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Global Challenges and the Importance of Relevant and Timely Data
7th International Conference on
Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics
Agenda
Recording of Day 1
Coffee and Registration
Opening Ceremony Recording
Master of Ceremony: Indonesia
- Mr. Ashwell Jenneker, Deputy Statistician General, South Africa and Acting Chair of UNCEBD
- Ms. Anjali Sen (Country Director UNFPA in Indonesia)
- High-level Video statements
- Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of UNESCAP Video
- Ms. Amina Mohamed, UN Deputy Secretary-General Video
- Mr. Imam Machdi, Deputy of Methodology and Statistical Information, Indonesia
- Mr. Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Indonesia
- Mr. Airlangga Hartarto, Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs, Indonesia
First High-level Panel
Sustainability and the global economic recovery Recording
Introduction
Mr. Navid Hanif, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development (by recorded statement)
Keynote Recording Presentation
Dr. Hamza Ali Malik, Director Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division, UNESCAP
Panel Recording
Moderator: Ms. Rachael Beaven, Director of Statistics Division, UNESCAP
- Dr. Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, Deputy Minister for Economy, Ministry of National Development Planning
- Dr. Hamza Ali Malik, Director Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division, UNESCAP
- Dr. Dean Affandi, WRI Indonesia, Senior Manager of Research, Data and Innovation
- Mr. Stefano Balbi, Bilbao Center for Climate Change and the Sector Hub on ARIES for SEEA
Lunch Break
Second High-level Panel
Food Security Recording
Keynote Recording Presentation
Dr. Carlo Cafiero, Senior Statistician and Economist, FAO
Panel Recording
Moderator: Dr. Ronald Jansen, Assistant Director, UN Statistics Division
- Dr. Budi Waryanto, Director of food availability and stability, National Food Agency (Bapanas)
- Prof. Dr. Ir. Drajat Martianto, Vice Rector of IPB University
- Dr. Carlo Cafiero, Senior Statistician and Economist, FAO
- (tbc)
Break
Third High-level Panel
Access to Relevant Data Recording
Keynote Recording Presentation
Prof. Dr. Bertrand Loison, Statistics Switzerland
Panel Recording
Moderator: Mr. Matjaz Jug, Statistics Netherlands
- Mr. Alfian Manullang, Telkomsel, Indonesia
- Prof. Dr. Setia Pramana, STIS/BPS Indonesia
- Ms. Shorena Tsiklauri, Head of Population Census and Demographic Statistics, Geostat Georgia
Panel Recording
Moderator: Mr. Matjaz Jug, Statistics Netherlands
- Dr. Veronika Vilgis, dataprovider.com, Netherlands
- Mr. Jack Fitzsimons, CTO, Oblivious.ai, Ireland
- Mr. Federico Sanson, Senior Data Scientist, UNHCR
Closing remarks Recording
Acting Chair of the UNCEBD, Mr. Ashwell Jenneker
Recording of Day 2
UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics - Open Plenary Meeting Recording
10 years of data innovation: what is the next normal?
Chaired by Mr. Ashwell Jenneker, Deputy Statistician General, South Africa
Item 1 - For Information
Overview of achievements and plans of the Task Teams Recording Presentation
Item 2 - For Information
Overview of achievements and plans of the Regional and Sector Hubs Recording Presentation
Item 3 - For Information
Overview of achievements and plans of the UN Global Platform Recording
Item 4 - For Discussion
Structural and systematic collaboration between the Task Teams and the Regional and Sector Hubs Recording Presentation
Item 5 - For Discussion
Joint program of work of UNCEBD with Geospatial community Recording Presentation
Item 6 - For Discussion
Terms of Reference of the Data Science Leaders Network Recording Presentation
Item 7 - For Discussion
Data Access and the UN PET Lab Recording Presentation
Item 8 - For Discussion
Yogyakarta declaration “the importance of relevant and timely data for urgent policy interventions” and report to the Statistical Commission Recording Presentation
Item 9
Any Other Business Recording
Group Photo
Lunch Break
2022 UN Big Data Hackathon and UN PET Lab competition
Introduction by Hackathon organizers around the world Recording
- Mr. Ronald Jansen, UNSD
- Mr. Markie Muryawan, UNSD
- Mr. Jack Fitzsimons, Oblivious.ai
- Mr. Imam Machdi, BPS Indonesia
- Mr. Ashwell Jenneker, Statistics South Africa
- Ms. Oumaima Makhlouk, UNMGCY (video)
- Mr. Eduardo Rios, President, IBGE (video)
- HE Omar Sultan Al Olama, UAE (video)
Official Start by Gong Recording
Plenary Sessions
Panel 1(a)
Capacity Development and Regional Hubs Recording
Moderators: Mr. Christophe Bontemps (UNSIAP) and Ralf Becker (UNSD)
- Learn and promote what the Hubs are doing within their regions in terms of capability building;
- Enable knowledge exchange between the Hubs and NSOs in the room;
- Inform the Task Team on Training of the work taking place and the approaches being followed; and
- Invite the audience to participate and impart knowledge via questions and suggestions.
- Ms. Andrea Diniz da Silva (IBGE, Brazil)
- Ms. Therese Uwimana (NISR, Rwanda)
- Mr. Molla Hunegnaw Asmare (UNECA)
- Ms. Ruaa Al Shehhi (FCSC, UAE)
- Mr. Stefano Balbi (BC3, Spain)
Panel 1(b)
Big Data and SDGs Recording
Moderator: Mr. Maciej Truszczynski, Statistics Denmark
The session will present status and possibilities of the application of non-traditional data sources both for monitoring the SDGs but also in a wider context of producing statistics as seen from different perspectives - national and international. The goal of the session is to get an overview of the ongoing activities in this regard, a concrete input to further work on big data and statistics, and to provide some recommendations on the concrete steps to move work on big data and statistics forward.
Presentations:- Welcome and overview of agenda - Mr. Maciej Truszczynski, Statistics Denmark
- Big Data, statistics and the SDG from the UNESCAP perspective
Ms. Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Dr. Christophe Bontemps, data science lecturer at Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific - Application of Big Data in statistical production, including the SDGs - Ms. Harmawanti Marhaeni, Director of Social Resilience Statistics, Statistics Indonesia Presentation
- Application of Big Data in statistical production, including the SDGs - Mr. Lkhamsuren Damdinsuren, Statistics Mongolia Presentation
Panel 1(c)
Mobile Phone Data for official statistics Recording
Moderator: Ms. Esperanza Magpanty, International Telecommunication Union
This session will include panel interventions addressing questions on how to accelerate the use of MPD for official statistics in developing countries. It will include panellists representing NSOs who had successfully implemented an MPD pilot to share their experiences, as well as representatives from academia and private organization to address technical and methodologies issues. It will also include a representative from the ICT ministry and mobile operator to who will cover the data access perspective.
Panelists:- Alfatihah Reno, BPS Indonesia Presentation
- Shorena Tsiklauri, Head of the Population Census and Demographic Statistics, Geostat Georgia Presentation
- Alfian Manullang, TelkomSel, Indonesia Presentation
- Ayumi Arai, Project Assistant Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo Presentation
- Thomas Smallwood, Flowminder Presentation
- Alana Gorospe Ramos, Department of Information and Communications Technology, the Philippines Presentation
Panel 1(d)
Data Access & Data Science Recording Presentation
Moderator: Barteld Braaksma, CBS Netherlands
Central question of this session is 'If we obtain data from 'outside', how much information/influence/control do we need on (pre)processing in order to make sure that we understand its quality and can explain how we compile our statistics?'
Format: every panelist gets a few minutes for introduction, then a moderated discussion and interaction with the audience.
Panelists:- Mr. Daniel Boller (ADB, Philippines)
- Mr. Joseph Bulan (ADB, Philippines)
- Mr. Eric Deeben (ONS, UK)
- Mrs. Evest Defiana (Positium, Estonia)
- Mrs. Muna Al Mazrouei (FCSC, Dubai)
- Mrs. Veronika Vilgis (dataprovider.com, Netherlands)