OPENING CEREMONY

Date: Sunday 11 September 2022
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location:  DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre Warsaw

The Opening Ceremony will provide a spectacular introduction to the FIG Congress, its theme, and its unique location – a festive start of the week.

During the Opening, the key address of organizers and important guests (representatives of the ministry responsible for geodesy and cartography, Surveyor General, representation of municipality and voivodeship) will be included in this programme part. FIG President Rudolf Staiger will be the key-note speaker.

The Opening Ceremony will be held in the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre Warsaw, in one of the biggest ballrooms in this part of Europe with 2000 m2 available for Congress purposes.

After the opening the exhibition will be opened  and the Welcome Reception will take place in the exhibition area.

Keynote speaker:

• Dr. Prof. Rudolf Staiger, FIG President
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There was welcome addresses by:

• Mr. Piotr Uściński, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology
• Ms. Alicja Kulka, Surveyor General, Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography
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• Dr. Rafał Trzaskowski, President of Warsaw
• Prof. Janusz Walo, President of Polish Association of Surveyors, SGP
• Dr. Krzysztof Bakuła, Co-Congress Director, SGP