General
The overall theme of the Working Week is "Bridging the Gap between Cultures". The theme addresses the changes in current world and the importance of cultures and understanding the differences in different parts of the world including professional development, traditions and legislation at the same time when the world is more harmonised with common standards and global markets. These issues face also the surveying profession in all its fields. Marrakech and Morocco as cross roads of cultures for centuries is a perfect venue to focus on this topic. The Working Week will bring surveyors and land professionals from all over the world together to meet while specific focus will be given to the Arabic countries and the Francophone Africa.

The opening ceremony and three plenary sessions will address key issues of the surveying profession including latest development in surveying technology, land administration and land tenure, geospatial information, urbanisation and sustainable cities and their relations to cultural and regional diversity. On Friday morning the plenary session will at the same time be the General Assembly of ONIGT addressing key issues in Morocco such as environment and sustainable development. This session offers a showcase of Moroccan and international experiences for all Working Week participants.

The technical programme will include a broad professional and scientific programme with eight slots each offering from 8 up to 10 parallel sessions and workshops. With flash presentations the programme offers more than 400 presentations in a three-day technical programme.

The technical programme will offer specially invited high profile presentations and papers that are selected through the open call for papers procedure. The Call for Papers is open for both peer review and non-peer review submissions. FIG Working Week 2011 will gather international practitioners and academics from all disciplines within the surveying, geospatial, natural and built environment professions (land surveying, land administration and management, land and real property appraisals, spatial sciences, spatial planning and development, positioning and measurement, engineering surveying, hydrography, environmental and green building and cost, construction and project management). FIG 2011 will be the major FIG conference in 2011 and the first Working Week organised by the new FIG Council and Commissions as part of the FIG work plan for 2011-2014.

FIG Working Week 2011 is the main event in 2011 for all ten FIG technical commissions. Therefore proposals for papers are requested in all topics of interest of the following commissions:

Professional Standards and Practice
Professional Education
Spatial Information Management
Hydrography
Positioning and Measurement
Engineering Surveys
Cadastre and Land Management
Spatial Planning and Development
Valuation and the Management of Real Estate
Construction Economics and Management; and
History of Surveying and Measurement (Permanent Institution of FIG).
Specific topics of FIG Working Week 2011
In the open call for papers non-peer review and peer review papers are invited from following detailed topics.

Commission 1 - Professional Standards and Practice

Development of professional qualifications, standards and review systems
Professional services to the public and the marketing of the profession
Young professionals (sessions organised by Young Surveyors Network)
Global labour market and mutual recognition of qualifications
Changing role of the surveyor, innovation and new ways of working
Professional ethics as a way to succeed in business
Institutional development and legislative issues
Profession and market economies
Liberalisation pf the professional market
Commission 2 - Professional Education

Attracting new generations and students to surveying programmes
Innovation in surveying curricula
International knowledge exchange
e-Learning - content development methods, tools, student support
Life-long learning - educational and training services
Quality assurance in education and training
Good educational practices
Networking in education and training
Capacity building
Commission 3 - Spatial Information Management (SIM)

Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) at all levels - local, regional, national and global
SDI components - technology, policy, standards, and users
e-Governance and SDI in supporting decision making - theory, applications and best practice
Integration of spatial data - cadastre, land use, real estate, utilities, environment, socio-economic information, etc.
3D/4D geospatial models, algorithms, standards and applications
Geo-sensor networks and SDI
Business models, public-private partnerships and economic aspects of SDI
SIM meeting challenges - natural and environmental risk prevention and disaster management, waste management, etc.
SDI interoperability aspects - standards, technical tools, metadata, portals and clearinghouses
SDI - control and quality assurance processes
Web and mobile GIS - challenges, services and real-time capabilities
2D/3D geospatial visualisation
4D geospatial visualization - algorithms and models in support of natural environment processes
Commission 4 - Hydrography

Hydrographic surveying in practice
Administering marine spaces
Data collection, sea level monitoring and climate change
Multi sensor systems in hydrography
Ellipsoidal hydrographic surveying
Vertical link between different height measurements and height systems
Monitoring and mapping of the coast and coastal zone management
Standards and guidelines
Hydrography enabling world issues (socioeconomic/environmental issues, benefits, gaps and links etc.)
Commission 5 - Positioning and Measurement

Geodetic and positioning measurement - infrastructure, methodology, adjustment and analysis
Standards, best practice guidelines, quality assurance and calibration for survey (including geodetic) measuring instruments
National or geospatial reference systems and associated infrastructure
Reference systems, frames and datums in practice
GNSS CORS RTK networks and infrastructure - the impact of these networks, their operations and applications
AFREF - the African Reference Frame Project
Geodetic observing systems - the role in global / regional issues and climate change
Terrestrial and airborne laserscanning
Cost-effective surveying (GNSS and other survey methods)
Ubiquitous positioning techniques and applications -such as RFID, WiFi, AGPS, mobile phones, MEMS inertial sensors, Locata
Kinematic measurements - including GNSS and Multi Sensors Systems
GNSS modernisation and its effect on surveying
Geoids and gravity - modelling, measurements and applications
eGeodesy
GGOS (Global Geodetic Observing System))
Commission 6 - Engineering Surveys

Deformation measurement
Engineering surveys in managing natural disasters
Engineering survey case studies
Precise height measurements for engineering
Recent industrial surveying and sensing technologies and applications
Laser scanning applications
Machine control and guidance with surveying technologies
Surveying technologies for sustainable rural and urban development
Positioning of buried utilities
Commission 7 - Cadastre and Land Management

Land policy and reform
Land administration to support sustainable development
Applications of innovative technology in land administration
Development of pro poor land management and land administration
Low cost surveying and mapping
Customary and group land rights
3D and 4D cadastre
Establishment of international borders
Marine cadastre
State land management
Land administration in post conflict and post natural disaster areas
Innovative cadastre and land rights management
Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development

Bridging the urban and rural divide
Urban and rural land use planning
Planning policies and environmental improvement
Informal settlement issues in spatial development, planning and governance
Planning and managing urbanisation
Regional and local structure planning
Disaster risk management
Public-private partnerships in planning and land development
Commission 9 - Valuation and the Management of Real Estate

Real estate valuation
Valuation methods for properties where no markets exist for them
Land and property taxation
Valuation profession and valuation standards
GIS in real estate valuation
Real estate finances and investments
Real estate management
Compulsory purchase and compensations in land acquisition and takings
Real property practises and sustainable cities
Commission 10 - Construction Economics and Management

Construction economics
Commercial management
Project and programme management
Innovative house building and mass customisation in housing
Construction technologies, methodologies and liveable cities
Sustainable housing, "green building" programmes and indexes
Improving conditions in Informal settlement with innovative construction methodologies
Large size construction management support by surveyors
Encouraging green management in projects
Green contracts and procurement
Whole life cycle assessment
Best practices - practical examples and results of the projects
History of Surveying and Measurement

History of surveying and measurement
Historical Maps
Historical (and heroic) surveys in Africa and elsewhere
Submission of Proposals
This Call for Papers is announced both for peer review papers and non-peer review papers. Detailed information and important dates are shown below.

Non-Peer Review - Submission of Abstracts

We invite you to submit an abstract for the FIG Working Week 2011 Congress by 22 November 2010. Note: Deadline for submitting abstracts has been extended to 15 December 2010. The abstract shall not exceed 250 to 500 words in length describing the objectives, results, conclusions and significance of your work. The abstract shall include the names and affiliations of all authors. Please feel free to submit an abstract on any topic related to the specific topics of FIG 2010.

If you prefer you can also submit your paper for flash presentation. The flash presentations will be included in the technical programme and full paper will be published in the proceedings. The time given for flash presentations will be shorten than for normal presentation. This is the concept that was successfully used at FIG congress in 2010.

All abstracts shall be submitted online to FIG on the following web site: http://www.fig.net/abstractdb/submit.asp?id=13. Please mark "This abstract is submitted for non-peer review" or "This abstract is submitted for flash presentation"

Deadline for submitting the abstract has been extended to 15 December 2010. For other important deadlines see important dates.

Please read the guidelines for the lay out of the papers and use the FIG-template when writing.

If you have problems with the online submission, the abstract can also be submitted in electronic format to:

International Federation of Surveyors
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33
DK-1780 Copenhagen V, DENMARK
Tel + 45 3886 1081
Fax + 45 3886 0252
by email: louise-friis-hansen@fig.net

Please include at the end of your abstract all your contact details, including name, address, phone and fax numbers and email. Please also include on your abstract whether you have a preference for a normal or for flash presentation. Receipt of your abstract will be acknowledged electronically.

When submitting a paper the author(s) agree that FIG has the right to publish the paper in the conference proceedings (at the conference and on the FIG web site); in the FIG Surveyors Reference Library; and in the FIG online journal (if selected for this purpose) without any further agreement or compensation. The copyright of the paper remains by the author(s).
The number of abstracts is limited to a maximum of two per author.

Peer Review - Submission of Full Papers

If you want to present a peer review paper at the FIG Working Week 2011 you shall submit your full paper by 22 November 2010. Note: Deadline for peer review papers has passed and no new proposals can be accepted. When preparing the paper, please follow the guidelines prepared for papers (paper guidelines and the specific paper template for FIG Working Week 2011 that are available on the conference web site). Please feel free to submit a paper on any topic related to the specific topics of FIG 2011.

The peer review process is double blind and deadlines for different steps can be seen below under important dates.

Please read the guidelines for the lay out of the papers and use the FIG-template when writing.

Full papers shall be submitted to FIG in electronic format to:
International Federation of Surveyors by email to louise.friis-hansen@fig.net.

If you have problems with email the paper can be uploaded to a large-file site (e.g. http://www.sendspace.com/ or submitted (in electronic format) by mailing it to
International Federation of Surveyors
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33
DK-1780 Copenhagen V
DENMARK
Tel + 45 3886 1081
Fax + 45 3886 0252

Please include at the end of your paper all your name, address, phone and fax numbers and email address. Papers that are not accepted by the peer review process can be offered to the conference as non peer reviewed papers. In the conference programme a paper that has been accepted by the peer review process will be marked "This is a peer reviewed paper". When submitting a paper the author(s) agree that FIG has the right to publish the paper in the conference proceedings (at the conference and on the FIG web site); in the FIG Surveyors Reference Library; and in the FIG online journal (if selected for this purpose) without any other agreement or compensation. The copyright of the paper remains by the author(s).

Important: In addition to submitting the full paper, you shall also submit an abstract of your paper online to FIG database on the following web site: http://www.fig.net/abstractdb/submit.asp?id=13. Please mark "This abstract is submitted for peer review". Before sending the abstract and full paper, please read the FIG guidelines for peer review papers.

Receipt of your abstract and paper will be acknowledged electronically according to the time schedules.

The number of papers for peer review is limited to a maximum of one paper per author.

Further information
For any information see the conference web site: www.fig.net/fig2011 and in French and Arabic at www.onigt.ma/fig2011. All abstracts and papers have to be submitted in English. In part of the sessions translation between English, French and Arabic will be provided.

The online registration opens in December 2010.

Any inquiries on call for papers, abstracts, peer review process and technical programme, please contact the FIG Office (Email: louise.friis-hansen@fig.net or markku.villikka@fig.net, tel +45 3886 1081; fax +45 3886 0252).

Important dates
Deadlines for submitting abstracts, papers and registration are:

Non Peer Reviewed Papers Peer Reviewed Papers
15 December 2010 22 November 2010
Deadline for authors to submit non peer reviewed abstracts. Deadline for authors to submit full papers for peer review.
19 January 2011 15 January 2011
Confirmation to authors of acceptance of non peer reviewed abstracts.
First draft of the technical programme will be published on the web. First notification to authors of acceptance to authors of peer reviewed papers.
For accepted papers, authors will also be notified of any modifications required by the reviewers.
Authors of papers not accepted for peer review will be offered to convert the paper to the non peer review process.
31 January 2011
Deadline for authors to submit revised full paper for 2nd round of peer review (depending on proposed corrections from reviewers).
10 February 2011
Second notification to authors of acceptance of peer reviewed papers with the possibility of further modifications from the 2nd round of peer review.
All Papers (peer reviewed and non peer reviewed)
10 February 2011
Technical programme published on the conference web site.
16 February 2011
Early bird registration closes
Deadline for all authors to register.
16 March 2011
Deadline for all authors to submit Full Papers.
6 April 2011
Deadline for normal registration.
18-22 May 2011
FIG Working Week 2011