7th FIG Regional Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam

13 August 2009, 12:21pm

This is your invitation to the 7th FIG Regional Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, 19-22 October 2009

Just 2 DAYS left to the end of early bird registration 15 August 2009 - so if you haven’t registered…hurry.

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 7th FIG Regional Conference - Spatial Data Serving People: Land Governance and the Environment - Building the Capacity to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, 19-22 October 2009. This conference is hosted jointly by the International Federation of Surveyors and the Viet Nam Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing (VGCR). The 7th FIG Regional Conference includes a two-day Regional Consultation Meeting on the “FAO Voluntary Guidelines for responsible governance of tenure of land and other natural resources” to be jointly organised with FAO Land Tenure and Management Unit (NRLA).

We expect about 400 participants to the conference from 40-50 countries. In the technical programme of the conference there are more than 40 technical sessions and workshops with more than 150 papers. The opening ceremony of the Conference will be on Monday 19 October and the technical programme will take place 19-21 October 2009 including a commercial and professional exhibition. The last day of the conference, 22 October, is reserved for a joint technical tour to Ha Long Bay, a famous natural heritage site and geological reserved that listed a World Heritage site by UNESCO.

Draft technical programme is now available at the link below. Some later coming proposals for presentations will still be considered. You can also register online at the link below.

The FIG Regional Conference is biennial conference of the International Federation of Surveyors that rotates between different regions. It allows easier access for participants from the region to attend international conference and for international participants to learn about regional experiences and projects as we as share their experiences.

The topics of the conference are selected to address the issues at the top of the regional and local agenda, and at the same time giving a platform for international discussions. The key topics will be in the areas of land administration and environmental management. The conference thereby provides an excellent opportunity for surveyors, land professionals and other experts who work with land related issues from all over the world to meet and share experiences and achievements.

An attractive social programme, exhibition and a broad selection of tours will be arranged. You can find all relevant information about the conference on the event web site: www.fig.net/vietnam.

The conference will take place at the National Conference Centre in Hanoi. The main conference hotel is Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, where we offer very good rates (starting from 128 USD including breakfast and taxes). See the hotel information and booking forms on the conference web site. Daily transfers from Daewoo hotel and two other hotels Baoson International (4-stars) and La Thanh Hotel (3-stars) to NCC will be offered.

Please notice that the registration fee for full participants is only 300 EUR until 15 August 2009 including lunches, dinners and a day technical tour to Ha Long Bay. So please register now to take advantage of this very attractive rate. When registering please book your hotel room at the same time.

Please notice that on Sunday 18 October there will be a pre-conference workshop organised by ESRI.

The 7th FIG Regional Conference will offer an excellent platform to exchange experiences on actual problems in surveying, land management, geodesy, GNSS, geoinformatics, land administration and other surveying disciplines.

We look forward to meeting you in Hanoi in October 2009.

7th FIG Regional Conference draft programme

7th FIG Regional Conference online registration

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