Opening Ceremony |
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The opening ceremony gathered more than 1,400 participants to the
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The plenary hall was filled to the last seat leaving some interested
participants in the foyer.
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Alois Glück, Präsident des Bayerischen Landtags, and Dr.
Edmund Stoiber, Bayerischer Ministerpräsident, together with
Hagen Graeff, President of DVW and Prof. Holger Magel,
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Dr. Klaus Töpfer, long-time Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Dr.
Stoiber and President Magel in discussion before the opening ceremony.
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Keynote speakers of the opening ceremony.
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Dr. Klaus Töpfer, Dr. Edmund Stoiber and Mr. Hagen Graeff. |
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Among invited guests Dr. Josef Frankenberger, Head of the
Bavarian Land survey Administration... |
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... as well as Jack Dangermond, President of ESRI and Dr. Paul
Munro-Faure from FAO. |
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Other invited guests included Volkmar Teetzmann, President of
BDVI , Earl James, Honorary President of FIG, Dave Zilkoski,
NOAA and Juha Talvitie, Honorary President of FIG... |
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... and Jarmo Ratia, President Elect of GSDI, Henning
Elmstroem, President of CLGE, Dr. Heinz Draheim, Dr. Peter
Dale and Robert W. Foster all Honorary Presidents of FIG. |
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... and Josef Müller and Maximilian Geierhos, one of the
keynote speakers at the plenary sessions.
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Congress Directors Walter Henninger and Thomas Gollwitzer
together with the FIG Congress Prize winner Ms. Nsame Nsemiwe
from Zambia. |
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Dr. Heinz Draheim, President of FIG during the previous FIG Congress in
Germany in 1973 is now Honorary President of FIG. |
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The congress was attended by several presidents of sister organisations
including ISPRS, IAG and Prof. Milan Konecny, President of ICA. |
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FIG Congress Director Thomas Gollwitzer. |
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Walter Henninger, Congress Director of INTERGEO 2006.
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Hagen Graeff, President of DVW was in charge for the congress on behalf
of the hosting FIG member association. |
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The official welcome greeting was given by Dr. Edmund Stoiber, Bavarian
Minister President. |
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President Magel gives Dr. Stoiber the FIG globe as a token from the
congress. |
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President Magel making his opening address - Shaping the Change. |
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Dr. Klaus Töpfer, long-time Executive Director of UNEP spoke in his
keynote address about More Just World – the Surveyors’ Role for
Achieving Sustainable Development. |
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Klaus Töpfer receives from Holger Magel the FIG globe as a token of the
congress. |
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Holger Magel awards Ms. Nsame Nsemiwe the FIG Congress Prize 2006. |
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Ms. Nsame Nsemiwe from Zambia was the winner of the FIG Congress Prize
2006. The prize was given for her two papers provided to the
competition. |
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At the opening ceremony the DVW Prize was given to Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Harald Schlemmer by Rolf Richter, President of the Rural
Development Office Under Franconia. |
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The audience was entertained by Bassiona Amorosa. The double-bass
ensemble performed both classical favourites and the FIG fanfare with
great success. |
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Bassiona Amorosa with some of the invited guests: |
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Students of the TUM master course together with Klaus Töpfer and
President Magel after the opening ceremony. |
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Opening Reception |
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The opening ceremony was followed by a lunch reception hosted by DVW for
the invited guests. Here President and Mrs. Magel together with Dr. and
Mrs Töpfer, Dr. Irene Wiese-von Ofen (IFHP), Prof. Peter Dale and Dr.
Babette Wehrmann. |
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Board members of DVW after the opening ceremony:
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Dr. Günther Nagel, Dr. Juha Talvitie, Dr. Maija Saleva and
Matt and Jane Higgins. |
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FIG Council members: Andreas Drees, Ralf Schroth and
Thomas Gollwitzer. |
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