We are pleased to issue this first announcement and invitation to sponsor, exhibit, present, attend and participate at 
SA Surveying + Geomatics Indaba 2013, the major 
surveying and geomatics conference, exhibition and training event of the year, jointly hosted by the 
South African Geomatics Institute (SAGI) and 
EE Publishers:DATE: Tuesday and Wednesday, 23 and 24 July 2013.
TIME: 08h00 to 17h00; with cocktail party thereafter on 23 July 2013.
VENUE: Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa.
SA Surveying + Geomatics Indaba 2013 is the 
official surveying and geomatics event of the year, and is supported and endorsed by:
PositionIT magazine from 
EE Publishers is the official supporting journal for 
SA Surveying + Geomatics Indaba 2013.
In addition to the 
exhibition and 
conference with 
academic and 
general papers, there will be a heavy emphasis on 
vocational training, 
skills upgrading and 
continuing professional development (CPD), through an intensive series of practical, hands-on 
training workshops at 
SA Surveying + Geomatics Indaba 2013.
PLATO has accredited attendance of the 
SA Surveying + Geomatics 2013 conference for 
two CPD points (one CPD point per day attended). 
SA Surveying + Geomatics Indaba 2013 is primarily aimed at leaders, academics, professionals, technologists, technicians, students and companies in the public and private sectors involved with or interested in: 
- Surveying (land, hydrographic, construction, mine, photogrammetric, aerial and space-based)
 - GNSS, GPS, navigation and positioning technologies
 - Geomatics and geographic information science (GIS)
 - Remote sensing and photogrammetry
 - Mapping and cartography
 - Location-based applications and business
 - Geospatial data and databases, data analysis and maintenance
 - Software, tools and equipment for the surveying and geomatics industry
 
A formal 
Call for Sponsors, 
Call for Exhibitors, 
Call for Papers and 
Call for Delegates will be issued shortly for 
SA Surveying + Geomatics Indaba 2013, but in the meantime, expressions of interest by sponsors, exhibitors, presenters and delegates, and requests for further information, should be addressed to: