![2022 National Surveying Congress @ Pullman ‘Sea Temple’ Resort, Port Douglas, Queensland](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Surveying-2022_logo_300px.jpg?w=280)
The National Surveying Congress will be an opportunity for leaders in the surveying profession to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the profession. The 2022 Congress theme is ‘Automatic Mutual Relaxation’.
As the profession comes to understand the impact of Automatic Mutual Recognition for surveyors across the country, the event will provide an opportunity for surveyors from across Australia to gather and discuss the issues facing the profession and the opportunities for the future. The highlight of the program each year is the Cadastral Leaders Panel which sees all the Surveyors-General on stage speaking about changes and opportunities in their states and territories as well as an update from ICSM and ANZLIC. There will also be an online option.
The National Surveying Consultancy Excellence Awards and Gala Dinner will be held on the second day of the event, 23 June 2022.
![FIG Congress 2022 @ DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre, Warsaw, Poland](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/fig2022_web.jpg?w=280)
The FIG Congress — the largest and most prestigious conference of surveying and geospatial professionals — will this year be held in Poland.
The organisers are expecting an attendance of 1,000 to 1,500 surveying and geospatial experts from all over the world.
This year the local host is the Association of Polish Surveyors, and the conference theme is ‘Volunteering for the future – Geospatial excellence for a better living’. Geospatial excellence and all related professions and topics are now seen in a much broader context and as public goods and beneficial for the well-being and betterment of the entire society.
The sub themes are:
- Surveyor 4.0
- The surveying profession in and after COVID times
- Open access to data
- Surveying competence for other disciplines
The FIG Congress 2022 will give passionate professionals the opportunity to:
- Learn globally, with participation from around 80 to 90 countries
- Learn across silos, from other countries, industries and professional roles – with sessions and representation from a broad range of surveyors and geospatial experts
- Have influence on careers, organisations and communities
![Smart Cities with Digital Twin Week @ Pullman Hotel, Albert Park, Melbourne](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AdobeStock_416872788_web.jpg?w=280)
Smart Cities Week Australia and New Zealand 2022 will bring together the who’s-who in smart cities, digital twins and future-of-place thought leadership in an energising, open dialogue on how to leverage technology to deliver better quality of life for citizens.
Smart Cities Week offers sessions designed to bring demand and supply side stakeholders together in a way that incubates business opportunities and incubates the smart cities investment pipeline.
This year, the event will be delivered in conjunction with Digital Twin Week, known as the premier platform for showcasing, exchanging and networking around all things Digital Twin in the built and natural environment. The event will offer a series of opportunities to connect and gain information and insights on Digital Twin activity, policy and practice from government and industry leaders.
Leading the line-up for the 2022 event is Platinum event sponsor, Amazon Web Services, who will offer attendees a look at AWS-powered twin cities, and how towns, regions and cities, can use cloud benefits, technology and support, to realise their local planning vision.
Image credit: ©stock.adobe.com/au/Blue Planet Studio
![Micromobility Conference 2022 @ Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AdobeStock_290732007_625x442.jpg?w=280)
Australia’s first dedicated Micromobility Conference and Expo will give delegates the opportunity to learn about best practices from international and Australian experts.
After hearing from inspirational keynote speakers, the Micromobility Conference will break into delegates’ choice of two themes on each of its two days.
Delegates will also be able to see best practice examples via facilities tours to be hosted by expert practitioners from the City of Sydney, with e-bikes and helmets provided. They’ll also be able to visit the Micromobility Expo, to be run concurrently at Royal Randwick Racecourse, which will include a huge range of exhibits plus safe, traffic free test riding opportunities.
The Micromobility Conference will be a great opportunity to make new contacts, develop your professional skills, to learn about both the bigger picture trends and latest technical information and to simply be inspired and encouraged.
For those unable to attend in person, all sessions will be live streamed at reduced registration rates.
![APAS2023 Conference @ Opal Cove Resort, Coffs Harbour](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/APAS2023-ad_400.jpg?w=273)
The Association of Public Authority Surveyors, NSW (APAS) annual conference for 2023 will be held at Opal Cove Resort in Coffs Harbour, from 20 to 22 March 2023.
The theme for the event will the ‘Pirates of the Cadastre’. The program is being developed, with a call for abstracts currently in place (as of June 2022).
Important dates and deadlines to note, are:
- Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 23 September 2022
- Draft paper deadline: Friday, 18 November 2022
- Final paper deadline: Friday, 20 January 2023
![Global Surveyors’ Day 2023 @ Activities around the country](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AdobeStock_103297427_web.jpg?w=280)
Throughout history, surveyors have remained the pioneers of discovery shaping our world to its current existence by exploring the unknown on earth and in space. Fast forward to 2013 when the signing of the Budapest declaration created a common worldwide celebration for those leaders, past and present.
Global Surveyors’ Day is a way to globally recognise the ground-breakers, pioneers, individuals and the industry that has shaped our history and continues to be the foundation of our communities.
Image credit: ©stock.adobe.com/au/Yuttana Studio
![GeoSmart India 2023 @ HICC, Hyderabad, India](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GeoSmart-India-2023-logo_700.jpg?w=237)
GeoSmart India returns in 2023 for its 23rd iteration, with a theme of ‘Geospatial Infrastructure and Digital Twins: Powering National Economy’.
This year, the focus will be on strengthening India’s ambition of becoming a trillion-dollar economy. Geospatial infrastructure and digital twins will play a pivotal role in empowering the nation’s economy, enabling measurement of what can be seen in order to make better decisions across all major sectors.
![Map the Gaps Symposium 2023 @ Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, Monaco](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Map-the-Gaps-2023.png?w=280)
Featuring a spotlight on crowd-sourced bathymetry, the Map the Gaps Symposium 2023 will bring people together to learn, share and contribute to ocean discovery.
Held on behalf of GEBCO, this event draws global experts in ocean technology, science and policy to discuss deep and coastal ocean exploration, offshore surveying technology, policy, diversity, equity and inclusion, the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 project and GEBCO alumni activities.
Participation is open to all, including industry professionals, explorers, authors, students, researchers, government representatives and emerging technologists. Participants can attend in person or online.
![WA Digital Twin Symposium @ Novotel Perth Langley, 221 Adelaide Terrace, Perth](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AdobeStock_254374826_625x442_2.jpg?w=280)
The not-to-be-missed Geospatial Council of Australia (GCA) WA Digital Twin Symposium will be held on 14 March in Perth, giving geospatial professionals a chance to learn about the latest developments in this important field.
- Members: $220 (incl. GST)
- Non-members: $330 (incl. GST)
- Student members: $95 (incl. GST)
Registrations will close on Wednesday 6 March.
![New Zealand: Digital Twin 2024 Summit @ Mövenpick Hotel Auckland, New Zealand](https://www.spatialsource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Digital-Twin-NZ-2024.jpg?w=280)
The New Zealand: Digital Twin 2024 Summit will explore the roadmap of digital twin systems and their impact on each stage of a project, and explore the core values, challenges and opportunities unique to the priorities of New Zealand and how digital twins can deliver them.
The event will feature real stories of success and failure, research insights, and focus not just on what has already happened but also on the potential of digital twins and where key opportunities for timely innovation appear to be.
Delegates will hear from technical experts, industry leaders and researchers in an experience designed to support the development of a dynamic and scalable digital twin ecosystem in New Zealand.