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Dear Member

RICS Geomatics will be continuing its unique series of evening lectures again this session. Each lecture is CPD relevant and may count towards your CPD/LLL quota as specified within regulations. All lectures are free and open to all (especially students). There is no need to pre-book. A large number of RICS Geomatics regional and international lectures, events and extensive downloads can also be found @ http://www.rics.org/Environmentalandlandconsultancy/Geomatics/

Also, make sure to access all professional RICS Geomatics guidance from http://www.rics.org/mappp and the new hydro client guide @ http://www.rics.org/RICSWEB/getpage.aspx?p=XTi0axa6V0ajHT3ZilxfOQ 6 more client guides are in in production. All geomatics members now receive the Land Journal (bi-monthly, UK only and bundled within RICS Business) as well as Geomatics World (and Engineering Showcase and GIS Pro on request to the publisher). More on the Land Journal @ http://www.rics.org/RICSWEB/getpage.aspx?p=Ida8vu4vzUmBU8vT7es2LA  RICS Geomatics members are now entitled to apply for the Chartered Environmentalist designation more @ http://www.rics.org/socenv

The evening lectures are traditionally held throughout the autumn and winter months and are open and free to all, members and non-members.

Although most lectures are held at RICS HQ Great George Street, a number are also held regionally but please check the location information within the programme. No prior booking is necessary.

This year's extensive series sees geomatics luminaries such as:

• Prof Paul Van Der Molen (of the globally renowned Dutch Cadastre) become the first international recipient of the coveted Michael Barrett award for land registration and law. Wednesday 13th Dec 2006.
• Dr David Williams, Director General of the British National Space Centre, Jan 2007
• Sir Martin Sweeting, The School of Civil Engineering's Annual Coates Lecture on 'Changing the Economics of space - Small Satellites and Galileo' - IESSG Feb 2007
• Dr Marek Ziabert and Dr Jon Illiffe UCL - Vertical Offshore Reference Systems (VORF) - the next step change in land/marine integrated geodesy

More information on the full RICS Geomatics programme can be found @ http://www.rics.org/RICSWEB/getpage.aspx?p=ctmfFRW_IU2n47vbsUDs0w

Lectures
Xmas lecture and Michael Barrett award: Tenure and tools: two aspects of innovative land administration
http://www.rics.org/RICSWEB/getpage.aspx?p=h-rctkeo-U6ZsxUTbGToiw
Speaker: Paul Van Der Molen, Dutch Cadastre
Location: RICS, 12 Great George Street, Parliament Square, London. SW1P 3AD
Date: Wednesday 13 December 2006
Time: 1800 - 1900, tea/coffee served in the RICS Bar from 17.15
The presentation aims to elaborate the changing concepts of land tenure and changing designs of systems for land administration, as an attempt to better serve poverty reduction and economic growth.

Paul van der Molen (56) has a degree in geodesy from Delft University of Technology (NL). He is currently a director of the Netherlands Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency, responsible for Kadaster International. He is a professor at the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation ITC in Enschede (NL).

He acted as a chair of FIG Commission 7 2002-2006, and has been elected as Vice President if FIG 2007-2008. He acts as a director of the FIG International Bureau of Land Records and Cadastre OICRF.