TERMS OF REFERENCE

Chair: Ms. Shiu Winnie, Chief Land Surveyor, HKSAR Government, HONG KONG SAR, CHINA

Professional practice, legal aspects and organisational structures;
Codes of ethics and applications;
Changes to society and ways of working and the corresponding impacts on professional practice;
Community perceptions and understanding about the surveying profession, in particular on gender issue

Chair: Assoc. Prof. David Mitchell, RMIT University, AUSTRALIA

Professional surveying education (vocational, higher and academic education) curriculum development.
Professional surveying education (vocational, higher and academic education) learning and teaching methods and technologies
The role of professional education and its relation to the public sector, private sector and professional organizations.
The domain of professional surveying education (continuing professional development).
Knowledge transfer in education and training, , and via existing academic networks.

Chair: Prof. Dr. -Ing. Hartmut Müller, Mainz University of Applied Sciences, GERMANY

The use of Spatial Information Management SIM (geospatial data, tools, procedures, regulations, standards);
The support of good governance (sustainable development, poverty reduction, social and economic growth, social security);
Spatial data infrastructure SDI;
The use of crowdsourced Volunteered Geographic Information VGI to geoscientific disciplines that make use of mapping, GIS, and SDI systems and procedures;
The research of the methods for the sustainable development especially of urban areas and emerging countries with high index of development;
The study and monitoring of spaces, as control of the fragility and vulnerability of the territory.

Chair: Prof. Dr. Mohd Razali Mahmud, University of Technology Malaysia, MALAYSIA

Promotion of hydrographic education, training, Continual Professional Development (CPD) and career pathways within the profession;
Protection of the marine environment;
Coastal Zone Management (CZM) including Ports & Harbours;
Offshore Construction Surveying;
Nautical charting for safe navigation/bathymetric mapping – analogue and digital including Electronic Navigational Charts;
Data processing and management of hydrographic data;
Review and update of standards and guidelines.

Chair: Mr. Daniel R. Roman, Chief Geodesist, U.S. National Geodetic Survey, UNITED STATES

The science of measurement (instrumentation, methodology and guidelines)
The acquisition of accurate and reliable survey data related to the position, size and shape of natural and artificial features of the earth and its environment and including variation with time consistent with internationally adopted standards and models.

Chair: Eng. Maria Joao Henriques, Senior Research Officer, Applied Geodesy Unit of the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC), PORTUGAL

Design of accurate, robust and reliable surveying systems to be applied to at construction sites or for monitoring proposes.
Validation of surveying equipment
Quality control of measured data
Acquisition of static and/or dynamic data for better understanding the behaviour of structures
Creation and maintenance of integrated geospatial information systems for engineering applications
Improvement of advanced statistical and non-statistical methods to derive reliable information on displacements of structures and natural objects
Improvement of advanced statistical methods to derive reliable information on displacements of structures and natural objects
Increase the use of aerial and terrestrial photogrammetric techniques in construction sites, visual inspections and displacements monitoring
Integration of multi-sensor systems and data Implementation of automated surveying systems
Contribution with spatial data for BIM, 3D and 4D visualizations, collaborative virtual environments and augmented reality

Chair: Mr. Daniel Paez, Land Specialist, Land Equity International, AUSTRALIA

land tenure in a diversity of cultures and societies
cadastre and land registration
reforming the cadastre legal framework, governance arrangements and digital systems
security of land tenure, data and information as well as policies for access to information by citizens
Fit-For-Purpose and pro-poor land administration /low-cost models
Models and strategies to involve the private sector in the provision of services within a land management system, such as PPPs
new technologies for remote and in-situ data acquisition on land rights / social media and third-party data capture / crowdsourcing / role of landowners
land use and land policy
valuation and taxation of land / land markets
multi-dimensional and multi-temporal
cadastre impact of climate change and disasters on land rights
standards in land administration
capacity building in land administration

Chair: Ms. Marije Louwsma, Senior Project Leader, Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency, NETHERLANDS

Chair: Mr. Ben Elder, Director of Valuation, RICS, UNITED KINGDOM

Investment in real estate, investment planning and real estate investment vehicles;
Real estate finance, development finance, land use feasibility and viability planning;
Real estate economics, land markets and market analysis (both formal and informal);
Land valuation, land compensation and compulsory purchase/eminent domain;
Sustainable land and property taxation models and enabling technologies;
Enabling the adoption of international standards such as IVSC and ILMS;
Management of all kinds of real estate at all levels;
Asset management for corporate private and public sectors;
Natural capital and ecosystem valuation methodologies and practice;
Professional practice and qualification routes – the embedding of valuation as a core global surveying skillset.

Chair: Mr. Alan G. Muse, RICS, UNITED KINGDOM

Functions:

To provide independent, objective, accurate, and reliable capital and operating cost assessments usable for investment funding and project control across buildings and infrastructure; and
To analyse investment and development for the guidance of owners, financiers and contractors across buildings and infrastructure.