Those attending next month’s FIG Working Week in Christchurch can now also attend a symposium held by the International Institution of History for Surveying and Measurement (a permanent institution of FIG), held 30 April – 1 May 2016.

The two day symposium will be held prior to the start of the Working Week. Day one focuses on the boundaries of South Pacific and answers the question “Are the Islands Sinking?”. The second day has the theme “From Mercator to Cook to Silent Cinema: Surveyors of the World”.

For more details and to register for the symposium visit http://www.fig.net/fig2016/history.htm.
Name: FIG Working Week History Symposium
Time: Various
Date: 30 April – 1 May 2016
Venue: Breakfree on Cashel
Address: Christchurch, New Zealand
Cost: 90 EUR for two days, 50 EUR for one day
Event Website: http://www.fig.net/fig2016/history.htm

About the FIG Working Week
Thought leaders and visionaries from the surveying and spatial industry will again take the keynote stage at FIG Working Week 2016 in Christchurch, New Zealand, to address the theme “Recovery from Disaster”.
The New Zealand survey profession has interesting stories to share on this theme after the consequences of the Christchurch Earthquake in 2011. The Working Week aims to draw attention to the work being done in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction at the international, national and local level.

Name: FIG Working Week 2016
Time: Various
Date: 2-6 May 2016
Venue: Horncastle Arena / Addington Events Centre
Address: 55 Jack Hinton Dr, Addington, Christchurch / 75 Jack Hinton Dr, Addington, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand
Cost: 640 EUR
Event Website: http://www.fig.net/fig2016/index.htm