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The Second FIG Young Surveyors Conference
will be held within the 2014 FIG Congress in Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia. Feedback from our first conference, held immediately
prior to the 2012 FIG Working Week in Rome was that whilst it
was fantastic to host an event tailored to young surveyors, the
extended period of time needed to attend an extra event was
difficult to justify. So, this time around, we have designed the
conference as a “Young Surveyor” stream within the overarching
Congress – open to all, but specifically designed for the needs
of young surveyors, with more workshops, career and hands-on
innovation sessions. See the special conference program we have
developed for an indication of what we will be offering.
Conference offerings include a range of old
and new ideas that we wish to bring to the conference. Our
afternoon coffee “speed networking” sessions will continue, and
we hope these will support the launch of a mentoring program.
We’ll be targeting all of the trade booths and industry partners
to highlight job opportunities and provide feedback on your
resumes
Social Tenure Domain Model Training
of the Trainers
The Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) is a more
flexible land information system that can handle various
types of land rights and claims, particularly in
informal settlements. It is a specialization of the
global ISO 19152 Land Administration Domain Model, which
best allows for data integration. Trainings on the STDM
have been held with great success in selected locations
around the world. An STDM Training will precede the FIG
Congress. |
Speed networking
Speed networking has been held
at many previous FIG events. It involves students and
young professionals meeting up with potential mentors
and experienced FIG professionals over afternoon coffee
– but with a twist. Speed networking encourages
participants to meet as many others as possible by
suggesting participants move to meet a new person …every
five minutes! We line up the speed mentors, you come
along with your questions! Speed mentoring will be held
in afternoon coffee breaks during the Congress.
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Mentoring program
Something we’ve been talking
about for a while, but hope to bring into practice at
this event. We’ll be announcing soon that you can send
in a one a page biography and note on what you want to
get out of mentoring. We’ll then send out a call for
mentors, match you up and provide a space for you to
meet in Kuala Lumpur! For the moment, the program will
be for those attending the Congress in Kuala Lumpur only
– the success of this session will determine if and how
we promote mentoring into the future. We also hope to
host some feedback (short, one-off mentoring) sessions,
where you can submit your resume for feedback or take a
mock interview with our industry partners. |
Conference session types
There will be three main streams to the Young
Surveyors Conference: Workshop sessions, Professional
Development and Hand’s on “How To” sessions. Young
surveyor papers will be presented as part of the
existing Commission Technical Sessions. Workshop
sessions will be hosted jointly with FIG Commissions;
for example, we will co-host a workshop on laser
scanning with Commission 6. Professional development
sessions will focus on how to fast-track your career,
including grant applications and young surveyor
innovation talks. Hands-on sessions finish up the mix,
with training on how to harness social media for your
mapping, how to support disaster management iniaitives
and how to develop your own surveying mobile app. |
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