The technical programme has now been confirmed and the proceedings are 
      under production. 
      The proceedings are already available on the FIG web site. 
      
        
          | 
          Friday April 11, 2003 | 
        
        
          
          19:00 - 
          Venue to be decided | 
          
          Council dinner - Council members | 
        
        
          | 
          Saturday April 12, 2003 | 
        
        
          
          9:00-13:00 
          ESGN / IGN | 
          
          Council Meeting - Council members | 
        
        
          
          14:00-17:00 
          ESGN / IGN | 
          
          ACCO Meeting - Council members and Commission chairs | 
        
        
          
          19:00 - 
          Venue to be decided | 
          
          ACCO Dinner - Council members and Commission chairs | 
        
        
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          Sunday April 13, 2003 | 
        
        
          
          8:00 - 
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Registration - General Assembly delegates | 
        
        
          
          9:00-13:00 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          General Assembly I - General Assembly delegates (FIG members) | 
        
        
          
          13:00-14:30 
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Lunch - Delegates to the General Assembly | 
        
        
          
          14:00 - 
          Salons de l'Aveyron | 
          
          Registration - Conference delegates | 
        
        
          
          15:00-16:00 
          Salons de l'Aveyron | 
          
          Opening Ceremony - All participants André Radier, 
          Président du Conseil Supérieur de l'Ordre des Géomètres Experts de 
          France OGE 
          Michel Kasser, Président de l'Association Française de 
          Topographie AFT 
          Bertrand Levy, Directeur Général de l'Institut Géographique 
          National - France 
          Holger Magel, Président de la Fédération Internationale des 
          Géomètres FIG 
          Bruno Parent, Directeur Général Adjoint du Cadastre - France   | 
        
        
          
          16:30-18:00 
          Salons de l'Aveyron | 
          
          FIG 125th Anniversary Session - All participants 
          Chair: Holger Magel, President of FIGAS.1 Jan de Graeve, Director of the International Institution on the 
          History of Surveying and Measurement: 125 Years - How FIG Was 
          Established in 1878  
          AS.2 
          Michel Godet, Industrial Prospective at Conservatoire Nationale 
          des Arts et Métiers, France: Strategic Prospective  
          AS.3 Andreas Drees, Vice President of FIG: 
          About the Future 
          Role of FIG in a Vulnerable World    | 
        
        
          
          18:00-21:00 
          Salons de l'Aveyron | 
          
          Welcome Reception - all participants - Cocktails, buffet and 
          entertainment  | 
        
        
          | 
          Monday April 14, 2003 | 
        
        
          
          9:00-17:30 
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Registration - Conference participants | 
        
        
          | 
            | 
          
          Technical Tours - See 
          www.figww2003.com 
           | 
        
        
          
          9:00-12:00 
          Salon B | 
          
          Symposium on the History of Surveying on the occasion of the 125th 
          Anniversary of FIG 
          Organised by the International Institution on the History of 
          Surveying and Measurement - Permanent Institution of FIGTechnical Session (morning) 
          Chair: David Wallis (UK) 
          
            - Jan de Graeve, President of IIHS&M and André Bailly, 
            Past President of AFT: Welcome addresses
 
            - Jean Mosselmans (Belgium): The Belgium Contribution to FIG 
            a 125 
            Year ago (in French)
 
            - John Brock (Australia): A City Plan 6200 BC Catalhoyuk, 
            Turkey
 
            - Bob Lyncke (Australia): Maritime History - 
            Franco-Australian Relations
 
            - Coffee break and visit to Exhibition FIG 125 Years - "Méridiennes"
 
            - Suzanne Debarbat and Daniel Schelstraete (France): 
            Apport du Méridien et de la Méridiennè de Paris (1791-98) pour la 
            définition du mètre "Mesure révolutionnaire"
 
            - Robert Vincent (AFT, France): Paul Adrian Bourdaloue 
            (1798-1868): 
            Premier nivellement d'un grand Pays - la France (1857-64)
 
            - Jan de Graeve (Belgium): L'arc géodèsique de G. W. Struve 
            (1860): Une œuvre a préserver as 
            patrimoine mondial par l'UNESCO
 
           
          Technical visit (afternoon) 
          
            - Institution Géographique National, St Mande
 
           
          Exhibitions 
          
            - FIG 125 Years
 
            - The History of Meridians  
 
           
           | 
        
        
          
          9:00-17:30  
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Technical Conference - 
          Proceedings
            - Technical sessions
 
            - Poster sessions
 
           
           | 
        
        
          
          9:00-10:30 
          Amphi Cauchy  | 
          
          
          FIG 125th Anniversary, Plenary Session 1 - Cadastre  
          Chair: Bettina Petzold, Vice President of FIGPS1.1 Concepción 
          Camarero-Bulló, Departamento de Geografia, Universidad Autónoma de 
          Madrid, Spain: The Cadastre in the 18th Century in Spain 
          PS1.2 Pierre Clergeot, Professor at the Ecole Supérieure des 
          Géomètres et Topographes au Concervatoire National des Arts et Métiers, 
          France: The Origins of the French General Cadastre 
          PS1.3 Paul van der Molen, Chair of FIG Commission 7, Netherlands: 
          The 
          Future Cadastres – Cadastres after 2014    | 
        
        
          
          10:30-11:00 
          Foyer | 
          
          Coffee Break | 
        
        
          
          11:00-12:30 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          TS 1 – Best Practices in Land Administration – Regional 
          Perspectives 
          Coordinator: Paul van der Molen, Chair of Commission 7 
          Chair: Paul van der Molen, Chair of Commission 7 (Netherlands)
           | 
        
        
          
          11:00-12:30 
          Amphi Navier | 
          
          TS 2 – Best Practice in Capacity Building 
          Coordinator: Pedro Cavero, Chair of Commission 2 
          Chair: Ulf Jensen, Vice Chair of Commission 2 (Sweden)
           | 
        
        
          
          11:00-12.30 
          Salon A | 
          
          TS 3 – Partnerships – PPP-Co-operation 
          Coordinator: Klaus Rürup, Chair of Commission 1 
          Chair: Paul Lohmann, Chair of Commission 8 (Netherlands)  
          Co-chair: Leonie Newnham, Vice Chair of Commission 1 
          (Australia) | 
        
        
          
          12:30-14:00 
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Lunch | 
        
        
          
          14:00-15:30 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          TS 4 – Best Practices in Land Administration – Country Perspectives 
          Coordinator: Paul van der Molen, Chair of Commission 7 
          Chair: Mikko Uimonen, Vice Chair of Commission 7 (Finland)
           | 
        
        
          
          14:00-15:30 
          Amphi Navier | 
          
          TS 5 – Reference Frame
            
          Coordinator: Matt Higgins, Chair of Commission 5 
          Chair: Mikael Lilje, Co-Chair of Working Group 5.2 (Sweden)
           | 
        
        
          
          14:00-15:30 
          Salon A | 
          
          TS 6 – Current Developments in Construction Economics 
          Coordinator: Philip Shearer, Chair of Commission 10 
          Chair: Andrew Morley, Vice Chair of Commission 10 (United Kingdom)
           | 
        
        
          | 
          15:30-16:00 | 
          
          Coffee Break | 
        
        
          
          16:00-17:30 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          TS 7 – Best Practices in Land Administration – Technical 
          Perspective 
          Coordinator: Paul van der Molen, Chair of Commission 7 
          Chair: András Osskó, Vice Chair of Commission 7 (Hungary)
           | 
        
        
          
          16:00-17:30 
          Amphi Navier | 
          
          TS 8 – Reference Frame – Vertical Datum
            
          Coordinator: Adam Greenland, Chair of Commission 4 
          Chair: Adam Greenland, Chair of Commission 4 (United Kingdom) | 
        
        
          
          16:00-17:30 
          Salon A | 
          
          TS 9 – New Professional Tasks – Developing the Profession 
          Coordinator: Stephen Yip, Chair of Commission 9 
          Chair: David Smejkal, Vice Chair of Commission 9 (Czech Republic)
           | 
        
        
          
          Evening 
          details to be announced | 
          
          Home visits to local surveyors - See 
          www.figww2003.com  | 
        
        
          | 
          Tuesday April 15, 2003 | 
        
        
          
          9:00-17:30 
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Registration - Conference participants | 
        
        
          | 
            | 
          
          Technical Tours - See 
          www.figww2003.com
           | 
            | 
        
        
          
          9:00-17:30 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Foyer | 
          
          Technical Exhibition | 
        
        
          
          Morning 
          ENSG/ IGN 
          Atelier C 
          (M404) | 
          
          ESRI - Hands-on "Test Drive GIS Lab" 
          Programme, for registration please 
          contact Michel Kasser, email: 
          michel.kasser@ign.fr  | 
        
        
          
          9:00-17:30  
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Technical Conference
            - Technical sessions
 
            - Poster sessions
 
           
           | 
        
        
          
          9:00-10:30 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          
          FIG 125th Anniversary, Plenary Session 2 - Private and 
          Public Systems in Geoinformation   
          Chair: T. N. Wong, Vice President of FIGPS2.1 Nick Land, Executive Director, EuroGeographics: 
          The Role of the National Mapping 
          Agencies in Building Europe's Spatial Data Infrastructure   
          PS2.2 François Salgé, Secretary General of the French 
          National Council for Geographic Information, France: Geographic 
          Information Umbrella Organisations in France 
          PS2.3 Dr.-Ing. Holger Schade, General Manager, SICAD 
          Geomatics GmbH & Co oHG, Germany: 
          Evolution of the GIS Industry  | 
        
        
          
          10:30-11:00 
          Foyer | 
          
          Coffee Break | 
        
        
          
          11:00-12:30 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          TS 10 – Multi-Dimensional Approaches and New Concepts in SIM 
          Coordinator: Gerhard Muggenhuber, Chair of Commission 3 
          Chair: Yerach Doytsher (Israel) 
          Co-chair: Robin McLaren (United Kingdom) | 
        
        
          
          11:00-12:30 
          Amphi Navier | 
          
          TS 11 – Organisational Streamlining by Customer Orientation 
          Coordinator: Paul van der Molen, Chair of Commission 7 
          Chair: Martijn Rijsdijk (Netherlands) | 
        
        
          
          11:00-12.30 
          Salon A | 
          
          TS 12 – Standards 
          Coordinator: Matt Higgins, Chair of Commission 5 
          Chair: Rudolf Staiger, Vice Chair of Commission 5 (Germany)
           | 
        
        
          
          12:30-14:00 
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Lunch | 
        
        
          
          14:00-15:30 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          TS 13 – State of the Art and Best Practice in SIM
            
          Coordinator: Gerhard Muggenhuber, Chair of Commission 3 
          Chair: Peter Laarakker (The Netherlands) | 
        
        
          
          14:00-15:30 
          Amphi Navier | 
          
          TS 14 – New Professional Tasks – Environmental Issues and Statutory 
          Valuation   
          Coordinator: Stephen Yip, Chair of Commission 9 
          Chair: Stephen Yip, Chair of Commission 9 (Hong Kong SAR, China)
           | 
        
        
          
          14:00-15:30 
          Salon A | 
          
          TS 15 – Standards and Interoperability 
          Coordinator: Paul van der Molen, Chair of Commission 7 
          Chair: Iain Greenway, Vice Chair of Commission 1 (Ireland)
           | 
        
        
          | 
          15:30-16:00 | 
          
          Coffee Break | 
        
        
          
          16:00-17:30 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          TS 16 – Information Infrastructure 
          Coordinator: Gerhard Muggenhuber, Chair of Commission 3 
          Chair: Keith Murray, Vice Chair of Commission 3 (United Kingdom) 
          Co-chair: Martin Scheu (Germany) | 
        
        
          
          16:00-17:30 
          Amphi Navier | 
          
          TS 17 – Urbanization and Informal Settlements 
          Coordinator: Paul van der Molen, Chair of Commission 7 
          Chair: Christiaan Lemmen, Vice Chair of Commission 7 
          (Netherlands) | 
        
        
          
          16:00-17:30 
          Salon A | 
          
          TS 18 – Knowledge Sharing 
          Coordinator: Pedro Cavero, Chair of Commission 2 
          Chair: Bela Markus, Vice Chair of Commission 2 (Hungary)
           | 
        
        
          | 
          19:30 | 
          
          FIG 125 Anniversary Gala Dinner and the FIG Foundation 
          Dinner - Departure from hotels | 
        
        
          
          20:30- 
          Chateu de Versailles | 
          
          FIG 125 Anniversary Gala Dinner and FIG Foundation Dinner
            - Cocktails, Grand Salon
 
            - Private visit to the Royal apartments
 
            - Dinner at the Gallery of the Battles 
 
           
           | 
        
        
          | 
          23.30- | 
          
          FIG 125 Anniversary Gala Dinner and the FIG Foundation 
          Dinner - Return to the hotels | 
        
        
          | 
          Wednesday April 16, 2003 | 
        
        
          
          9:00-17:30 
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Registration - Conference participants | 
        
        
          
          9:00-17:30 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Foyer | 
          
          Technical Exhibition | 
        
        
          
          Morning 
          ENSG/ IGN 
          Atelier C 
          (M404) | 
          
          ESRI - Hands-on "Test Drive GIS Lab" 
          Programme, for registration please 
          contact Michel Kasser, email: 
          michel.kasser@ign.fr  | 
        
        
          
          9:00-17:30  
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Technical Conference
            - Technical sessions
 
            - Poster sessions
 
           
           | 
        
        
          
          9:00-10:30 
          Amphi Cauchy  | 
          
          
          FIG 125th Anniversary, Plenary Session 3 - Future Techniques 
          Chair: Ralf Schroth, Vice President of FIG PS3.1 Marc 
          Bernard and Philippe Munier, Spot Image, France: 
          Evolution 
          in the Use of Space Imagery - Trends and Challenges 
          PS3.2 Luis G. Hecht, Jr., Chair, Open GIS Consortium 
          (Europe) Limited: OGC in the GIS Market – “What’s Next?” 
          PS3.3 Monika Sester, Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics, 
          University of Hanover, Germany: 
          GIS - Achievements and Challenges  | 
        
        
          
          10:30-11:00 
          Foyer | 
          
          Coffee Break | 
        
        
          
          11:00-12:30 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          TS 19 – Best Practice in Positioning 
          Coordinator: Matt Higgins, Chair of Commission 5 
          Chair: Michel Kasser, Vice Chair of Commission 5 (France) 
           | 
        
        
          
          11:00-12:30 
          Amphi Navier | 
          
          TS 20 – New Professional Tasks – Marine Cadastres and Coastal 
          Management   
          Coordinator: Adam Greenland, Chair of Commission 4 
          Chair: Adam Greenland, Chair of Commission 4 (United Kingdom) 
          Co-chair: Arbind M. Tuladhar (The Netherlands/Nepal)
           | 
        
        
          
          11:00-12.30 
          Salon A | 
          
          TS 21 – Computer Assisted Mass Valuation and Cost Management 
          Coordinator: Stephen Yip, Chair of Commission 9 
          Chair: Simon Adcock, Vice Chair of Commission 9 (Australia)
           | 
        
        
          
          12:30-14:00 
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Lunch | 
        
        
          
          14:00-15:30 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          TS 22 – Surveying in Industry and Construction 
          Coordinator: Svend Kold Johansen, Chair of Commission 6 
          Chair: Michel Mayoud (France)
           | 
        
        
          
          14:00-15:30 
          Amphi Navier | 
          
          TS 23 – 3D Cadastres
            
          Coordinator: Paul van der Molen, Chair of Commission 7 
          Chair: Martin Salzmann, Chair of Sub-WG on 3D Cadastres (The Netherlands)
           | 
        
        
          
          14:00-15:30 
          Salon A | 
          
          TS 24 – Education and Life-Long Learning I 
          Coordinator: Pedro Cavero, Chair of Commission 2 
          Chair: Frances Plimmer, Vice Chair of Commission 2 (United Kingdom)
           | 
        
        
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          15:30-16:00 | 
          
          Coffee Break | 
        
        
          
          16:00-17:30 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          TS 25 e-Government and e-Citizen 
          Coordinator: Gerhard Muggenhuber, Chair of Commission 3 
          Chair: Kari Strande, Vice Chair of Commission 3 (Norway) 
          Co-chair: Gerhard Muggenhuber, Chair of Commission 3 (Austria)
           | 
        
        
          
          16:00-17:30 
          Amphi Navier | 
          
          TS 26 – Best Practice in Facility Management 
          Coordinator: Svend Kold Johansen, Chair of Commission 6 
          Chair: Lothar Gründig, Vice Chair of Commission 6 (Germany)
           | 
        
        
          
          16:00-17:30 
          Salon A | 
          
          TS 27 – Education and Life-Long Learning II 
          Coordinator: Pedro Cavero, Chair of Commission 2 
          Chair: Graciela Loyácono, (Argentina)
           | 
        
        
          | 
          Thursday April 17, 2003 | 
        
        
          | 
          8:00-13:00 | 
          
          Registration - General Assembly delegates | 
        
        
          
          9:00-10:30 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Salon A | 
          
          President's Meeting - Presidents of member associations | 
        
        
          
          10:30-13:00 
          Amphi Cauchy | 
          
          General Assembly II - General Assembly delegates (FIG members) 
          Closing Ceremony | 
        
        
          
          13:00-14:00 
          ENSG / IGN | 
          
          Lunch | 
        
        
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          Other arrangements | 
        
        
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          Social Programme - see Working Week web site | 
        
        
          | 
          To be decided | 
          
          Additional Council meetings 
          Meeting rooms reserved for the President and FIG Office for the 
          whole week | 
        
        
          | 
          To be decided | 
          
          Additional ACCO meetings | 
        
        
          
          Tuesday 
          April 15 
          11:00-12:30 
          TBA | 
          
          FIG Corporate Members Meeting | 
        
        
          
          Commission Annual Meetings and Working Group Meetings  
          Each Commission will have a 
          meeting room for whole week | 
        
        
          Monday  
          April 14 
          14:00-15:30 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Commission 1 Room | 
          
          Commission 1 - Steering Committee Meeting 
          - commission officers | 
        
        
          Monday  
          April 14 
          16:00-17:30 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Commission 1 Room | 
          
          Commission 1 - Annual Meeting   
          - national delegates | 
        
        
          
          Wednesday 
          April 16 
          11:00-12:30 
          Commission 1 Room | 
          
          Joint Working Group on Under-represented Groups in Surveying 
          Workshop - "Guidelines for FIG to Enhance the Involvement of 
          Under-represented Groups in Activities of FIG and to Implement Gender 
          Mainstream in FIG's Work" 
          - open to all interested participants  | 
        
        
          
          Wednesday 
          April 16 
          11:00-12:30 
          Commission 2 Room | 
          
          Standards Network Meeting - Joint Working Group on Standards 
          - open to Network members or their nominees only | 
        
        
          
          Monday 
          April 14 
          16:00-17:30 
          Commission 2 Room | 
          
          Commission 2 
          - open to national delegates and all interested | 
        
        
          
          Monday  
          April 14 
          18:00-19:00 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Commission 3 Room | 
          
          Commission 3 
          - open to national delegates and all interested | 
        
        
          
          Monday 
          April 14 
          11:00-12:30 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Commission 4 Room | 
          
          Commission 4 
          - open to national delegates and all interested | 
        
        
          
          Tuesday  
          April 15 
          14:00-15:30  
          ENSG / IGN 
          Commission 5 Room | 
          
          Commission 5 
          Commission Meeting  
          - for National Delegates but open to all | 
        
        
          Monday 
          April 14 
          11:00-12:30 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Commission 6 Room | 
          
          Commission 6 
          - open to national delegates and all interested | 
        
        
          Monday 
          April 14 
          17:30-19:00 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Commission 7 RoomWednesday April 16 
          16:00-17:30 
          Commission 7 Room  | 
          
          Commission 7 
          - open to national delegates and all interested 
           
           
           
           
           
          To be continued, if necessary. | 
        
        
          
          Monday 
          April 14 
          13:15-14:00 
          Commission 8 Room | 
          
          Commission 8 
          - open to national delegates and all interested | 
        
        
          
          Tuesday 
          April 15 
          11:00-12:30 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Commission 9 RoomTuesday 
          April 15 
          14:00-15:30 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Commission 9 Room  | 
          
          Commission 9 
          - open to national delegates and all interested 
           
           
           
 To be continued, if necessary.  | 
        
        
          
          Monday 
          April 14 
          16:00-17:30 
          ENSG / IGN 
          Commission 10 Room | 
          
          Commission 10 
          - open to national delegates and all interested | 
        
        
          
          Wednesday  
          April 16 
          18:00-19:30 
          Venue to be confirmed. | 
          
          General Assembly of AFT, France | 
        
        
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