CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite you to submit an abstract for FIG Working
Week 2025 in Brisbane, Australia.
The theme of the FIG Working Week 2025 is to Champion what is
unquestionably a Digital Generation. But for surveyors to remain
relevant, and maintain our international impact while providing services
not only to our members but also our global partners we will need to be
collaborative, Innovative and our actions be sustainable in the face of
the climate imperative.
In the context of International trends, Conference discussions will focus
on the foundational issues across Political, Economic, Social, and
Technological environmental trends.
The Call for Papers is announced for both peer review papers and
non-peer review papers.
The Theme
Collaboration, Innovation and Resilience:
Championing a Digital Generation
In recent years, several transformative forces have converged,
compelling our profession to redefine how we create, deliver, and
communicate value within the context of sustainability. Awareness of
trends and megatrends fosters preparedness and is the first step towards
resilience; however, the next and immediate step in this decade demands
action. The digital age will propel us forward, underscoring the urgency
to act now.
The theme of the FIG Working Week 2025 is to Champion what is
unquestionably a Digital Generation. But for surveyors to remain
relevant, and maintain our international impact while providing services
not only to our members but also our global partners we will need to be
collaborative, Innovative and our actions be sustainable in the face of
the climate imperative.
In the context of International trends, Conference discussions will
focus on the foundational issues across Political, Economic, Social, and
Technological environmental trends. The survey and geospatial profession
have a significant role to play in addressing these trends, and in
particular the trends in:
- New technology: This will have a huge impact on
the industry by providing tools, but also creates the need for
global politics and regulation
- The people factor: We must maintain our
professional standards, competencies and appropriate skill, and
recruitment and retention. Above all to leave no one behind;
we must ensure inclusivity, particularly valuing the wealth of
knowledge of indigenous peoples
- Technological advancement: Work to good effect
with data and geospatial ecosystem, What, who, how – and why
- Sustainable planet: The climate imperative
forces society to change practices and build resilience.
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Specific topics of FIG Working Week 2025
FIG Working Week is the main global event of the year, and it covers
themes within all ten FIG technical Commissions, Networks, Task Forces
and Permanent Institutions. Many topics are multi-disciplinary and
relevant in both developing and developed world contexts. We encourage
submissions of cross-disciplinary nature cutting across many
disciplines/subject areas.
Proposals for papers non-peer review and
peer review are requested in all topics of interest.
Sub themes/topics
The following sub themes will be central to the programme and are
reflected by the four current task forces in FIG:
- Surveyors and the SDGs
- Climate Compass
- Internation trends and future Geospatial Information Ecosystem
- Evolutionary Diversity and Inclusion – how to foster a new
generation of surveyors
Each task force works closely together with all the FIG Commissions
and their topics and agenda are embedded in many commission areas and in
the sessions.
The FIG Climate agenda
Climate resilience is central to the future of people, the planet and
our prosperity. Surveyors need to innovate in the way we serve people to
achieve global and our national environmental goals for 2030. This has
to be done through collaboration and partnerships – whether it be
public-private partnerships, surveyors working with climate scientists,
concerned corporates and with civil society. Digital innovation can help
us achieve these high-level goals through increased efficiency, reduced
costs and a more effective work force.
The Climate Compass Task Force will cooperate with all the FIG
Commissions, Working Groups and Task Forces to mainstream climate into
their areas of focus, such as ethics related to the environment
(Commission 1), surveying education and the environment (Commission 2),
sustainable natural resource management (Commission 3), water
governance, coastal erosion and sustainable oceans (Commission 4),
mitigating the impact of disaster and climate (Commission 5), disaster
management and risk management (Commission 6), land administration
linked to increasing security of tenure for land restoration, carbon
offsets and protecting biodiversity (Commission 7), climate goals,
spatial planning and climate crisis prevention (Commission 8), valuation
of sustainable development actions (Commission 9), smart and green
technology and the promotion of environmental responsibility (Commission
10).
COMMISSION SPECIFIC TOPICS
Professional Standards and Practice – FIG Commission 1
Geospatial Data infrastructure; Policy, Standards and Practices
- The Aging Profession/Renewal of the profession (and also the
profession itself) – make the profession younger.
- Diversity/inclusion within surveying, and also in the provision
of surveying services to the community
- Ethics of protecting our planet and the role of surveyors
regarding the collection of data, analysis and dissemination of
information to decision-makers and stakeholders
- Defining and assessing what the big global carbon, biodiversity
and land policy issues are that are relevant for surveyors
- Gaps and opportunities for the development of the future of the
surveying profession, including technical opportunities.
Professional Education – FIG Commission 2
Frontiers in Education and Training: Keeping pace with the radically
changing technological landscape through targeted professional
educational interventions.
- Innovations in surveying education
- Developing and strengthening academic networks
- Blended learning: good practices and lessons learned.
- Alternative teaching methodologies, activate students in the
classroom
- Young surveyors in education, learning styles and methods
- Surveying Education and Environment in relation to the SDG’s
- Jointly with other Commissions:
- Land administration education (C2+C7)
- Trends in education for precision and measurements (C2+C5)
Spatial Information Management – FIG Commission 3
Spatial Information Management - Addressing global challenges and
leveraging modern technological advancements
- GeoAI and SIM for Sustainable Development and Climate Action
- Exploring the role of GeoAI and SIM in advancing the UN
SDGs, particularly focusing on sustainable cities (SDG 11) and
climate action (SDG 13).
- Case studies showcasing GeoAI applications in monitoring and
mitigating the impacts of climate change.
- Innovations in Spatial Data Infrastructure for Global Challenges
- Developing and implementing spatial data infrastructures
that support sustainable resource management and resilience
against climate change.
- Integration of emerging technologies, such as blockchain and
IoT, in spatial data management to enhance transparency and
efficiency.
- Community Empowerment through Participatory Mapping and
Crowdsourcing
- Strategies for leveraging participatory mapping and
crowdsourced geospatial data to empower communities and support
equitable urban development.
- Assessing the impact of community engagement in geospatial
projects on local governance and policy-making.
- Big Data Analytics for Disaster Prediction and Prevention
- Utilizing big data and machine learning models to predict
and prevent natural disasters, with a focus on improving
response and recovery efforts.
- Best practices for integrating big data analytics into
existing geospatial frameworks to enhance disaster resilience.
- The role of the blue surveyor as an originator in marine
related disaster resilience.
- Spatial Information Management for Sustainable Land Use and
Planning
- Innovations in spatial information management to support
sustainable land use planning and address urban challenges in
developing regions.
- Examining the role of spatial data in balancing urban growth
with environmental conservation.
- Integrating Earth Systems Science with Geospatial Technologies
- Linking earth systems science approaches to global and
national mapping efforts to strengthen climate action and
environmental sustainability.
- Applications of geospatial technologies in understanding and
managing complex earth systems interactions.
- Ethics and Standards in Geospatial Data Use
- Addressing ethical considerations and developing standards
for the use and dissemination of spatial data in the context of
global challenges.
- Ensuring data privacy and security in the collection and
analysis of geospatial information.
- Digital Transformation and Innovation in Geospatial Practices
- The impact of digital transformation on geospatial practices
and the role of innovation in driving sustainable development.
- Exploring new methodologies and tools for geospatial
analysis in the digital age.
Hydrography – FIG Commission 4
Safeguarding the Blue Economy in the face of changing climate and
environmental degradation
- Strengthening water governance, administration, management and
data to ensure sustainability
- The surveying and Fit for Purpose land administration of
wetlands, rivers, lakes, peatlands.
- The surveying and Fit for Purpose land administration of coastal
erosion and sea level rise and
- Conquering new frontiers of Hydrography
- Hydrographic applications in blooming the blue economy
- Hydrographic datums and reference framework
- Hydrographic education and continual professional development
- Marine environment protection and marine space administration
- Understanding and planning prevention and mitigation strategies
for the impact of hurricanes and cyclones
- Assessment of the plastic pollution in the water bodies
- Hydrospatial domain and marine administration.
- Hydrographic standards and guidelines.
- Sustainable oceans and hydrography
Positioning and Measurement – FIG Commission 5
Building Capacity and Competence Together in the Science and Application
of Where
- Multi-Purpose Positioning Infrastructure: Greater than the Sum
of their Parts
- Reference Frames and Dynamic Datums: Moving with the Times
- Innovative Applications of Cost-Effective Positioning in
Mitigating the Impact of Disasters & Climate
- Resilient PNT: What, Why, How, Who and When?
- An Analog Earth in Digital Models: Capturing the World Around Us
- Education, Training and Capacity Building: Updates from around
the World
Engineering Surveys – FIG Commission 6
Structural Digital Twinning frameworks, applications and
technologies in Engineering Surveying
- New sensing technologies in surveying: Image assisted and
scanning total stations, IoT Sensors, Laser scanners; Radar/SAR;
Unmanned aerial or underwater vehicles (UAV & UUV) etc.
- Applications of augmented (AR), virtual reality (VR), and
extended reality (XR) in Engineering Geodesy
- Deformation monitoring and analysis of engineering structures
and environment; Mines and other geo-resources (including energy);
Landslides and other geohazards and other disasters also for
disaster management
- Dynamic monitoring of civil engineering structures: bridges,
high-rise buildings, towers, wind turbines etc.
- The use of geospatial technologies, tools, and innovations such
as UAV photogrammetry, LiDAR, and InSAR as well as GIS to provide
real-time information to stakeholders and investors to assess the
benefits and risks of sustainable natural resource management.
- Calibration and testing and of geodetic sensors
Cadastre and Land Management – FIG Commission 7
Sustainable land administration for inclusive development
- Framework for Effective Land Administration, linkages to the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and assessing connection to
carbon emission, biodiversity and land policy issues;
- Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration, specifically for
increasing security of tenure for land restoration, carbon offsets
(e.g. preventing deforestation), and protecting biodiversity;
- 3D/4D Land administration – including technical aspects on data
capture and boundary issues;
- Land Administration Domain Model (LADM), BIM and Standards –
including marine cadastres;
- AI and remote sensing applications in land administration;
- Women and vulnerable groups access to land, and participation in
land administration systems (linked to other FIG initiatives)
- Digital transformation of cadastre and land registries,
including issues of data quality, cybersecurity, and openness
- Capacity building and awareness raising for cadastres and land
management
- Legal, policy, financing, and institutional issues in land
administration
Spatial Planning and Development – FIG Commission 8
Leveraging land and marine spatial planning for greater resilience
- The surveying of wetlands, rivers, lakes, peatlands
- Addressing Coastal Erosion, Land Degradation and Restoration
through Spatial Planning (linked to other commissions)
- Geo-Spatial Intelligence and Spatial Governance in climate
crisis prevention
- Linking cadastral, planning, and valuation systems towards
climate goals.
- Participation and Bottom-Up Implementation of Spatial and Land
Use Planning Objectives
- Digital Transformation and Spatial Intelligence – including
Digital Twins, Smart solutions, Digitising change intervention
processes of spatial decisions
- Land Management Tools for Spatial Governance - Evaluation of
land management tools such as expropriation/compulsory purchase,
land banking, land consolidation, land readjustment, pre-emption
rights and others
- Land value change and spatial interventions including for
climate actions
Valuation and the Management of Real Estate – FIG Commission 9
Financing Local Government services through mass appraisal and
land-based taxation
- Definition and measurement of transparency in the real estate
market.
- Automated Valuation Modelling under Artificial Intelligence –
how models and their quality be described in an understandable way.
- How does real estate market data become Geodata?
- How to valuate sustainable development actions on real estate
with the help of Artificial Intelligence.
- How can property market data be used even better do we need even
better standards for registration?
- Access of real estate market data via the internet for use by
professionals and citizens.
Construction Economics and Management – FIG Commission 10
Digitalization as the Future Vision of the Construction Industry
- Digital Integration in Construction
- Intelligent Solutions in the Built Environment
- Using Real-Time Data for Digital Transformation Strategies
in the Construction Industry
- Digital Construction Management
- Smart Technologies in Construction
- Green Construction Technologies
- Integrating sustainability into cost management practices to
promote environmentally responsible and economically viable projects
- Adopting innovative approaches to cost estimation, control, and
management using digital solution
FIG Permanent Institutions
The Permanent Institution of History for Surveying and Measurement
invites contributions on the history of surveying and measurement, and
the techniques and instrumentation involved.
FIG Networks
FIG Young Surveyors Network would like to see
contributions from young surveyors in all 10 Commissions.
Papers are also invited on the areas of the FIG Networks:
- FIG Standards Network
- Regional Capacity Development Network
- Africa
- Asia/Pacific
- Americas
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT
This Call for Papers is announced both for peer review papers and
non-peer review papers. The submission of abstracts will be in English.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
The Scientific Committee of the Technical Programme:
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The Scientific Committee of the Peer Review Papers:
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- Mr. Timothy Burch,
United States
- Mr. Dimo Todorovski, Netherlands
- Mr. Sagi Dalyot, Israel
- Dr. Malavige Don Eranda Kanchana Gunathilaka,
Sri Lanka
- Dr. Ryan Keenan, Australia
- Prof. Dr. Werner Lienhart, Austria
- Dr. Rohan Bennett, Australia
- Mr. Kwabena Asiama, Ghana
- Mr. Peter R. Ache, Germany
- Ms. Mercy Iortyer, Nigeria
- Representatives from the local organisers in australia
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Chief Editor:
- Volker Schwieger, Germany
Members:
- Timothy Burch, United States
- Dimo Todorovski, the Netherlands
- Werner Lienhart, Austria
- Hartmut Müller, Germany
- Ryan Keenan, Australia
- Rohan Bennett, Australia
- Marije Louwsma, the Netherlands
- Eranda Gunathilaka, Sri Lanka
- Heidi Falkenbach, Finland
Review team of more than 100 reviewers. For the list of
reviewers, please visit:
fig.net/resources/publications/prj/index.asp
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HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR
1 SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT
If you would like to have your paper included in the
proceedings, start by submitting an abstract. You will need the
following: title, abstract, keywords and biographical
information.
View
our Step-by-Step Guide to submitting an abstract.
Submit your
abstract here.
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2 GET ACCEPTED
After we receive your abstract, it moves to the evaluation
step. We welcome the submission of abstracts until 1 November.
Abstracts will be reviewed by the beginning of December.
See important
deadlines here.
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3 REGISTER
Once your abstract is accepted, you must register to ensure
that your paper will be included in the proceedings.
Submit your
registration here.
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4 SUBMIT FULL PAPER & VIDEO PRESENTATION
Once your abstract is accepted, you must submit your max. 15
pages paper to TBA
View our Paper Guidelines
View our Guide to prepare a video presentation
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5 PUBLICATION OF PROGRAMME
Your paper and video presentation will be included in a
session as background material and will be available before the
Working Week starts.
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6 ATTEND THE WORKING WEEK
Enjoy the Working Week and connect with fellow
participants.
A selection of authors from the open call will be
invited as presenter/panelist in sessions.
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Non Peer Reviewed Papers
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Peer Reviewed Papers
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15 November 2024
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November 2024
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Deadline for authors to submit non peer reviewed
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Deadline for authors to submit full papers
for peer review. |
15
December 2024
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5
December 2024
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Confirmation to authors of
acceptance of non peer reviewed abstracts.
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First notification to authors of acceptance of
peer reviewed papers.
For accepted papers, authors will also be notified of any
modifications required by the reviewers.
Authors of papers not accepted for peer review will be offered
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7
January 2025
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Deadline for authors to submit revised
full
paper for 2nd round of peer review (depending on proposed
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25
January 2025
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Second notification to authors of acceptance of
peer reviewed papers with the possibility of further
modifications from the 2nd round of peer review. |
All Papers (peer
reviewed and non peer reviewed)
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15 January 2025
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Deadline for
non-peer review authors to register (including payment) and submit full papers |
11 February 2025
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Deadline early bird
Deadline for peer review authors to register |
15
February 2025
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First draft of the technical
programme will be published on the web. |
1
March 2025
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Deadline for normal registration. |
6-10 April 2025
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WORKING WEEK - BRISBANE AUSTRALIA |