The 2026 Tasmanian Surveying & Geospatial Conference will take place on Friday, 30 October in Launceston. This year’s conference theme is ‘See the land differently: Surveying & geospatial in a changing world’.
Bringing together the Tasmanian geospatial community, the one-day event will feature more than a dozen presentations on a range of topics, including reality capture, the use of AI, developments in title matters, the pricing of geospatial projects and more.
The event will also include presentations by Tasmania’ Surveyor-General and the state Minister for Energy and Renewables, Minister for Parks and Heritage, Minister for Sport.
The Western Australia Excellence in Surveying and Spatial Information (EISSI) Awards presentation ceremony will be held on Friday, 30 October 2026, at the Pan Pacific, Perth.
The EISSI Awards recognise and reward the best that the surveying and spatial profession has to offer, including organisations and firms that demonstrate innovation, leadership, and technical brilliance in the field of surveying and spatial information services.
The event, to be held in conjunction with the Western Australian Institution of Surveyors’ (WAIS) October Conference and AGM, will be hosted by Surveyors Australia in partnership with WAIS.
The national Excellence in Surveying and Spatial Information (EISSI) awards will be presented at a gala occasion on 5 February 2027 in Canberra.
The EISSI awards represent the highest level of professional recognition within the Australian surveying profession.
The event will bring together all 2026 state EISSI category winners to compete for national honours, including national category awards and the overall national award.
The award categories are:
- Infrastructure and construction
- Extra dimension and innovation
- Community & sustainable environment
- Rural cadastral surveying & land titling
- Urban cadastral surveying & land titling
- Surveying project management
- Mine surveying
- Professional surveyor of the year
- Young professional surveyor of the year
- Professional organisation of the year (large)
- Professional organisation of the year (small)
- University project of the year
- Vocational student of the year
