![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/poster_300.jpg) Conference poster. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/enemark_deininger_300.jpg)
Stig Enemark, FIG President and Klaus Deininger, World
Bank were the key organisers of the conference. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/fig_reception_300.jpg) Get together for FIG family in 'Rumors Saloon' 8 March. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/reception_2_300.jpg) Official reception 9 March at the World Bank Headquarters. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/reception_1_300.jpg) Klaus Deininger introduces the key people at the opening reception:
Stig Enemark, FIG (left), Mark Crackler, WG ARD
and Inga Björk-Klevby, UN-HABITAT. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/reception_vips_300.jpg) FIG President
Stig Enemark, Inga Björk-Klevby (Deputy
Executive Director, UN-HABITAT, Mark Crackler, Director, WB
ARD, Klaus Deininger, WB and Paul van der Molen, FIG. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/wb_headquarters_300.jpg) The conference was held at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington
DC. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/registration_300.jpg) Registration desk with
Pauline van Elsland and Anu Saxen. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/audience_opening_1_300.jpg) Audience at the Opening Session 9 March. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/audience_opening_2_300.jpg) The Opening Session with the President of Liberia making her keynote
address online on the web. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/deininger_president_liberia_300.jpg)
Klaus Deininger and President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
of
Liberia. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/opening_president_liberia_300.jpg) Speech of the President
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/opening_enemark_keynote_300.jpg) FIG President
Stig Enemark making his opening keynote
address. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/opening_enemark_300.jpg) FIG President
Stig Enemark´s opening presentation. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/country_podium_300.jpg) Session with country reports: (from left:)
A. Sawyer,
Government of Liberia, M. Crackler, Act. Director World Bank,
Rural Division, M. Ratolojanahary, Minister of Lands,
Madagascar, C. Dauda, Minister of Lands, Ghana, R. Sinha,
Secretary of State Land Resources, India; and J. Winoto,
Director General BPN Indonesia. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/session_1_300.jpg) Impression of on of the theme sessions.
|
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/kapitango_300.jpg) Mrs
Donatha Kapitango from Namibia. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/closing_panel_300.jpg) Panel at the Closing Session:
Joan Kagwanja, Economic Affairs
Officer, UN-ECA, chair of the closing session (left), Paul van
der Molen, the Netherlands, Clarissa Augustinus,
UN-HABITAT, Cheryl Morden, IFAD, Jolyne Sanjak, MCC,
Helge Onsrud, Norway and Alain Durand-Lasserve, France
and Paul Munro-Faure, FAO. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/esri_300.jpg) ESRI, gold sponsor of the conference, stand at the conference. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/esri_jones_300.jpg)
Brent Jones from ESRI making his presentation at the
conference. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/trimble_300.jpg) Trimble, gold sponsor of the conference, stand at the conference |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/trimble_desjardin_300.jpg)
Pierre Desjardins from Trimble making his presentation in the
technical session. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/leica_300.jpg) Leica Geosystems, silver sponsor of the conference, stand at the
conference. |
![](http://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/fig_wb_march_2009/leica_schibli_300.jpg)
Kurt Schibli from Leica Geomatics making his presentation at
the conference. |