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Agenda - Day 1 Monday, 10 Jun 2024 Agenda - Day 2 Agenda - Day 3 Agenda - Day 4
12:30
- 14:00
Registration
14:00
- 14:55
Opening Ceremony Watch
Master of Ceremony: Ms. Cristina Monge
- Mr. Imam Machdi, Deputy Chief Statistician of Indonesia and Acting Chair of the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics
- Mr. Li Junhua, Under Secretary-General of UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Video statement) Watch
- Ms. Kazumi Ogawa, Head of Europe Regional Programmes, UN-Habitat
- Ms. Maria José Sanz, Scientific Director, Basque Centre for Climate Change
- Ms. Elena Manzanera, President of INE Spain
- Mr. Jokin Bildarratz, Counselor of Education, Basque Government
First High-level Panel
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Moderator: Ms. María José Sanz, Scientific Director, Basque Centre for Climate Change
14:55
- 15:15
Keynote Watch Presentation
Mr. Mark Wilkinson, Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM, Spain
15:15
- 15:50
Panel Watch
- Ms. María José Rallo, President of AEMET, Spain Presentation
- Ms. María Jesús Rodríguez de Sancho, Director-General for Biodiversity, Forests and Desertification, Spain Presentation
- Mr. Sebastian Treyer, Executive Director of IDDRI, France
- Ms. Alessandra Alfieri, Assistant Director, Statistics Department, IMF
- Mr. Adolfo Uriarte Villalba, Director of Natural Heritage and Climate Change of the Basque Government
15:50
- 16:05
Coffee Break
Second High-level Panel
Sustainability of Tourism Concept note
Moderator: Ms. Clara van der Pol, Acting Chief Statistician, UN Tourism
16:05
- 16:15
Keynote speech Watch Presentation
Ms. Elena Manzanera, President, National Statistics Institute (INE), Spain
16:15
- 16:55
Panel Watch
- Ms. Apolonija Oblak, Director General, National Statistical Office, Slovenia Presentation
- Mr. Imam Machdi, Deputy National Statistician, BPS Statistics Indonesia
- Ms. Kathrine Lindeskov Johansen, Chief Consultant, Centre for Regional and Tourism Research, Denmark Presentation
- Mr. Julio López Astor, Deputy Director General, Sub-directorate General for Tourism Knowledge and Studies, Tourism Institute of Spain (TURESPAÑA) Presentation
Third High-level Panel
Knowledge Commons for Global Sustainability Challenges
Moderator: Mr. Ronald Jansen, Assistant Director, UN Statistics Division
17:00
- 17:05
Video message Watch
Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Secretary General's Envoy on Technology
17:05
- 17:55
Panel Watch
- Ms. Haishan Fu, Development Data Group, World Bank
- Mr. R. V. Guha, Data Commons, Google.org
- Mr. Ferdinando Villa, Basque Center for Climate Change
- Mr. Osama Rahman, Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom
17:55 - 18:00
Closing remarks Watch
Mr. Mohammad Hassan, Executive Director, Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Center, United Arab Emirates
18:00