General Assembly - First Session |
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President Fausto Savoldi, CNGeGL welcomes FIG members to Rome and
the 35th General Assembly. |
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General Assembly was held at the Cavalieri Ballroom at the Rome
Cavalieri hotel. |
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FIG members listening to the FIG fanfare at the General Assembly. |
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Council members lead by President CheeHai Teo at the General
Assembly |
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Council member: Chryssy Potsiou (right), Dalal S. Alnaggar,
CheeHai Teo and Rudolf Staiger. |
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More than 350 participants attended the first session of the General
Assembly. |
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President Teo presents Vice Minister Shiyuan Wang,
President of the China Land Science Society their membership
certificate. |
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Vice Minister Shiyuan Wang, President of the China Land Science
Society addressing the General Assembly as a new member. |
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The NP Cadastral Engineers from Russia was the second new member
association joining in Rome. The membership certificate was given to
President Victor Kislov and Prof. Vladimir Tikhonov. |
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Meridian+ from Russia was admitted as a new corporate member -
membership certificate was given to Director General Alexander
Golovikhin and Prof. Tikhonov, Director of International
Projects. |
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Axel Annaert from the Hogere Zeevaartschool receiving the
academic membership certificate. |
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Manuel Gonzalo Alcazar Molina from Univerdidad de Jaen, Spain
receives his membership certificate from President Teo. |
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Sarkis Fadous receives the membership certificate on behalf of
the Lebanese Canadian University. |
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Representatives from Abia State Polytechnic, Nigeria getting their
membership certificate. |
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Prof. Bela Markus represented UNIGIS - a university network -
that became FIG academic member in Rome.
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Honorary Presidents Robert W. Foster, Stig Enemark and
Juha Talvitie following the appointment of new honorary member. |
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Rob Sarib from SSSI, Australia making a proposal on appointment
of Matthew Higgins as a new honorary member.
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Matt Higgins was appointed as an Honorary Member of FIG - the
badge and certificate were received on his behalf by Rob Sarib. |
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Member associations following the meetings - new member associations
from Russia and China in the front row. |
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CNGeGL from Italy as the host association had the biggest delegation at
the General Assembly. |
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President CheeHai Teo making his President's report that was well
received by the members. |
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Daniel Steudler, Chair of the Task Force on Spatially Enabled
Societies launched its final publication in Rome. |
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Diane Dumashie, Chair of FIG Africa Task Force making her report
to the General Assembly. |
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John Hannah, making his report on the work of the Task Force on
Surveyors and the Climate Change. |
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Director Christiaan Lemmen from OICRF making the report on the
permanent institution activities. |
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Director Jan de Graeve, IIHSM reporting on the activities of the
permanent institution and the history workshop in Rome. |
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Vice President Iain Greenway reporting on the good financial
situation of FIG in 2011. |
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Chari of the Working Group on Voting Rights Brian Coutts, New
Zealand, giving an interim report to the assembly. |
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General Assembly listening presentations from the candidates for new
Vice Presidents. |
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.... and Commission chairs elect - current chairs in the front row. |
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Dr. Pengfei Cheng, CSGPC, China PR making his speech as candidate
for Vice President. |
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Geom. Bruno Razza, CNGeGL, Italy making his presentation to
support his candidacy. |
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Yaacoub Saade, OSL, Lebanon making his presentation for the Vice
President election. |
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Commission chairs following actively Chairs Elect presentations. |
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Candidate for Commission 1: Brian Coutts, NZIS, New Zealand. |
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Candidate for Commission 1: Ping Xiao, CSGPC, China PR.
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Candidate for Commission 3: Enrico Rispoli, CNGeGL, Italy.
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Candidate for Commission 5: Volker Schwieger, DVW, Germany. |
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Candidate for Commission 6: Ivo Milev, USLMB, Bulgaria
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Candidate for Commission 7: Claire Galpin, OGE, France.
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Candidate for Commission 7: Gerda Schennach, OVG, Austria. |
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Candidate for Commission 7: Daniel Steudler, geosuisse,
Switzerland. |
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Candidate for Commission 8: Raymond Chan, HKIS, Hong Kong SAR,
China. |
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Candidate for Commission 8: Kwame Tenadu, GhIS, Ghana.
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Candidate for Commission 9: Liao Jinping (Patrick), CIREA, China
P. R. |
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Bid for the Working Week 2015 and 2016: Chamber of Graduated Surveyors
Bulgaria |
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Bid for the Working Week 2015: Nepal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. |
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Bid for the Working Week 2016: New Zealand Institution of Surveyors. |
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Bid for the Working Week 2015 and 2016: Union of Romanian Geodesy and
Romanian Association of Private Surveyors. |
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