RICS Geo evening lectures winter 2018-19

Dear Colleagues

Winter is coming, and a drop of temperature here at RICS HQ is always a sure sign that the traditional Christmas lecture and Michael Barrett award is not far off. The lecture will be a bit earlier than usual on Thursday 29th Nov RICS HQ and features one of the foremost land professionals in the world - Clarissa Augustinus. Clarissa will also receive the RICS Michael Barrett award, this award (a silver medal and lecture) has been running for over 30 years and previous recipients include some of the giants of our global profession. The award is open to Fellow and Professional Members of RICS (and non-members overseas) and to Barristers and Solicitors at Law practising in the field of Land Law.

'To the person whom in the opinion of the Panel/Division has contributed most to the understanding of the subjects of Land Transfer, Registration and Administration, Encroachments, Cadastre and Boundary issues, or to an improvement in the administration of the Laws regarding them, within the UK and overseas.'

After a very full, lively and popular lecture from William Priest Geospatial Commission (Oct 2018), I would advise a quick ecomms to Linda Powell [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to secure a place

All lectures will be held at RICS HQ Westminster, 17.30 for 18.00 start and are free and open to all. This 2018-19 session is particularly strong on collaborative lectures and, underlining the global nature of our profession in our RICS 150th year, we warmly welcome our colleagues from other organisations and all from our geospatial, offshore and land professions. Do feel free to pass on the details to interested colleagues, students and trainees. Details can also be found @ https://www.rics.org/uk/news-insight/latest-news/news-opinion/geomatics-evening-lecture-series-winter-201819/

Thursday 29th Nov - Michael Barrett award and Christmas lecture - Clarissa Augustinus UN Habitat GLTN

Addressing emerging mega trends through innovative land administration practices

We live in an era of change - global and national. Mega trends such as climate change, global population growth, migration, massive urbanization in some continents and escalating conflict and displacement of people, will continue to influence our countries and our business models for the foreseeable future. The address will describe how we can innovate to tackle these mega-trends by adapting existing land practices. We need to do this in our generation as land administration is in the critical path of the sustainability of the planet. The Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, goals set by humanity for all of humanity, recognize the central role of land to address poverty, hunger, land degradation, gender, city management, peace and stability. The address will draw on work by the UN-Habitat facilitated Global Land Tool Network partners, such as RICS and FIG, and how over the last decade they have developed new land tools to address some of the challenges of the planet. Areas of focus will be: a tried and tested approach to changing business models; the valuation of unregistered land in developing countries, including for compulsory purchase; and issues around conflict and land administration and what is being done and needs to be done.

We are delighted that Clarissa Augustinus has accepted the RICS Michael Barrett award 2018 https://unhabitat.org/addressing-global-land-challenges-clarissa-augustinus-un-habitat/ This will be an evening lecture to remember, Clarissa is one of the foremost land administration experts in the world and will be talking on her thoughts regarding the future of global land administration and the big issues facing the land professions.
Clarissa Augustinus is Unit Leader of Land and the Global Land Tool Network https://gltn.net/ , Urban Legislation, Land and Governance Branch, UN-Habitat. She is the former leader of the Global Land Tool Network, which has more than 60 international partners including the World Bank, Slum/Shack Dwellers International, the Association of African Planning Schools, the International Federation of Surveyors and RICS. She has been the global focal point for urban land in the United Nations system for 15 years. This has exposed her to many global challenges. GLTN works to find solutions. While holding a PhD in Social Anthropology, she was a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering, Surveying and Construction, on land management, at the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. She is widely published.

Thurs 24th Jan 2019 - UK Geo Forum - Cold War Mapping, USSR global coverage - The Red Atlas - the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo24760505.html

Wed 27th Feb 2019 - Offshore/Marine lecture (joint lecture with UK Hydro society)

RICS is running the Autumn Neighbour disputes roadshow 2018 https://www.rics.org/uk/events/conferences-seminars/party-walls-boundaries-roadshow/ at 7 dates across the UK starting on 14th Nov in Newmarket

AGI are holding their excellent GeoCom event on 08th Nov 2018 http://geojoy.co.uk/

CICES has a full programme of CPD events available and RICS is collaborating on several including events in Scotland https://www.cices.org/news/events/the-scottish-spatial-data-hub-where-all-the-survey-data-ends-up/

Our colleagues at the UK Hydrographic Society have an impressive range of CPD events https://www.ths.org.uk/event.asp including a series of winter South West regional lectures. Details TBC.

And to finish, the big geospatial event for 2019 is already coming together. GeoBusiness 2019 https://www.geobusinessshow.com/ 21st - 22nd May 2019 is gaining even more momentum than usual, now into its 6th year and our burgeoning geospatial industries have a real showcase event, exhibition and social to be proud of. Do pencil the dates into your diary.


James Kavanagh MRICS C.Geog
Director Land Standards Group, International Standards and Professional Groups

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