The ongoing FIG Congress which started off with the Young Surveyors Conference which was held as a pre-congress-event over the weekend saw all registered and accompanying delegates convene in Warsaw, Poland on the evening of the 11th of September.
Kicking off the congress on its first day (Day-1) was the Opening Ceremony and the Welcome Reception which was held on the evening of the last day of the Young Surveyors Conference. Dr. Krzysztof Bakuła and Ms. Louise Friis-Hansen provided the delegates with a brief introduction of the Congress , its theme and its unique location.
The Opening included key addresses by representatives of the ministry responsible for geodesy and cartography, Surveyor General, representation of municipality and voivodeship. FIG President Rudolf Staiger who will end his 4 years term in 2022 was also the main key-note speaker.
Other speakers that were available to grace the event included:
- Mr. Piotr Uściński, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology
- Ms. Alicja Kulka, Surveyor General, Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography
- Dr. Rafał Trzaskowski, President of Warsaw
- Prof. Janusz Walo, President of Polish Association of Surveyors, SGP
- Dr. Krzysztof Bakuła, Co-Congress Director, SGP
In the end, the day ended with a Welcome Reception which was a walk for delegates to meet, greet and catch-up with old buddies whom they used to interact with virtually unfortunately because of the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the world over the past two years.
During the Welcome Reception/Cultural Evening there was also a show of Polish culture related to folk dance and singing performed by The Song and Dance Ensemble of Warsaw University of Technology, which is one of the oldest student song and dance ensembles in Poland. It was founded in 1951 by a group of future engineers fascinated by Polish folklore.
This marked the official opening of the Congress which would span up from the 12th to the 14th of September. The FIG General Assembly will take place on the 15th day of September which will be followed by the Farewell reception for the event hosted by the FIG Working Week 2023.
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