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Joint Workshop Commissions 3 + 8, Athens December 2022
13-14 December, 2022, Athens, Greece
Spatial Information and Planning in a World Facing Multiple Crises -
A Surveyors' Perspective - Joint Workshop FIG Commissions 3 and 8
The workshop took place as the first edition of the "International
Scientific Conferences of European Surveyors"; it was organized jointly
by EGoS (European Group of Surveyors), FIG Commission 3 (Spatial
Information Management) and FIG Commission 8 (Spatial Planning and
Development) in Athens on 13th and 14th December 2022. The event started
the evening before already with a lively ice-breaker to welcome
participants from 10 countries and catch up in person. The workshop
officially started on the 13th of December with speeches chaired by
Nikos Zacharias, President of EGoS.
Figure 1: The participants came together in Athens on the first day of
the workshop.
The opening ceremony was followed by a plenary session with speeches
of Rudolf Staiger, FIG President, and John Hohol, President of FIG
Foundation, who gave a presentation on FIG Foundation’s role in
providing possibilities for surveyors all around the world. The first
technical session addressed the theme of “SDIʼs and the way forward”,
with presentations on different cases from the Balkans and Greece in
addition to the insights into the role of SDI’s for the next
generations. The second technical session was on the LADM model for
spatial planning and the new roles of the surveyors in project
management. The third technical session addressed a variety of subjects
related to contemporary land management issues that were well discussed.
The second day of the workshop started with the fourth technical
session on the theme of “Fostering applications and the use of
geospatial data” where authors presented the FIG publication No 78
Geospatial data in the 2020ʼs, followed by several presentations of
Young Surveyors reflecting on their perspectives and experiences. The
fifth technical session again addressed current land management issues.
The workshop was concluded with notes from the organizers, reflecting on
the contributions and key themes from the discussions in view of the
theme of the event. Overall, it was perceived very valuable to meet in
person again – in some cases for a very long time after the pandemic –
and to catch up with developments and latest research.
Figure 2: The authors of the FIG publication provided brief
presentations on their chapters. From left to right: Markus Schaffert,
Hartmut Müller, Marije Louwsma, Maria Scorza, Cemre Sahinkaya, Cemal
Kivilcim
Figure 3: The Young Surveyors also participated in the closing session.
From left: Cemre Sahinkaya, Cromwell Manalato, Cemal Kivilcim (FIG
Commission 3 and Young Surveyors Joint Working Group Chair), Nikos
Zacharias (EGoS President), Hartmut Müller (FIG Commission 3 Chair),
Rudolf Staiger (FIG President), Chryssy Potsiou (FIG Honorary
President), Marije Louwsma (FIG Commission 8 Chair)
The activity ended with a very nice visit to Acropolis.
Figure 4: The participants enjoyed Acropolis with a guided tour after
the workshop.
The proceedings of the Workshop can be found here.
Download he full report here
Reported by Cemre Sahinkaya
January 2023
