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
The Association of Public Authority Surveyors, NSW, will hold its 2027 annual conference at the Crowne Plaza, Terrigal, on the NSW Central Coast.
APAS is a non-profit organisation that brings together surveyors and closely allied spatial information professionals employed by public authorities in both New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
The theme for 2027 will be ‘Hook, Line and Plumb-Bob’.
For those who have had abstracts accepted, the next deadlines are: Draft paper deadline: Friday, 13 November 2026; final paper deadline: Friday, 15 January 2027.
