THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS

Code	:	2020070
Event Name	:	Professions – their origin and development.
CPD Code	:	Formal Events
Speaker	:	Dr Brian Coutts Dr Brian Coutts is a surveyor, planner, mediator and educator from New Zealand. He has worked as a cadastral surveyor and a protected area land use planner in central government, been a surveying and planning consultant, and taught at the University of Otago National School of Surveying being its Deputy Dean for a period. He was also Director of the University’s postgraduate Environmental Science Programme. He is a past President of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and of the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy and was Chair of the Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board of NZ. Latterly he served a 4-year term as Chair of Commission 1 of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) and served for 2 years on its Council.
Event Date	:	2020-05-21
Event Time	:	6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Registration Closing Date	:	2020-05-19
CPD Hour(s)	:	1.5
Venue	:	By online media – ZOOM
Division	:	HKIS
Organizer	:	The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
Fee	:	HK$150 for members; HK$180 for non-members
Priority	:	HKIS members; First-come-first-served
Language	:	English
Details	:	Professions – their origin and development. Professions are distinguished from other occupations by the status and rewards they offer when compared with other contributing members of society. Their origins In European culture go back at least 1000 years but the number of occupations claiming the status of a profession has grown exponentially since the 19th century. This talk identifies their origins and explains the reasons for such growth in the number of occupations claiming such status, which includes the Surveying profession.
Remarks	:	The event will be conducted online via ZOOM. Successful registrants will be notified separately via email with the web link and password in due course to the online event . Please install the Zoom Application in advance at https://www.zoom.us/download. For Mobile phones, iPads & Android, install the ZOOM Cloud Meetings app from App Store or Play Store. For PC and Mac, download and install the Zoom Client for Meetings.
Payment	:	HKD 150
Face-to-Face/Zoom	:	Please refer to the remarks

1.	The registration fee is non-refundable and non-transferrable.
2.	A registration number will be generated for each application. The registration number is unique and non-transferrable. Members cannot proceed to payment if they do not apply the CPD event and obtain the registration number through the HKIS website.
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2.	Members participating in the above visit shall be in good health condition.
3.	While the HKIS has arranged Group Personal Accident insurance for members joining the above visit, members who have been accepted for joining the above visit can consider procuring an appropriate insurance policy to cover their own risks before attending the event.
4.	Claims related to COVID-19 and/or pandemics are excluded under the insurance policy procured by the HKIS.