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selected number of fields of interest. The fields are 
being selected within the context of the ISPRS com- 
mittees and their working groups 
- The main body of the congress contains the technical 
sessions and poster sessions where the state-of-the- 
art and new developments will be presented in the 
subject fields and disciplines of the ISPRS Commis- 
sions and Working Groups. The latest technology will 
be displayed at the exhibition 
The proposed set-up of the Congress Programme has 
been concentrated in a compact formula, starting with two 
days tutorials and workshops, followed by a one week 
Congress as follows: 
Friday July 14 and Saturday July 15, 2000 Tutorials and 
Workshops 
Sunday July 16, 2000 Registration, Special Meetings, Wel- 
come Party 
Monday July 17 up to Sunday July 23, 2000 Official Con- 
gress Programme 
Monday July 17 up to Friday July 22, 2000 Scientific and 
Commercial Exhibition 
In addition, much consideration has been given to attractive 
pre and post-Congress tours and to an eventful Social Pro- 
gramme, including a Partner Programme, for which Amster- 
dam and its environment offer exciting opportunities. 
5. Campaigning in Vienna at the XVIIIth ISPRS 
Congress 
To win the Congress The Netherlands Society of Earth 
Observation and Geoinformatics sent a delegation to 
Vienna to present its bid. The bid book had been carefully 
prepared with assistance from many, in particular the Gov- 
ernment, the ITC, the RAI international Congress Centre 
and the professional congress organiser, Holland Organis- 
ing Centre (HOC), which at a late stage at the end of 1998 
had to be replaced by the PCO Congrex Holland BV. The 
organisation of the exhibition was supported by Rose 
International, Exhibition Management and Consultancy BV 
Competition from other countries was reduced after China 
and Spain withdrew their bids, the remaining contender 
was Indonesia, which after losing its bid to The Nether- 
lands won the presidency of Commission VI. 
To ensure a good presentation to the General Assembly, a 
video was shown which demonstrated in a convincing and 
playful way, that in The Netherlands photogrammetry and 
remote sensing are part of everyday life. In the entrance 
hall of the Congress there was a special information stand 
for The Netherlands to explain their bid and intentions to 
all Congress participants, at apppopriate times supported 
by Dutch cheese and genever. 
6. Local Organisation 
Besides the professional support from Congrex Holland 
and Rose International, The International Institute for Aero- 
International Archives of Photogrammerty and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXIII, Part A. Amsterdam 2000. 
space Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), as part of its 50th 
anniversary, committed considerable staff and logistic 
support , without which it would not have been possible to 
organise this Congress. Another very important support in 
the publishing of printed materials was GITC in Lemmer, 
The Netherlands. 
There was also considerable support from the Ministry of 
Economic Affairs, The Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure 
and Water Management, and the Ministry of Development 
Cooperation. 
Four principal sponsors, nine major sponsors and nine 
other sponsors , named elsewhere in this Part A of the 
Archives, provided sufficient financial support for the travel 
and local expenses of around one hundred participants 
from developing countries and countries in transition, as 
well as for supporting part of the cost of social events. 
The Local Organising Committee of the Congress con- 
sisted of: 
Local Organising Committee 
Klaas Jan Beek Congress Director 
Johan Boesjes Publication and Public Relations 
Nico Bunnik Sponsoring 
Wim Feringa Webmaster and Infrastructure 
Fred Hagman Exhibition and Signboard Super- 
visor 
Cees lJsendoorn Special Tasks 
Lucas Janssen Workshops 
Martien Molenaar Technical Programme 
Rob Neleman Treasurer 
Gerard Nieuwenhuis Exhibition and Technical Tours 
Klaus Tempfli Archives 
Henk Thiadens Poster Session Supervisor 
Jan Timmerman Awards and Archives 
George Vosselman Tutorials 
Technical Secretaries 
Daniela Semeraro 
Saskia Tempelman 
Congress Organiser 
CONGREX HOLLAND BV 
Rika Strik 
Abey Jaarsma 
Floor Schumm 
Exhibition Organiser 
ROSE INTERNATIONAL 
Jantie de Roos 
Marita Boekelman 
7. The Scientific and Technical Programme 
The usual length of the session was 90 minutes, providing 
enough space for presentation and short discussion of 
four to five papers per session. 
Invited papers are intended to stress the specific impor- 
tance of selected topics; they are scheduled at the begin- 
ning of the sessions. Three to five sessions are held in par- 
allel. Much care has been taken by the Scientific Organising 
Committee responsible for the scheduling of the sessions to 
avoid substantial overlap in contents of parallel sessions. 
All submitted extended abstracts were subject to the 
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