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8.4.2002
To the National Delegates of
Commission 2
To the Academic Members of FIG
To the Corresponding Members
Dear Colleagues
Some of us are soon meeting in
Washington during the Congress. This newsletter just reminds you about
our technical sessions and Commission meetings, as well as the coming
change of the Commission Chair. I also want to tell about the recent
work done for the Surveyors Educations Portal.
XXII FIG International Congress
Washington, DC USA,
April 19 –22, 2002
Marriott Wardman Hotel in Washington.
I have copied some sentences from the
invitation letter by Markku Villikka:
“FIG invites you to attend the XXII
FIG Congress, April 19-26, 2002 in Washington, DC at the Marriott
Wardman Park Hotel. The FIG Congress is held in conjunction with
ASPRS-ACSM 2002 Annual Conference and Technology Exhibition. We expect
4,000 participants from nearly 100 countries to attend this major
surveying event this year.
The FIG technical programme includes
more than 450 papers in more than 100 technical sessions. Together with
the domestic programme which has more than 50 workshops and 160
technical papers - open to all participants. As during all FIG
congresses the programme includes several technical tours, social events
and social tours in the Washington area. The
"Welcome to Washington Reception" will be held Sunday evening,
April 21st, at the National Building Museum from 6:00pm - 8:00pm. There
will be a Reception in the Exhibit Hall on Tuesday, April 23rd, from
6:00pm - 8:00 pm.
The FIG General Assemblies will be
held on Sunday 21 April and on Friday 26 April. Commission meetings will
be held on Monday 22 April before the opening ceremony. Keynote speakers
at the opening ceremony will be Dr. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director
of UN-HABITAT and Mr. Jack Dangermond, President and Founder of ESRI.
You can register and find the detailed
information on the FIG 2002 web site at www.fig2002.com “
Commission 2 Technical Sessions
Commission 2 has organized eight
technical sessions with 36 technical papers plus Working group reports.
TS 2.1
Virtual Academy – Case Studies and Experiences, Monday 2.-3.30 pm
TS 2.2 Virtual Academy And
Curricula Contents, Monday 4.-5.30 pm
TS 2.3 Teaching and
Learning Methods and CPD, Tuesday 11. am -12.30 pm
TS 2.4 Virtual Academy and
New Teaching and Learning Methods, Tuesday 2.-3.30 pm
TS 2.5 Surveying Core
Curriculum, Tuesday 4.-5.30 pm
TS 2.6 Changes in
Curricula, Thursday 11. am –12.30 pm
TS 2.7 Descriptions of
Curricula, Thursday 2.-3.30 pm
TS 2.8 Different Aspects in
Planning and Implementing Curricula, Thursday 4.-5.30 pm
In addition to these we have joint
sessions with Commission 9 on the topics of Education of Valuers and The
Task Force for Underrepresented groups on Gender issues. These sessions
take place on Wednesday. For more detailed information on the program,
please see the Appendix 1,
or the web site mentioned above.
Some information for the Speakers and Session Chairs
All speakers, please contact your
Session Chair in time before the Session. Prepare your presentations
either in PowerPoint of overhead transparencies. Be well prepared, do
not extend your time if not asked. Depending on the amount of papers in
each session the presentation time will be between 10 and 30 minutes.
Because there always are some “no shows” – it is good if you check the
presentation time from the program and then maybe are prepared to speak
some more minutes. The main rule can be: 6 presentations in a session –
10 minutes per each; 3 presentations in a session 20 minutes per each.
All session chairs, please meet your
speakers in the hall latest 15 minutes before the session, check the “no
shows” and make a plan for the session. Be prepared to introduce the
speakers briefly. Be also prepared to make at least one question or
comment, if no questions come from the audience. Try to keep the
schedule.
Speakers ad Session Chairs will get
more detailed information via email. Please, do not hesitate to contact
me, before the Congress, if you have any questions dealing the
presentations.
Commission 2 meetings and Commission Room
We are going to have two Commission
meetings during the week. The first one is on Monday
at 9.00 – 10.30 in Balcony D. The second Commission meeting will
take place on Wednesday morning 9.00 – 10.30 and will be held most
probably in Commission 2 room, Suite 8206. Commission 2 has this room
for the whole week. We share it with Commission 8.
The main issues will be in the first
meeting the Working group reports. A special issue will be the Surveying
Educational Portal, we have made some plans also for the future. The
developments until this are reported in Technical Sessions (Virrantaus,
Cöltekin) and a project plan has been made. Ms. Arzu Cöltekin has
prepared a prototype on SEP – this will also be demonstrated.
The main topic for the second meeting
will be the plans for the new period of the new Chair, professor Pedro
Cavero. He will discuss the plans with Commission delegates and the
incoming Working Group Chairs.
I hope to see as many National
Delegates as possible in our meetings and sessions and wish all of you
warmly welcome!
I wish you all the best and hope to
see as many as possible in Washington!
With best regards
Kirsi Virrantaus
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