Global Working Group on Big Data for Official Statistics
Annual Meeting

07:00

(1) Welcome
Mr. Risenga Maluleke, South Africa, Chair

07:10

(2) Organizational structure of the UN Global Working Group (GWG) on Big Data for Official Statistics Item for information
Mr. Ronald Jansen, UNSD

07:20

(3) UN Global Platform Item for discussion

• Overview - Mr. Tom Smith, UK
• Technical Delivery Board - Mr. Rob McLellan, Canada
• Review of UNGP - Ms. Claire Melamed, GPSDD
• Financial Model - Mr. Ronald Jansen, UNSD

07:50

(4) Regional Hubs in support of the UN Global Platform Item for information

• Introduction – Mr. Tom Smith, UK
• China – Mr. Xian Zude
• Rwanda – Mr. Yusuf Murangwa
• UAE – Mr. Mohammad Hassan
• Brazil – Ms. Maysa Magalhaes

08:10

(5) GWG Task Teams Item for information
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• Introduction – Mr. Niels Ploug, Denmark
• Task Team on Earth Observations, Canada
• Task Team on Mobile Phone Data, ITU
• Task Team on Scanner Data, UK
• Task Team on AIS data, UNSD
• Task Team on Big Data and SDGs, Denmark
• Task Team on Privacy Preserving Techniques, Netherlands
• Task Team on Training, Competencies and Capacity Development, Poland

08:30

(6) GWG Report to the Statistical Commission Item for discussion

• Introduction – Mr. Ronald Jansen, UNSD
• Global Training Program on use of Big Data and data science
• 6th Conference and the Seoul declaration
• Points for discussion by the Commission

08:55

(7) Way forward and Closing
Mr. Risenga Maluleke, Chair