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History Symposium

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM -

 
FRIDAY 20 JUNE 2014
 
09:00-10.45

Plenary Session #4 at main venue

10.45-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-13.00 SESSION 1

Chair: Jan De Graeve

Introduction and welcome

Introduction
by John Brock, Full Day Chairman

Official Welcome and Opening of the Symposium
by Jan De Graeve, Chairman International Institution for the History of Surveying &
Measurement

John Brock (Australia) - The Great Wall of China: The World's Greatest Boundary
Monument

Sukhova Oksana (Ukraine) - Obsolete Approach to Land Use
 

13.00-14.30 Lunch
14.40-16.00 SESSION 1

Chair: Kelly Henderson

Jan De Graeve (Belgium) - Cosmographia of Sebastian Munster in the 16th Century

Sergey Volkov (Russia) - Land Policy of Russia - Millennium Experience

Mohamed Azhari (Malaysia) - History of Levelling Practice in Malaysia

16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-18.00 SESSION 3

Chair: John Brock

Jan De Graeve (Belgium) - Mercator's Globes for Murad III's Observatory in
Turkey (1569)

Kelly Henderson (Australia) - Adelaide: Masterpiece of Malaya's William Light: An Ideal
City, its Origins, Scientific Survey and UNESCO World Heritage nomination.

Mohamed Azhari (Malaysia) - The History of Surveying and Mapping in Malaysia

Jouni Antonnen (Finland) - Surveyors in Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse Comics

18.00 Conclusion and End