Fifth Plenary UN-GGIM: Europe – June 2018
The Fifth Plenary Meeting of the European Region of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM: Europe) was held from 6 – 7 June 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. The Plenary Meeting of UN-GGIM: Europe was hosted by Eurostat.
The Fifth Plenary Meeting of UN-GGIM: Europe brought together senior executives and experts from the national geospatial information and statistical authorities of 24 Member States, and 12 international and observer organisations.
Agenda >
Participants list coming soon
Meeting Chair – Bengt Kjellson, Chair of the Executive Committee UN-GGIM: Europe
Day 1
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UN-GGIM: Europe – Year in Review | Bengt Kjellson, Chair |
| Session 2: Overview of UN Activities
Chair: Dorine Burmanje, co-Chair UN-GGIM |
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UN-GGIM: Strengthening Geospatial Capability | Greg Scott, UNSD |
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UNECE Geospatial Activities | Lidia Bratanova, UNECE |
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UN-GGIM Academic Network – Current Work plan | Josef Strobl, UN-GGIM Academic Network |
| Session 3: Workshops – two streams
Introduction: Greg Scott, UNSD |
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Stream 1:
Workshop on Global Fundamental Geospatial Data Themes Lead: Clare Hadley, UK Context and FDWG Progress to date Clare Hadley, Fundamental Data WG Relating the themes to SDGs Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu, Data Integration WG Relating the themes to European core data François Chirié, Core Data WG |
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Workshop on Legal and Policy Frameworks for Geospatial Information Management Lead: Malgorzata Drewniak |
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Day 2
| Session 4: Role of geospatial technology and innovation
Chair: Colin Bray, UN-GGIM: Europe |
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Future trends in geographic information management: the five to ten year vision | David Henderson, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
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Italian Cadastral System – Innovative ways in the management and use of the Italian Cadastral Cartography | Franco Maggio, Italy |
| Session 5: Formal Business & wrap-up
Chair: Bengt Kjellson, Chair of the Executive Committee UN-GGIM: Europe |
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Report from Regional WGs: |
François Chirié, France Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu, Germany Markku Poutanen, Finland Hansjörg Kutterer, UN-GGIM: Europe |
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Plenary wrap-up Coming Soon | Carol Agius, UN-GGIM: Europe Secretariat |