11th Conference
8 - 17 August 2017, New York
- Note Verbale
- About the venue
- 50th Anniversary
- Special presentations
- Panel discussions
- Side events
- Exhibition Posters
- Exhibition Photos
- Photo Gallery
Note Verbale
About the venue
- New York Resource Guide - Updated as of 3 July 2017
- Conference Building lay out
50th Annivesary
Special presentations
8 August 2017
- UN-GGIM, by Mr. Tim Trainor
- A reflection of UNGEGN Capacity building programme and communication and publication activities
- 50 years trying for training courses in Toponymy - Mr. Ferjan Ormeling
- UNCSGN and UNGEGN: publications and communcations - Ms. Helen Kerfoot
9 August 2017
- Geographical names standardization in Africa: challenges and constraints, by Ms. Naima Friha and Mr. Brahim Atoui
- Google Maps, by Mr. Ethan Russell
10 August 2017
- New York city urban names, by Prof. Irena Vasiliev
- Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges, by Mr. CheeHai TEO
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- Mapping our Seas, Oceans and Waterways - more important than ever, by Mr. Yves Guillam
14 August 2017
- Field Names in the Tyrol (Austria) - Collection, Standardization and Cultural Aspects, by Mr. Gerhard Rampl
15 August 2017
- How the NYC Data Analytics Team Responded to and Learned from a Catastrophe, by Mr. Amen Ra Mashariki
- Detailed Population Modeling: The Integration of Satellite and Census Data, by Mr. Greg Yetman
16 August 2017
- Māori geographic naming in New Zealand, with emphasis on the Treaty of Waitangi, by Mr. Mark Dyer
- Second Administrative Level Boundaries (SALB), by Mr. Guillaume Le Sourd
17 August 2017
- Connecting Cities and Citizensto Improve Urban Mobility, by Mr. Adam Fried
Panel discussions
- National Names Authorities, 9 August 2017
- Geographical Names as Cultural Heritage, 10 August 2017
- Making Geographical Names Data Accessible and Available, 11 August 2017
- UN resolutions on the reduction of exonym use: Witnesses of the past or guidelines still observed, 14 August 2017
- Writing names in so-called non-written languages, 15 August 2017
- Support of geographical names data files and gazetteers to UN-GGIM activities – like the SDGs / 2030 Agenda , 16 August 2017
Side events
- Side events calendar (as of 8 August 2017)
- Side events presentation materials
Exhibition posters
- China: China's Work in Geographical Names of Sea and Ocean
- China: Cultural Construction in Geographical Names of China
- China: Standardization of Geographical Names in China
- China: The Second National Survey of Geographical Names in China
- Czech Republic: Czechia
- Egypt : Census 2017 Geographical Names Geodatabase
- Egypt : Egypt Geospatial Information Portal
- Indonesia: Toponym Activities in Indonesia
- Indonesia: Toponymy in Indonesia for Small Islands Naming
- Indonesia: The Role of Toponymy in Indonesia "Mudik" Activities
- New Zealand: New Zealand Geographical Names Standardization
- Republic of Korea: Geographic Information for People with Diasbilities
- UNGEGN participation : 2002-2007
- Fifth UN Conference, 1987
- Women and UNGEGN