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Visit to the Ministry of Research and Technology (RISTEK).
Jakarta is a modern city with more than 9 million residents and 12
million daily workers and visitors.
In the National Museum you can examples of the ancient human beings,
Indonesian architecture and treasures.
National Monument in the City Centre.
In the Antique Market you can find both old and new antiquities - also
surveying instruments.
Sunda Kepala Harbour was the start of the city - even today you can see
how the old ships are used for bring in timber and other cargo to
Jakarta.
The old Batavian houses offer nice venues for dinners and evening
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FIG Vice President
T.N.
Wong and Director Markku Villikka visited Jakarta March 3-9
to discuss and agree on the final arrangements of the 3rd FIG Regional
Conference to be held in Jakarta, October 3-7, 2004. During the visit
the delegation had several meetings with the local organising committee
and local partners. The visit was hosted by Dr. Sobar Sutisna,
Chair of Ikatan Surveyors Indonesia and the local organising committee
and Ir. Rudolf. W. Matindas, Head of Indonesian National
Coordinating Acengy for Surveys and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL). Both ISI,
FIG member association in Indonesia and BAKOSURTANAL are strongly
committed to the conference.
The theme of the 3rd Regional Conference is "Surveying the Future -
Contributions to Economic, Environmental and Social Development".
Especially the economic aspect is very crucial in South East Asia at the
moment when the economy is starting to improve after some difficult
years.
The conference is not only for Asia and the Pacific but as the
previous FIG regional conference an excellent forum for international,
regional and local surveyors to meet. The expectations in Indonesia is
that the conference will be attended by 600 delegates. All ten FIG
commissions are committed to attend and many of them have also their
administrative meetings during the event.
The conference is supported by the United Nations FAO, UNEP and
UN-HABITAT and the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), the ASEAN
Federation of Land Surveying and Geomatics (The ASEAN FLAG) and the
Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific
(PCGIAP). During the visit it was confirmed that the conference is
further co-sponsored by the Ministry of Research and Technology (RISTEK)
from Indonesia, The Governor of Jakarta City Government and the
Indonesian National Land Agency (BPN).
The topics of the conference include issues of interest to all FIG
commissions. Of special interest to the local professionals are e.g.
professional qualifications and standards; GSDI; marine cadastre and
CZM; land management and land administration and land registers
including decentralization of land administration; and technical issues
like reference frames, new technologies in GPS and remote sensing and in
mobile mapping.
It was decided that the conference will be held at the JW Marriott
Hotel in central Jakarta, offering excellent meeting facilities and
rates for participants (less than 100 USD including breakfast and
taxes). Conference fee is also very reasonable - early bird rate is 250
euros - including lunches and coffees.
During the conference there are opportunities to visit Jakarta on a
city tour as well as experience the flavour of Indonesian hospitality
and culture at the welcome reception, Indonesian evening and gala
dinner. Last day is reserved for technical/social tour to Bogor, where
we visit the famous botanical gardens, the Bogor Palace and
BAKOSURTANAL.
The post-conference tours include the famous Bali, Thousand Islands
outside Jakarta and Yogyakarta and Bandung.
Deadline for submitting abstracts is 31 May 2004 and deadline for
papers is 31 July 2004.
More information:
www.fig.net/figtree/jakarta
The Botanical Garden with more than 10,000 species is the biggest in the
whole of South East Asia.
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