Commission work shared at two invited UN presentations – available to view online

At the United Nations Datathon Training Webinar: Integration of Geospatial Information and Statistics for the SDGs in the context of Big Data held on Oct 4, 2023 Hosted by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division – ICA Cartography and Sustainable Development Commission Chair, Britta Ricker was invited to present her talk titled “Understanding, analyzing and visualizing big data: A geospatial approach for the SDGs” you may watch the full presentation here.

The IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information: Rescuing the SDGs with Geospatial Information hosted by the Working Group on Geospatial Information (WGGI) of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) This event titled: Rescuing the SDGs with Geospatial Information UN55SC was held on February 19, 2024.Britta Ricker was Invited to Present Commission work in her talk titled “How can… or how does academia help with the SDG indicators? Academic research for sustainable development” Watch Dr. Ricker talk here This event was formally hosted by United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN GGIM), and well organized by Mark Iliffe.

The event was chaired by Ms Mary Smyth, Central Statistics Office, Ireland and is the co-Chair IAEG-SDGs WGGI. Other presenters in this seminar included: Mr Olav Eggers, Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure, Denmark talk titled: National geospatial information for supporting the SDGs and Mr David Borges, Committee on Earth Observations Satellites (CEOS) and NASA , USA with his talked titled: Global data, national progress, local impact