The Western Australian Institution of Surveyors’ (WAIS) annual South West and Great Southern Surveyors Conference, also known as SWAGSS, will be held in the seaside town of Bunbury on Friday, 13 November 2026.
The day will be filled with insights, networking prospects and valuable professional development opportunities, featuring a dynamic program designed to cover critical topics in surveying.
Delegates can attend in person or via livestream.
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
