FIG Working Week 2016: Recovery from Disaster

The theme, “Recovery from Disaster,” reflects New Zealand’s experience recovering from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence. Many inhabitants throughout the world face various kinds of disasters such as eg. flooding, storms, tsunamis, drought and the after effects of conflicts etc. Surveying and spatial professionals are key actors in making an important contribution to improve, simplify and to shorten the disaster mitigation, rehabilitation and reconstruction phase.

FIG Working Week is an exciting week-long conference that brings the international community of surveying and spatial professionals together to experience a mix of interesting plenary and technical sessions and workshops, a trade exhibition and a variety of side events and social functions. The week gives a unique opportunity to discuss key challenges of our time within the surveying profession with fellow peers.

Plenary sessions

The plenary sessions will focus on aspects of the theme Recovery from Disaster in a variety of international contexts.

• Plenary session 1: The Christchurch story “Christchurch’s response to the 2011 earth quake”
• Plenary session 2: Disaster Management and Recovery framework – The Surveyors response
• Plenary session 3: The Public, The Private and the Peoples response for Disaster Management and Recovery in the Surveying Profession - New technologies