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Geoff Banham from the Alberta geodetic control unit has been confirmed as the guest/invited speaker for Wed, July 19. His talk is titled: “NATRF2022 – what Canada and the provinces are up to”. Canada and the United States are planning to adopt the North American Reference Frame (NATRF) 2022 in 2025. This presentation outlines the steps Canada (and the provinces) are taking to support the change to NATRF2022.

Folks, please note that the early bird registration is now extended from Sun, April 23 to Sun, May 21, 2023 at midnight. Take care!

The call for abstracts is now closed. Thanks to everyone who submitted. We received submissions from institutions in twenty different states/provinces/countries: South Carolina, Maine, Alberta, Ontario, Italy, Pakistan, South Korea, Pennsylvania, Texas, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, New Brunswick, New York, Ohio, Louisiana, Nebraska, Georgia, Florida, and Iowa. The technical program committee is currently reviewing the abstracts. Authors will be notified by Fri, April 21.

You can now book on-campus stay at the University of Calgary for the 2023 SaGES conference. Please first read the information provided on the ‘Accommodation’ tab on this site, including the .pdf with instructions available for download, and then access the separate booking site.

Dear surveying/geomatics friends and colleagues,

The conference registration site is now live. Please first read the information provided on the registration tab on this site, and then proceed to the separate registration site. Note the following important registration dates:

• Early registration closes on Sun, April 23 May 21, 2023 at midnight
• Regular registration is from Mon, April 24 May 22, 2023 to Sun, June 25, 2023 at midnight
• Late registration is from Mon, June 26, 2023 to Wed, July 19, 2023 at 7:59 pm

All times are given in Mountain Daylight Savings Time (MDT).

See you in 101 days!

The original call for abstracts for the 2023 SaGES conference in Calgary was set to March 17, 2023 (today). In an effort to reach out to more surveying/geomatics colleagues, we have decided to extend the abstract deadline to the end of the month, i.e., March 31, 2023. So far we have received submissions from institutions in South Carolina, Maine, Alberta, Ontario, Italy, Pakistan, South Korea, Pennsylvania, Texas, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, etc. Please keep submitting.

The SaGES 2023 conference in Calgary this year has also been added to the FIG calendar. FIG stands for Fédération Internationale des Géomètres (in French) or in English: the International Federation of Surveyors. Similarly to the ISPRS, FIG is an umbrella organisation where the majority of the membership comes from national associations. The association representing Canada is the Canadian Institute of Geomatics or CIG.

The 2023 Surveying and Geomatics Educators’ Society (SaGES) conference has been approved as a co-sponsored event by the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). The event has been added to the 2023 ISPRS calendar. In essence, there will be a technical session dedicated to the ISPRS Technical Commission V, working group WG V/1 . Commission V is on “Education and Outreach”, and WG V/1 focuses on “Education and Training through Curricula Development and Enhanced Learning Practices”.