Cairo - Administrative Meetings

Meeting Programme

Friday, 15 April
9:00-17:00 Babylon I	FIG Council Meeting by invitation only
9:00-17:00 Babylon II	GSDI Executive Committee by invitation only
Saturday, 16 April
08:00-	Registration
9:00-17:00 Nefertiti	FIG ACCO Meeting by invitation only
9:00-17:30 Babylon	GSDI Board Meeting by invitation only
09:00-17:30 Blue Nile	Pre-conference Workshop 1 - Standards Workshop – Standards into Action
09:00-17:30 Morgana	Pre-conference Workshop 2 - Virtual Academy and the Surveying/Geoinformatics Community
09:00-15:30 White Nile	Pre-conference Workshop 3 - History of Surveying
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
12:30-14:00 Teeba	Lunch
15:30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-18:30 White Nile	Pre-conference Workshop 4 - Mobile Mapping Technology
16:00-19:00 Teeba	Pre-conference Workshop 7 - e-Government for e-Citizens
Sunday, 17 April
08:00-	Registration
8:00-13:00 Babylon	ISCGM Annual Meeting ISCGM members, by invitation only
9:00-13:00 Blue Nile and White Nile	FIG General Assembly – First Session FIG members, open to observers
9:00-16:30 Teeba	ESRI Seminar - GIS: The Business of National Mapping
9:00-16:30 Nefertiti	An Intergraph vision, technology and implementation seminar
09:00-10:50 Suite 1	GSDI Committee Meeting - Convention Planning open to observers
09:00-10:50 Suite 2	GSDI Committee Meeting - Legal and Economics open to observers
09:00-10:50 Suite 3	GSDI Committee Meeting - Technical open to observers
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:50 Suite 1	GSDI Committee Meeting - Sponsored Projects open to observers
11:00-12:50 Suite 2	GSDI Committee Meeting - Membership open to observers
11:00-12:50 Suite 3	GSDI Committee Meeting - Communications open to observers
12:30-14:00 Le Grill	Lunch
13:00-16:30 Babylon	GSDI Council Meeting GSDI Council members, by invitation only
14:00-16:30 Suite 1	FIG Commission 1 Meeting FIG Commission 1 delegates, open to observers
14:00-16:30 Suite 2	FIG Commission 2 Meeting FIG Commission 2 delegates, open to observers
14:00-16:30 Osiris	FIG Commission 3 Annual Meeting FIG Commission 3 delegates, open to observers
14:00-16:30 Suite 5	FIG Commission 5 Meeting FIG Commission 5 delegates, open to observers
14:00-16:30 Suite 3	FIG Commission 6 Meeting FIG Commission 6 delegates, open to observers
14:00-16:30 Isis	FIG Commission 7 Meeting FIG Commission 7 delegates, open to observers
14:00-16:30 Suite 4	FIG Commission 8 Meeting FIG Commission 8 delegates, open to observers
14:00-16:30 FIG Office	FIG Commission 9 Meeting FIG Commission 9 delegates, open to observers
14:00-16:30 TBC	FIG Commission 10 Meeting FIG Commission 10 delegates, open to observers
16:30-17:00	Coffee break
17:00-19:00 Cleopatra Ball Room (Blue and White Nile, Morgana)	Opening Ceremony (preliminary) Welcome by the Local Organising Committee Cultural programme Welcome greeting of Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Prof. Dr. Mahmud Abu-Zeid (confirmed) Welcome address of the Prime Minister, His Excellency, Ahmed Nazif (confirmed) Welcome address of the representative of the Arab League (invited) Welcome address of Dr. Mukund Rao, President of GSDI Prof. Holger Magel, President of FIG: From Pharaohs to Geoinformatics - Shaping the Change [abstracts] [paper] [slides] Opening of the Conference
19:00-20:30 Pool Area at the Semiramis Hotel	Welcome Reception
Monday, 18 April
08:00-17:30	Registration
09:00-10:30 Blue Nile and White Nile	Plenary Session 1 - From the Pharaohs to Geoinformatics Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel, President of FIG Rapporteur: Prof. Dr. Mostafa Radwan, The Netherlands Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of Bibliotheca Alexandria, (BA) Mr. Jack Dangermond, President of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI): Bridging the Gap between Geomatics and Surveying Ms. Preetha Pulusani, President, Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions: Making Smart Decisions
10:30 Morgana and Kahramana	Opening of the exhibition
10:30-17:30 Morgana and Kahramana	Exhibition
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Blue Nile	TS 1 – SDI and Cadastre Commission: FIG 7 and GSDI
11:00-12:30 White Nile	TS 2 – Spatial Portals and e-Government Commission: GSDI and FIG 3
11:00-12:30 Babylon	TS 3 – GNSS I Commission: FIG 5
11:00-12:30 Osiris	TS 4 – NSDI Commission: FIG 3 and GSDI
11:00-12:30 Isis	TS 5 – Prepared to the Future I Commission: FIG 1 and 2
15:30-17:30 Cairo	Visit to the 30th Arc in Cairo Visit to the 30th Arc and revealing a plaque in one of the original points of the 30th Arc. Open to all interested. Fee 15 EUR to cover bus transfers.
11:00-12:30 Suite 1	FIG Standards Network Commission: FIG by invitation only
12:30-14:00 Le Grill and Teeba	Lunch
13:30-15:30 Suite 5	AFREF Steering Committee Meeting by invitation only
14:00-15:30 Blue Nile	TS 6 – 3D Cadastre Commission: FIG 7 and GSDI
14:00-15:30 White Nile	TS 7 – SDI and Web Services Commission: GSDI and FIG 3
14:00-15:30 Babylon	TS 8 – GNSS II Commission: FIG 5
14:00-15:30 Nefertiti	TS 9 – Applied SIM and SDI Commission: FIG 3 and GSDI
14:00-15:30 Isis	TS 10 – Prepared to the Future II Commission: FIG 1 and 2
14:00-15:30 Osiris	Round table - to be confirmed
15.30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Blue Nile	TS 11 – Cadastral Modelling Commission: FIG 7 and GSDI
16:00-17:30 White Nile	TS 12 – Development of SDI Capacity Commission: GSDI and FIG 3 and 8
16:00-17:30 Babylon	TS 13 – Reference Frame Commission: FIG 5
16:00-17:30 Osiris	TS 14 – SIM and Quality Commission: FIG 3 and GSDI
16:00-17:30 Isis	TS 15 – Valuation and Real Estate Management I Commission: FIG 9
16:00-17:30 Nefertiti 2	Round table - Surveying and GIS Education in Africa and the Arab Countries
16:00-16:50 Suite 1	GSDI Meeting – Global Registries and Portals Roundtable
16:00-18:00 Suite 2	Students Meeting Informal Meeting for all students attending the conference
16:00-17:30 Suite 4	ISO Standards Drafting Group Commission: FIG and ISO by invitation only
19:00- El Ezzba Restaurant	Egyptian Evening / FIG Foundation Dinner
Tuesday, 19 April
08:00-17:30	Registration
09:00-10:30 Blue Nile and White Nile	Plenary Session 2 – Co-operation between Land Administration and SDI Chair: Dr. Mukund Rao, President of GSDI Rapporteur: Prof. Dr. Shawky AlGhazaly, Egypt Dr. Paul Munro-Faure, Director, Land Tenure Service, FAO: Global Needs for SDI in Land Administration Dr. Clarissa Augustinus, Chief, Land and Tenure Section, UN-HABITAT: Encouraging the Development of Cross Disciplinary Land Sector Tools to Improve the Security of Tenure of People in Slums Ms. Dorine A. J. Burmanje, Chair of the Board Dutch Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency, The Netherlands: Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration in Europe Eng. Mohamed Mosaad Ibrahim, Ex-Chairman, The Egyptian Survey Authority, ESA: From Pharaohs to e-Government – The Egyptian Cadastre
09:30-11:00 Suite 1	FIG Groupe Francophone - Annual Meeting
09:00-12:30 FIG Office	Joint Board of the Spatial Information Societies by invitation only
10:30-17:30 Morgana and Kahramana	Exhibition
10:30-13:00	Technical Tour 1 - Egyptian Survey Authority (ESA)
10:30-13:00	Technical Tour 2 - Egyptian GIS Authority (IDSC)
10:30-13:00	Technical Tour 3 - Hydraulic Institute
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Blue Nile	TS 16 – Web-based Decision Support I Commission: GSDI and FIG 3
11:00-12:30 White Nile	TS 17 – The State of the Art in Positioning and Measurement of SDI Commission: FIG 5 and GSDI
11:00-12:30 Babylon	TS 18 – Comparative Aspects of Land Administration Systems Commission: FIG 7
11:00-12:30 Nefertiti	TS 19 – Planning in Informal Settlements Commission: FIG 8 and 7
11:00-12:30 Isis	TS 20 – Professsional Education I Commission: FIG 2
11:00-12:30 Osiris	Round table for American SDIs Commission: GSDI
12:30-14:00 Le Grill and Teeba	Lunch
14:00-15:30 Blue Nile	TS 21 – Web-based Decision Support II Commission: GSDI and FIG 3
14:00-15:30 White Nile	TS 22 – New Measurement Technology and Its Application to Archaeological and Engineering Surveys Commission: FIG 5 and 6
14:00-15:30 Babylon	TS 23 – Evolving Land Administration Systems Commission: FIG 7
14:00-15:30 Osiris	TS 24 – Planning for Rural and Urban Communities Commission: FIG 8
14:00-15:30 Isis	TS 25 – Professional Education II Commission: FIG 2
14:00-17:30 Nefertiti	Arab Union of Surveyors - General Assembly by invitation only
14:00-15:30 Suite 2	FIG Task Force on Commission Structure open meeting for all interested
14:00-15:30 Suite 1	Design Standard Data Sets ad-hoc session - attendance limited to 20
15.30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Blue Nile	TS 26 – Regional SDI’s and Thematic SDI’s Commission: GSDI and FIG 3
16:00-17:30 White Nile	TS 27 – Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Commission: FIG 5
16:00-17:30 Babylon	TS 28 – Business of Land Administration Commission: FIG 7
16:00-17:30 Osiris	TS 29 – Approaches in Land Consolidation and Community Regeneration Commission: FIG 8 and 7
16:00-17:30 Isis	TS 30 – Valuation and Real Estate Management II Commission: FIG 9
16:00-17:30 Suite 1	GSDI Meeting – Geographic Data Commons Roundtable
Wednesday, 20 April
08:00-17:30	Registration
09:00-10:30 Blue Nile and White Nile	Plenary Session 3 – Future of the SDI / Surveying Communities Chair: Prof. Dr. Ahmed Elsheikh, Egypt Rapporteur: Prof. Dr. Ralf Schroth, FIG Vice President, Germany Prof. Ian Dowman, University College London, President of ISPRS: Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in SDIs and Preventing Environmental Catastrophes O.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Hans Sünkel, Rector of the University of Graz: Future of Surveying and SDI Dr. Hisham El Sherif, Chairman of IT Investments Group, Egypt: Future of Surveying and GIS in the Arab World
9:00-10:30 Suite 4	FIG Commission 4 Annual Meeting FIG Commission 4 delegates, open to observers
10:30-14:00 Morgana and Kahramana	Exhibition
10:30-17:30	Technical Tour 4 - Smart Village: Cultural and Natural Heritage Center and City Development
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Blue Nile	TS 31 – Developing SDI’s Commission: GSDI and FIG 3
11:00-12:30 White Nile	TS 32 – Disaster Management and GIS Applications Commission: FIG 8 and 3
11:00-12:30 Babylon	TS 33 – Vertical Reference Frame Commission: FIG 5
11:00-12:30 Osiris	TS 34 – Technological Aspects of Land Administration Systems Commission: FIG 7
11:00-12:30 Isis	TS 35 – Hydrography I Commission: FIG 4
11:00-12:30 Nefertiti	Round table for African SDIs Commission: GSDI
12:30-14:00 Le Grill and Teeba	Lunch
14:00-15:30 Blue Nile	TS 36 – Evaluation SDI’s Commission: GSDI and FIG 3
14:00-15:30 White Nile	TS 37 – Spatial Development Infrastructure Linkages with Urban Planning Commission: FIG 8, 3 and 7
14:00-15:30 Babylon	TS 38 – Using Laser Scanning in Engineering Surveys Commission: FIG 6
14:00-15:30 Osiris	TS 39 – Boundary Surveying Commission: FIG 7
14:00-15:30 Isis	TS 40 – Administering Marine Spaces Commission: FIG 4 and 7
14:00-15:30 Nefertiti	Round table for African Policy Decisions Commission: GSDI
14:00-15:30 FIG Office	FIG Corporate Members Meeting by invitation only
14:00-15:30 Suite 2	Workshop on the Guidelines to Enhance the Situation of Under-represented Groups in FIG
14:30-15:30 Suite 1	GSDI Meeting – Open Source Software Forum
15.30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Blue Nile	TS 41 – SDI Implementation Cases Commission: GSDI
16:00-17:30 White Nile	TS 42 – Spatial Information Systems – Regional and International Approaches Commission: FIG 3 and GSDI
16:00-17:30 Babylon	TS 43 – Deformation Measurement and Analysis Commission: FIG 6
16:00-17:30 Osiris	TS 44 – Financing Affordable Housing Commission: FIG 10, 9 and 8
16:00-17:30 Isis	TS 45 – Hydrography II Commission: FIG 4
16:00-17:30 Nefertiti	Round table for Asia and Pacific SDIs Commission: GSDI
19:00- Club Mohamed Ali	Gala Dinner
Thursday, 21 April
08:00-16:00	Registration
8:30-10:30 Babylon	FIG President’s Meeting for Presidents of FIG member associations or their representatives, by invitation only
9:00-17:00 Suite 2	GSDI Executive Committee by invitation only
09:00-10:30 Morgana	TS 46 – Place Names and Addresses Commission: GSDI and FIG 3
09:00-10:30 Osiris	TS 47 – SDI Legal and Policy Issues Commission: GSDI
09:00-10:30 Nefertiti	TS 48 - GLOBAL MAPPING – Global Geo-information for Sustainable Development - Part I - General Presentation on Global Geo-information Organiser: ISCGM
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-14:00 Blue Nile and White Nile	FIG General Assembly – Second Session FIG members, open for observers
11:00-12:30 Morgana	TS 49 – SDI Data Issues Commission: GSDI and FIG 3
11:00-12:30 Osiris	TS 50 – Partnerships and Funding Commission: GSDI
11:00-12:30 Nefertiti	TS 51 - GLOBAL MAPPING – Global Geo-information for Sustainable Development - Part II - Panel Discussion on Global Mapping Organiser: ISCGM
12:30-14:00 Le Grill and Teeba	Lunch
14:30-16:30 Blue Nile, White Nile and Morgana	Closing Ceremony
17:00-20:00 Babylon	GSDI Board Meeting by invitation only