The Austrian cadastre organization BEV hosted the Common Vision Conference 2017 on 5-6 October in Vienna, Austria. This is a joint event with the Common Vision partners: CLGE, ELRA, EuroGeographics, FIG, EULIS, PCC, and UNECE WPLA. The theme of the conference was “Tradition meets Innovation”. The conference followed the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the BEV in Austria held on 4 October in Vienna.