Tenth Plenary UN-GGIM: Europe - November 2023

Agenda

Plenary meeting draft agenda (21 November 2023)

Plenary Papers

• Report on implementing the UN-GGIM: Europe Work Plan 2022 – 2025
• Status report from the Line of Work on SDGs
• Status report from the Line of Work on Data Integration
• Status report from the Line of Work on GRF Europe
• Status report from the Line of Work on IGIF
• Report from UN-GGIM: Europe Secretariat

Presentations

Session 1: Opening of the Tenth Plenary of UN-GGIM: Europe

Chair: Tomaz Petek, Chair Executive Committee UN-GGIM: Europe

• UN-GGIM: Europe – celebrating a decade of success

Session 2: Applying the UN-GGIM agenda to Europe

Chair: Frank Tierolff, Executive Committee UN-GGIM: Europe

• Overview of the key outcomes from GGIM13 – Greg Scott, UN-GGIM, UNSD
• The UN-GGIM: Europe Strategy – Carol Agius, UN-GGIM: Europe
• UN-GGIM: Europe LoW Data Integration – Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu, Germany
• UN-GGIM: Europe LoW SDGs – Francisco Vala, Portugal
• UN- GGIM: Europe LoW GRF Europe – Ingrid Vanden Berghe, Belgium
• UN-GGIM: Europe LoW IGIF – James Norris, United Kingdom
• Update from the GGCE – Ingrid Vanden Berghe, Belgium

Session 3: Inter-regional cooperation

Chair: Francisco Vala, Vice-Chair Executive Committee UN-GGIM: Europe

• UN-GGIM: Asia Pacific – Antonius Wijanarto, Indonesia

Session 4: Enhancing the SDGs with authoritative and integrated geospatial data

Chair: Darko Vucetic, Executive Committee UN-GGIM: Europe

• The development framework – Greg Scott, UN-GGIM; UNSD
• Maps and data to tackle climate change – Nicolas Paparoditis, France
• Contributing to sustainable development. A Dutch perspective on the use of authoritative data – Frank Tierolff, The Netherlands
• Transportdata.be – The Belgian National Access Point for Intelligent Transport Systems – Ingrid Vanden Berghe, Belgium

Session 6: Digital transformation through geospatial: European perspective

Chair: David Henderson, Vice-Chair Executive Committee UN-GGIM: Europe

• Digital twins Germany – Paul Becker, Germany
• EU Digital Strategy overview: JRC’s scientific support to policies – Francesco Pignatelli, JRC

Session 7:  Leaving no one behind

Chair: Ingrid Vanden Berghe, Co-Chair UN-GGIM

• Waste Watchers project – Klaas Pauly, VITO BE
• De Lift Education and “Log voor Detail” – Sandra Delbeek, De Lift Education

Session 8: Working in collaboration

Chair: Janusz Dygaszewicz, Executive Committee UN-GGIM: Europe

• Report from UNECE – Taeke Anton Gjaltema, UNECE
• Towards better Integration of statistical and geospatial information in the EU – Teodora Brandmüller, Eurostat

UN-GGIM Thematic Networks (Europe Region)

• Geospatial Societies – Céline Rozenblat, University of Lausanne
• Academic Network – Maria Antonia Brovelli, Politecnico di Milano; Joep Crompvoets, KU Leuven
• Private Sector Network – Peter ter Haar, Ter Haar Geoinnovation