First FIG Young Surveyors Conference

FIG will organise its first FIG Young Surveyors Conference in conjunction with the FIG Working Week in Rome, Italy, in May of this year. The Young Surveyors Conference will be held on 4^th and 5^th May 2012 at the Cassa Geometri in central Rome. The aim of the Young Surveyors Conference is to create a platform for young surveying professionals to network and discuss issues of common interest. The conference is aimed at young surveying professionals aged 35 or below, including undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The FIG member associations are encouraged to offer their representatives financial support to attend the conference by paying airfares, accommodation costs and registration fees. The individual member associations are free to decide on the level of support they offer. The FIG Foundation has awarded four fellowships to enable young surveyors from developing countries to attend. A limited number of additional grants to cover attendance at the conference may be provided by the organisers, which will be decided based on applications.

Both academic and practical papers are invited. The topics of the papers can cover any ten professional commissions of FIG.

The Platinum Sponsors of FIG Working Week 2012 - Trimble Navigation, ESRI and Consiglio Nazionale Geometri e Geometri Laureati (CNGeGL) - as well as Cassa Geometri are the main sponsors of the Young Surveyors Conference.