Technical Programme for the FIG Working Week 2000
21-26 May, Prague 

ADMINISTRATIVE MEETINGS AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMME FOR FIG WORKING WEEK 2000

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME - QUO VADIS

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Tuesday 23 May
13.30 - 15.00 
Raisuv Sal
Plenary Session
Chairperson: Milan Klimes (Czech Republic)
15.30 - 17.30
Raisuv Sal
Session 1
Co-operation with International Bodies and Organisations

Coordinator: Bureau
Chairperson: Christian Andreasen (USA)
15.30 - 17.30
Spolecensky Sal 
(Winter Garden)
Session 2 
Future Technologies

Coordinator: Commission 5
Chairperson: Dr Michel Mayoud (France)
Wednesday 24 May
08.30 - 10.00
Raisuv Sal
Session 3
Quality Assurance in Surveyor's Profession

Coordinator: Commission 1
Chairperson: Klaus Rürup (Germany)
8.30 - 10.00
Spolecensky Sal 
(Winter Garden)
Session 4
Technical Standards and Quality

Coordinator: Commission 5
Chairperson: Prof. Jean-Marie Becker (Sweden)
10.30 - 12.00
Spolecensky Sal 
(Winter Garden)
Session 5
Information Systems and Information Technologies

Coordinator: Commission 3
Chairperson: Robin McLaren (UK)
10.30 - 12.00
Raisuv Sal
Session 6
Planning and Appraisal

Coordinator: Commission 9 
Chairperson: Michael Yovino-Young (USA)
10.30 - 12.00
Salonek 9
Special Session of the Task Force on Under-representative Groups in Surveying
Chairperson: Gabriele Dasse (Germany)
13.30 - 15.00
Raisuv Sal
Session 7
New Trends in Education and Training

Coordinator: Commission 2
Chairperson: Prof. Kirsi Virrantaus (Finland)
13.30 - 15.00
Spolecensky Sal 
(Winter Garden)
Session 8
Public and Private Sector Partnership
and Urban Renewal
Coordinator: Commission 8
Chairperson: Helmut Brackmann (Germany)
15.30 - 17.30
Raisuv Sal
Session 9
Future Role of Cadastre and Land Management

Coordinator: Commission 7
Chairperson: Dr. Paul Munro-Faure (UK)
15.30 - 17.30
Spolecensky Sal 
(Winter Garden)
Session 10
Multidisciplinary Nature of Surveying
Coordinator: Commission 1
Chairperson: Prof. John Parker (Australia)

Historical EXHIBITION AND Symposium

Sunday 21 May
13.00-15.30

National Technical Museum
Kostelni 42, Prague

Historical Symposium

Seppo Härmälä (Finland): Struve Arc

Vitali B. Kaptüg (Russia): The Toise-Metre Problem in the Struve Arc 

Prof. Michael Cooper(United Kingdom): Robert Hooke (1635-1703): The Hidden Surveyor Revealed

Prof. Pavel Hanek (Czech Republic) and Antonin Svejda (Czech Republic): Historical Surveying Instruments from Bohemian Region

15.30-16.15 Coffee Break
16.15-17.00 Visit to the Exhibition
17.00-19.00 Meeting on the Struve Arc Project for the countries involved
Monday 22nd May
17.00-18.30

National Technical Museum
Kostelni 42, Prague

Opening of the Historical Exhibition

AD HOC COMMISSION ON CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT AND 
THE INTERNATIONAL COST ENGINEERING COUNCIL (ICEC)
SPECIAL SEMINAR

Thursday 25 May
Full-day 
Raisuv Sal
(Registration fee for those attending only this special seminar is US$100)
Technical Session

Steven Boeschoten, Region II Director of ICEC (Netherlands): How to Sell Your Estimate

Gianluca di Castri (Italy): Organisation of a Major Engineering Project

Des Pellicena, Assistant Secretary of ICEC (UK): Project Controls University - in an International Arena

Courtney Collins, Partner Central and Eastern Europe: Gleeds (UK): Capital Allowances and Taxation


Workshop

International Housing - How the surveying professions can assist in providing the housing requirements in the 21st century
Session 1
Introduction The challenge in summary and the aims of the workshop
John Collinge - BSc (Hons) FRICS
Chairman, FIG Commission for Construction Economics and Management
Land issues Land tenure, titling, law and registration
Dr. Paul Munro-Faure
Chairman, FIG Commission 7, Cadastre and Land Management
Valuation and Funding Issues Valuation, taxation and funding issues
G. Michael Yovino Young - MBA MAI ASA
Chairman, FIG Commission 9, Valuation and the Management of Real Estate
Planning Urban planning issues
Representative, FIG Commission 8, Spatial Planning and Development
Quantity Surveying/Cost Engineering Budgeting, planning, forecasting and procurement
Roger Batten - MBE
Vice Chair, FIG Commission on Construction Economics and Management and Immediate Past President of ICEC
An International View Housing Development in Nigeria
Murtala Oladapo
President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
Session 2
Discussion Discussion
Closing and Actions



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