OPENING CEREMONY

Time flies and after months of preparation of the FIG e-Working Week 2021 will almost begin. Join us on Monday 21 June 2021 at 08:30 CET. at the official start of the FIG e-Working Week where you will be welcomed by the hosts of this year´s event: FIG, GIN, Kadaster and ITC!

It is a real honour to host the FIG e-Working Week 2021. We are certain that we will host an event that surely will meet, if not exceed, all the expectations of a memorable and succesful conference. We hope yo bring togheter an unforgettable conference with possibilities to make meaningful connections with out sponsors, attendees and speakers, as well as attend sessions designed to be interesting, innovative and engaging!

Let us officially welcome you to th FIG e-Working Week 2021! Join the Opening Ceremony.

		UTC	CET	CST	PDT	BRT
MONDAY 21 JUNE 2021	Opening Ceremony	06:30	08:30	14:30	23:30	03:30

Official welcome by:

Maarten Schurink, secretary general of Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

Opening Ceremony Keynote speaker:

Arnold Bregt, Dean of Education & Professor Geo-Information Science - Wageningen University & Research Arnold Bregt is currently Dean of Education and professor of Geo-information Science  at the Wageningen University. He is chairman of the Netherlands Centre of Geodesy and Geo-informatics (NCG), a coordinating organisation for fundamental and strategic research in geodesy and geo-information in the Netherlands. NCG is also partner in “GeoSamen (GeoTogether)”, a strategic cooperation agreement between the Geo-business association, Government and Geo-science institutes.

Welcome adresses by:

Ron Rozema GIN President	Frank Tierollf Chair Executive Board Kadaster	Freek van der Meer Dean ITC University Twente	Rudolf Staiger, FIG President, Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Bochum, Dept. of Surveying Engineering and Geoinformatics

Masters of Ceremony:

Louise Friis-Hansen FIG Director	Paula Dijkstra, Director a.i. of Kadaster International - co-conference director