FIG COMMISSION 2 (Professional  Education)
Working Group 2.3 – Educational Management and Marketing
Austrian Society for Surveying and Geoinformation

„Navigating the Future of Surveying Education“
26 – 28 February 2009 at BEV, Vienna, Austria

                 Proceedings

Full Proceedings as a .pdf file (188 pages)

Thursday, 26th February 2009
10:30 to 13:00   Welcome, Opening & Keynotes (1)
Room 802
Chair: Gert STEINKELLNER
Welcome   Wernher HOFFMANN
Representative of BEV (Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying)
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Welcome   Gert STEINKELLNER
President of OVG (Austrian Society for Surveying and Geoinformation)
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Welcome
Opening
  Bela MARKUS
Chair of FIG Commission 2
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Keynote   Stig ENEMARK
President of FIG
Surveying Education: Facing the Challenges of the Future
[ paper ] [ handouts ]
Keynote   Michael GOULD
Director of ESRI Education Programme
The Marketing of Spatial Thinking, Professional (Surveying) Education, and GI Science
[ paper ] [ handouts ]
Keynote   Steve FRANK
Incoming Chair of FIG Commission 2
Surveying Student Recruitment in the U.S.
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14:00 to 15:30   Keynotes (2)
Room A802
Chair: Reinfried MANSBERGER
Keynote   Hans SÜNKEL
Rector of the Graz University of Technology
The Future of Surveying Education: Committed to Excellence
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Keynote   Gottfried BACHER
Deputy Director for EU-Higher Education Programs and Head of the Austrian Bologna Contact Point
The European Higher Education Area: Goals Achieved and Outlook towards 2010
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16:00 to 17:30   Session 1a: Educational Networks (1)
Room A802
Chair: Liza GROENENDIJK
  Session 1b: Quality Assurance (1)
Room A803
Chair: Steve FRANK
    Carmen GRECEA
Romania
Geodetic Education at the "Politehnica" University of Timisoara - Romania
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  Gerhard NAVRATIL
Austria
The Impact of Student Numbers on the Quality of Teachers – The Situation in Vienna and a Possible Way Out
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    Andrej MESNER - Anka LISEC - Samo DROBNE
Slovenia
Can European Graduates Fulfil the Expectations of Slovenian (Private) Enterprises?
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  Nursu TUNALIOĞLU - Taylan ÖCALAN
Turkey
Final Situation in Surveying Education in Turkey, and its Contradictions
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    Guido HEINZ - Jörg KLONOWSKI - Hartmut MÜLLER
Germany
Interdisciplinary Knowledge Transfer within Surveying Higher  Education
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  Levente DIMÉN - Nicolae LUDUŞAN
Romania
TQM and Marketing Perspectives for Surveying Education and Training
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Friday, 27th February 2009    
09:00 to 10:30   Session 2a: Marketing of Professional Education
Room A802
Chair: Gert STEINKELLNER
  Session 2b: Availibility of Continuous Professional Development
Room A803
Chair: Bela MARKUS
    Francis A. FAJEMIROKUN - Peter NWILO - Olusegun BADEJO
Nigeria
Solving the Surveying and Geoinformatics Undergraduate Student Enrolment Problem: The University of Lagos Experience
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  Stuart EDWARDS - Alison BIRD - Henny MILLS
United Kingdom
Geomatics Continuing Professional Development - A UK Perspective
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    Peter ENGLER - Tamas JANCSO - Andres SZEPES
Hungary
Surveyors at the Faculty of Geoinformatics before and after the Introduction of the Credit System
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  Paul WATSON - Norman WIENAND - Garry WORKMAN
United Kingdom
Advocating a Holistic Approach to Continuing Professional Development Provision for Practitioners and Providers
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    Rob MAHONEY - John HANNAH - James KAVANAGH -
Frances PLIMMER
United Kingdom
Where is Surveying Heading - Issues in Educating the Public?
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  François MAZUYER
France
Continuous Training – the French Experience
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    Tom BRAMALD - Henny MILLS - Jon MILLS - Stuart EDWARDS
United Kingdom
Recruitment, Retention and Progression of Geomatics Undergraduates at Newcastle University
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  Josef STROBL - Adrijana CAR
Austria
Continuing Professional Education via Distance Learning – Success Factors and Challenges
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11:00 to 13:00   WORKSHOP 1
Room A802
    WORKSHOP "Students Where Are You?"

Introduction: Rob Mahoney
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Group Works (4 Groups)
Rooms A802 - A803 - A714 - A103a
 
14:00 to 15:30   Session 3a: New Methods for Knowledge Transfer
Room A802
Chair: Reinfried MANSBERGER
  Session 3b: Scope of Competences in Professional Education
Room A803
Chair: Ekkehart GRILLMAYER
    Ales CEPEK - Jan PYTEL
Czech Republic
SQLtutor
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  Branko BOZIC - Zagorka GOSPAVIC
Serbia
Scope of Competences of Future Serbian Surveyors Educated under the New Master Study Program in Land Law and Economy
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    Liza GROENENDIJK
The Netherlands
Experience-Based Learning in the Geo-Information Sciences: 15 Years of Nuts Game
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  Anka LISEC - Samo DROBNE - Dušan PETROVIČ - Bojan STOPAR
Slovenia
Professional Competences of Surveying (Geodetic) Engineers
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    Dalibor BARTONĚK - Jiři BUREŠ - Aleš DRÁB - Miroslav MENŠIK
Czech Republic
Usage of a Multidisciplinary GIS Platform for the Design of Building Structures
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  Michaela RAGOSSNIG-ANGST
Austria
The Role of the Engineering Consultant for Surveying in Foreign Projects
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    Erwin HEINE - Mario Santana QUINTERO - Bjorn VAN GENECHTEN
Austria - Belgium - Belgium
ICT-Supported Learning and Training Tools for Terrestrial Laser Scanning Applications
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  Luciana OPREA - Ioan IENCIU
Romania
On Computerizing Geodetic Surveys in the Context of Higher Education
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16:00 to 18:00   WORKSHOP 2
Room A802
    WORKSHOP "Students Today - Students Tomorrow"

Introduction: Cecilia LINDČN
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Group Works (4 Groups)
Rooms A802 - A803 - A714 - A103a
Saturday, 28th February 2009
09:00 to 10:30   Session 4a: Educational Networks (2)
Room A802
Chair: Liza GROENENDIJK
  Session 4b: Quality Assurance (2)
Room A803
Chair: Steve FRANK
    Rainer PRÜLLER - Johannes SCHOLZ - Clemens STRAUSS
Austria
Teaching GIS in Central Asia
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  Nicolae LUDUŞAN - Levente DIMÉN
Romania
On Student Assessment in Technical Distance Education
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    Kate FAIRLIE
United Kingdom / Australia
Navigating a Global Consciousness: A Young Surveyor’s Future
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  Olga PETRAKOVSKA
Ukraine
Current Situation in Ukraine of Urban and Rural Land Development (Practice and Education)
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    Ioan IENCIU - Luciana OPREA
Romania
Training Young Romanian Land Surveyors in an International Context
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  Georg GARTNER - Robert WEBER
Austria
Comtemporary Education and Quality Assurance in the Geodesy and Geoinformation Programs at the Vienna University of Technology
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11:00 to 12:30   Workshop Presentations - Commission 2 Issues - CLOSING
Room A802
Chair: Bela MARKUS
    Rob MAHONEY
Chair Workshop "Students Where Are You?"
Results of Workshop "Students Where Are You?"
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    Cecilia LINDČN and Kate FAIRLIE
Chair Workshop "Students Today - Students Tomorrow"
Results of Workshop "Students Today - Students Tomorrow?"
[ paper ] [ handouts - Lindén ] [ handouts - Fairlie ]
    Bela MARKUS
Chair of FIG Commission 2
Commission 2 Issues
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    Reinfried MANSBERGER - Gert STEINKELLNER
Chairs of Organising Committee
CLOSING
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