RICS Evening lecture series 2015-16 winter sessions - Tues 26th Jan UK GeoForum lecture RICS GGS 17.30 for 18.00
Dear Colleagues
(apols for cross posting)
It’s nearly Spring time and time for our annual UK GeoForum lecture. After a very successful Christmas lecture featuring the 2015 Michael Barrett award
speaker Paul Munro-Faure (FAO), we expect this next lecture to be popular so do please reserve a place by simply emailing International Support <[log in to unmask]> Lectures are free and open to all. Do please feel free to pass on the details to
colleagues.
A number of this sessions lectures are being held on
Tuesdays rather than the traditional Thursdays, please make sure to note the change in day.
Many of you will have attended the enormously successful GeoBusiness 2015 conference and exhibition in May and we are delighted to announce that the dates
for 2016 have been set. GeoBusiness 2016 will be held 24th – 25th May at the same location, Business Design Centre Islington London. The call for papers for the 2016 event
http://geobusinessshow.com/ is live. The 2016 conference again brings together RICS, AGI, CICES, the TSA and ICE for the geospatial event for everyone involved in the gathering, storing,
processing and delivering of geospatial information. RICS would encourage all of our members to actively engage with an event that has such wonderful potential for our industries. The UK has a burgeoning and rapidly expanding geo-industry sector and we at
RICS feel that this is the conference and exhibition that we deserve and one which all of our organisations can really get behind. See you all in Islington (again).
RICS Geomatics evening lectures are free and open to all (especially students) and we would ask that all those wishing to attend contact our International
Support Team <[log in to unmask]> to guarantee a place. Evening lectures have proved increasingly popular over the last few years and are often oversubscribed. All details on future evening lectures and for the latest from RICS Geomatics can be
found at www.rics.org/geomatics and at the urls below each lecture. Online resources from the 2014-15 session can be accessed @
https://communities.rics.org/connect.ti/Wikigeo/groupHome Do please feel free to pass these details onto colleagues.
Tues 26th Jan 2016 – UK Geo-forum annual lecture
Title: The future of geospatial information in the UK
Speaker: Nigel Clifford CEO Ordnance Survey
Nigel joined OS in June 2015, bringing extensive experience of international software, mobile telecoms and services including complex joint venture and public sector enterprises.
He has previously been Chief Executive of Procserve Holdings Ltd, Micro Focus International, Symbian Software Ltd, Tertio Telecoms and Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust. In addition he has held senior roles within Cable & Wireless and BT Group Plc.
Nigel has a Geography degree from Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
http://www.rics.org/uk/training-events/conferences-seminars/2015-16-rics-geomatics-evening-lecture-series-/
Location: RICS HQ, Parliament Square, London SW1P 3AD , 17.30 for 18.00
Thurs 25th Feb 2016 – Measured buildings and property measurement standards
Lecture title:
Measured buildings and property measurement standards
Speaker: Tom Pugh MRICS
Location: RICS HQ, Parliament Square, London SW1P 3AD
Synopsis: Importance on Measured Surveyors with introduction of IPMS and the development
of BIM
What is IPMS
Why do we need IPMS
Who is behind IPMS
Some worked examples
Location: RICS HQ, Parliament Square, London SW1P 3AD , 17.30 for 18.00
Thurs TBC April 2016 – Scottish lecture
Lecture title: Measured surveys 3rd ed guidance and spec – at the heart of every good survey is a strong specification
Speaker: James Kavanagh MRICS, Director Land and Resources RICS
Location: TBC
Synopsis:
Measurement, be it of land, buildings or utilities, is central to the core practice of surveyors around the world. But just what is the ’essense’ of Measurement and how do we ensure
consistency in measurement and specifications? How do we communicate these needs to clients? In a language they understand? and how do we price accordingly? How does the new International Property Measurement Standard (IPMS) directly connect valuation and
measurement? And just what happened when RICS delved into the world of BIM and scanned its HQ to create a 3d model and subsequent BIM model and what kind of technology is just around the corner.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) has the potential to revolutionise construction and infrastructure design and delivery but also has an enormous role to play in
our management of the current built environment. This presentation will also explore how RICS is developing the central role of the surveyor within the BIM lifecycle, how a consistent measured survey specification and spatial accuracy is at the heart of BIM
model integrity (during all stages) and how the centralised communication and data transfer aspects of BIM may be the biggest ‘cultural’ hurdles to overcome.