orit Marom, Israel
Thursday
7 May 2009
15:30-16:00		 Coffee Break
Thursday
7 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Big Blue Hall 1		 TS 8A – Software Application in Land Administration
Commission: 7
Chair: Dr. Gershon Steinberg, Israel
Rapporteur: Mr. Dan Sharir, Israel
Thursday
7 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Big Blue Hall 2		 TS 8B – SIM in Planning and Development
Commission: 3 and 8
Chair: Dr. Chryssy Potsiou, Chair of FIG Commission 3, Greece
Rapporteur: Mr. Gerasimos Apostolatos, Greece
Thursday
7 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Tarshish A		 TS 8C – Instruments and Calibration
Commission: 5
Chair: Mr. Mikael Lilje, Sweden
Rapporteur:  Dr. Neil Weston, USA
Thursday
7 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Tarshish B		 TS 8D – Life-long Learning – Educational and Training Services
Commission: 2
Chair: Dr. Steven Frank, Chair Elect, FIG Commission 2, USA
Thursday
7 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Coral A		 TS 8E – Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Visualization and LIDAR
Commission: 6 and 5
Chair: Prof. Rudolf Staiger, Germany
Rapporteur: Dr. Volker Schwieger, Germany
Thursday
7 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Coral B		 TS 8F – Land Administration and Cadastre
Commission: 7
Chair: Mr. Muhammad Bashar Nuhu, Nigeria
Rapporteur: Dr. Joseph Forrai, Israel
Thursday
7 May 2009
16:00-17:30
Hotel room 308		 TS 8G – Cost and Facilities Management
Commission: 10
Chair: Mr. Andrew W. Morley, Chair of Commission 10, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Mr. Steve Jackson, United Kingdom
Thursday
7 May 2009
16:00-17:00
Hotel room 338		 Commission Meetings – FIG Commission 9 WG 9.1
Commission: 9
  • Open meeting of Commission 9 Working Group WG 9.1 - Compulsory Purchase and Compensations in Land Acquisition and Takings
Thursday
7 May 2009
20:00-
Shato Restaurant		 FIG Foundation Dinner
  • The FIG Foundation Dinner will be held at Shato Restaurant, Kings City (within walking distance from Dan Eilat)
  • Separate registration required
  • Dress code: smart casual
Friday, 8 May 2009
Friday
8 May 2009
09:00-11:00
Tarshish A		 Presidents’ Meeting
  • for Presidents of Member Associations
  • by invitation only
Friday
8 May 2009
11:00-11:30		 Coffee Break
Friday
8 May 2009
11:30-12:30
Big Blue Hall		 General Assembly – Second Session
  • for FIG members
  • open for observers
Friday
8 May 2009
12.30-13:30
Big Blue Hall		 Closing Ceremony
Moderator: Dr. Joseph Forrai, Deputy Director General, Survey of Israel

Report on the Working Week 2009, Dr. Haim Srebro, Congress Director
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Closing Address and Summary of the Working Week, Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG  President
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Appreciation to FIG WW 2009 Organising Committee, Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG  President
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

Closing Address, Joseph Kraus, Chair of the Local Organising Committee and ALSI President
[ paper ] [ handouts ]

FIG Fanfare

Closing of the Working Week 2009

Dress code: Smart casual

© International Federation of Surveyors, FIG 2009