Annual Meeting 2005


The Doubletree Hotel
University Room
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
18-25 June 2005

Programme and proceedings

This programme as a .pdf-file

Saturday, June 18, 2005

19:00-21:00

Informal welcome drink at the Badgerland Bar & Grill of the Doubletree Hotel

Sunday, June 19, 2005

09:00-10:30

Session 1 - Opening and the surveying situation at national level
Chair: András Osskó

09:00-09:10 Opening and Roll Call
Paul van der Molen, The Netherlands, Chair of Commission 7
09:10-09:20 Welcome and introduction to the Annual Meeting
John Hohol, USA delegate to the Commission
09:20-09:30 Brief welcome
Deb Archer, Authority of Madison
09:30-10:30 Steve Kopach, USA
National Wildlife Refuge System
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break at the Chancellor Room
11:00-12:30 Session 2 - Private and Government Surveying in the USA
Chair: John Hohol
11:00-11:45 Reginald Jaquish, USA
Presentation and discussion
11:45-12:30 Frederic J. Halfen, USA
Land Information in Wisconsin
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break at the Chancellor Room
14:00-14:45 Session 3 - Title insurance and title company in the USA
Chair: Roman Rener
14:00-14:45 Joe Hanousek, USA
The role of Title Insurance
14:45-15:45 Session 4 - Land Administration in Asia
Chair: Eugčne Silayo
14:45-15:15 Samir Al Abbadi and Hazim Alodainat, Jordan
Land Administration in Jordan: Problems and Challenges and
Land Registration in the Arab World: Challenges and Ambitions, September 2005
15:15-15:30 Mika-Petteri Törhönen, Finland / Italy
FAO Land Tenure Service: Plans, Challenges
15:30-15:45 Discussion
15:45-16:15 Tea Break at the Chancellor Room
16:15-17:45 Session 5 – Recent Events
Chair: Daniel Steudler
16:15-16:30 Paul van der Molen, The Netherlands, Chair of Commission 7
UN/FIG Expert Group Meeting on Secure Tenure: New Legal Frameworks and Tools and
United Nations University - Expert Group Meeting, Bangkok, December 8-9, 2004
16:30-16:45 Stig Enemark, Denmark, Vice President of FIG
Cairo Working Week April 2005
16:45-17:45 Discussion

17:45-18:30

Session 6 - Current PhD's
Chair: Daniel Steudler
17:45-18:30 Christian Clausen, Denmark
Informal Intergovernmental Relations in Land Administration Systems
19:00 Dinner at the Chancellor Room

Monday, June 20, 2005

09:00-10:30 Session 7 - Situation in transition countries
Chair: Christian Clausen
09:00-09:15 Besnik Como, Albania
Progress and Problems of land administration in Albania
09:15-09:30 Libor Tomandl, Czech Republic
What is new in Cadastre of Czech Republic
09:30-09:45 Gyula Iván, Hungary
New IT Developments and Services in Hungarian Cadastre
09:45-10:00 Roman Rener, Slovenia
Progress and Problems of land administration in Slovenia
10:00-10:30 Discussion about land administration in transition countries
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break at the Chancellor Room
11:00-12:30 Session 8 - Situation in Africa
Chair: Richard Grover
11:00-11:15 Fabien Omboudou Ndjina, Cameroon
Progress and Problems of Land Administration in Cameroon
11:15-11:30 Leon Désiré Zalo, Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire, Rural Land Administration, Progress and Problems
11:30-11:45 Karin Owolabi, Namibia
Progress and Problems of land administration in Namibia
11:45-12:30 Discussion about land administration in Africa
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break at the Chancellor Room
14:00-15:30 Break Out Sessions

Working Group 7.1: Creating LA in formal and informal environment (András Osskó)
Working Group 7.2: Instruments for land distribution (Mikko Uimonen)
Working Group 7.3: Advancements in LA (Daniel Steudler & Christiaan Lemmen)

15:30-16:00 Tea Break at the Chancellor Room
16:00-17:30 Session 9 - Various developments in land administration
Chair: Leon Désiré Zalo
16:00-16:15 Stig Enemark, Denmark, Vice President of FIG
FIG Council Policy after 2006
16:15-16:30 Eugčne Silayo, Tanzania
Development in education Land Administration in Tanzania
16:30-16:45 Paul van der Molen, The Netherlands, Chair of Commission 7
United Nations School for Land Administration Studies
16:45-17:30 Discussion
18:30 Dinner at the Chancellor Room

Presentation of the "Surly Surveyor"
Rob Nurre, Commissioner of Public Lands Office

Tuesday, June 21, 2005
  Technical excursion
08:15 Depart to Commissioner of Public Lands Office
08:30-10:15 Visit Commissioner of Public Lands Office
Rob Nurre
10:15-11:15 Tour of Monona Terrace
Deb Archer
11:30-13:00 Lunch Break at Madison Hilton Hotel
13:15-15:45 Visit Dane County Land Information Office
Dianne Danielson
and
Dane County Register of Deeds
Jane Licht

Dane County Land Information Office: Wisconsin Land Information Program & Dane County LIO Program Overview

16:00-17:00 Tour of Wisconsin State Capitol Building
Carrie Templeton, Chief of Staff in the office of Wisconsin State Senator Jon Erpenbach
17:15 Return to hotel (walk)
19:00 Dinner at the Chancellor Room
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
09:30-10:30 Session 10 - Land Management in the USA
Chair: Paul van der Molen
09:30-10:30 Don Buhler, USA
Activities of the Bureau of Land Management
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break at the Chancellor Room
11:00-12:30 Session 11 - Various developments
Chair: Eugčne Silayo
11:00-11:15 Sřren Fauerholm Christensen and Christian Clausen, Denmark
E-government Initiatives in the Danish Land Administration System
11:15-11:30 Mikko Uimonen, Finland
Developments in Finland
11:30-11:45 Fiorenzo Guaralda, Italy
Developments in Italy
11:45-12:00 Daniel Steudler, Switzerland
Developments in Switzerland
12:00-12:30 Discussion
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break at the Chancellor Room
14:00-15:30 Session 12 – Recent and Future Events
Chair: Jongcheul Park
14:00-14:10 Christiaan Lemmen, The Netherlands
Report: Workshop Standardisation Cadastral Domain, 9-10 December 2004, Bamberg, Germany
14:10-14:20 Christiaan Lemmen, The Netherlands
Report: The First International Symposium on Geo-information for Disaster Management (Gi4DM), Delft, The Netherlands, March 21-23, 2005
14:20-14:30 Stig Enemark, Denmark, Vice President of FIG
FIG Regional Conference Cuba 2005 Sept 26-29 (>Cancelled)
14:30-14:40 Stig Enemark, Denmark, Vice President of FIG
FIG Regional Conference Ghana 2006, March 9-12
14:40-14:50 Roman Rener, Slovenia
Commission 7 Annual Meeting 2006 Slovenia
14:50-15:00 Questions and discussions
15:00-15:30 Tea Break at the Chancellor Room
15:30-17:30 Session 13 - Closing
Chair: Gyula Iván
15:30-16:30 Reports Break Out Sessions
Working Group 7.1: Creating LA in formal and informal environment (András Osskó)
Working Group 7.2: Instruments for land distribution (Mikko Uimonen)
Working Group 7.3: Advancements in LA (Daniel Steudler)
16:30-16:45 Daniel Steudler, Switzerland
Progress Cadastral Template
16:45-17:15 András Osskó, Chair Commission 7, 2006-2010
Draft Working Plan 2006-2010
17:15-17:30 Closing
Paul van der Molen, Chair of Commission 7
17:30-18:30 Short reception with FGDC Cadastral Data Subcommittee at the Badgerland Bar & Grill of the Double Tree Hotel
19:30 Commission 7 Dinner
Thursday, June 23, 2005
  Technical excursion to Oneida Tribe of Indians kindly offered by ESRI
08:15-10:30 Bustrip to Oneida Nation
10:30-15:00 Visit Oneida Nation inclusive lunch
15:00-17:30 Bustrip back to the DoubleTree Hotel
18:00 Dinner at the Chancellor Room
Friday, June 24, 2005
09:00-17:30 Symposium on Innovative Technologies for Land Administration at the Auditorium of the State Historical Society in Wisconsin
Saturday, June 25, 2005
09:00-13:00 Symposium on Innovative Technologies for Land Administration at the Auditorium of the State Historical Society in Wisconsin

© International Federation of Surveyors,  2005

Last revised on 15-09-04