What to expect

Theme: The Future We Want - The SDGs and Beyond

 

The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) is a United Nations and World Bank recognised non-governmental international professional organisation. FIG was founded in 1878 and represents national associations of surveying, cadastre, valuation, national mapping professionals, geospatial experts and quantity surveyors working in both the public and private sectors, in the scientific, research and academic community, as well as from technology innovators and industry from more than 90 countries around the world.

Each year, FIG convenes a conference in cooperation with a national member association, elected by FIG General Assembly. The coming Congress will be held in cooperation with our member from South Africa, South African Geomatics Institute (SAGI).

One of the characteristics and a distinctive feature of FIG conferences are that experts from all the different areas of surveying – interpreted in the broadest sense including land surveyors, geospatial experts, valuers, quantity surveyors, hydrography surveyors etc. – are all represented. FIG brings these different surveying professions and professionals together to enhance the cooperation and understanding of each other’s fields.

FIG Congress 2026 unlocks the opportunity to connect and learn as part of a global community

	Learn and share globally – with participation from around 90 or more countries
	Network across silos, from other countries, sectors and professional roles – with sessions and representation from the broad range of surveyors and geospatial experts
	An event that can make impacts on careers, organizations and communities
	A unique opportunity for undisturbed on-site time to focus and concentrate on an array of content

FIG Congress 2026 is packed with content from a global perspective driven by 10 technical commissions:

	Professional Standards and Practice – FIG Commission 1 Geospatial Data infrastructure; Policy, Standards and Practices
	Professional Education – FIG Commission 2 Frontiers in Education and Training: Keeping pace with the radically changing technological landscape through targeted professional educational interventions.
	Spatial Information Management – FIG Commission 3 Big Data applications and emerging challenges
	Hydrography – FIG Commission 4 Safeguarding the Blue Economy in the face of changing climate and environmental degradation
	Positioning and Measurement – FIG Commission 5 Building Capacity and Competence Together in the Science and Application of Where
	Engineering Surveys – FIG Commission 6 Structural Digital Twinning frameworks, applications and technologies in Engineering Surveying
	Cadastre and Land Management – FIG Commission 7 Sustainable land administration for inclusive development
	Spatial Planning and Development – FIG Commission 8 Leveraging land and marine spatial planning for greater resilience
	Valuation and the Management of Real Estate – FIG Commission 9 Financing Local Government services through mass appraisal and land- based taxation
	Construction Economics and Management – FIG Commission 10 Digitalization as the Future Vision of the Construction Industry

 

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Programme at a glance

	Saturday and Sunday	Sunday 24 May	Monday 25 May	Tuesday 26 May	Wednesday 27 May	Thursday 28 May	Friday 29 May
Morning
09:00 - 10:30	Pre-events	FIG General Assembly	Opening Ceremony	Plenary Session	Plenary Session	Plenary Session	FIG General Assembly 9:00-12:00	Post Tour
10:30 - 11:00		Coffee/Tea break	Coffee/Tea Break Exhibition opens	Coffee/Tea break	Coffee/Tea break	Coffee/Tea break
11:00 - 12:30		FIG General Assembly	Plenary Session	8-10 parallel Technical Sessions	8-10 parallel Technical Sessions	8-10 parallel Technical Sessions
12:30 - 13:30		Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Farewell 12:00 -13:00
13.30 - 15:00		FIG General Assembly	8-10 parallel Technical Sessions	8-10 parallel Technical Sessions	8-10 parallel Technical Sessions	8-10 parallel Technical Sessions	FIG post-events
15:00 - 15:30			Coffee/Tea break	Coffee/Tea break	Coffee/Tea break	Coffee/Tea break
15:30 - 17:00			8-10 parallel Technical Sessions	FIG Commission Meetings	8-10 parallel Technical Sessions	8-10 parallel Technical Sessions
			EXHIBITION 09:00-17:00
Evenings			Welcome Reception	FIG commission Dinners	Gala dinner