Meeting of the GWG on Big Data for Official Statistics
Organized by the CSO Ireland and the United Nations Statistics Division

Agenda


Monday, 29 August 2016

9:00
Opening by Padraig Dalton
9:15
Overview report on the work of the GWG and its management team
             15 minute presentation by UNSD, 15 minute discussion
9:45
Progress report and evaluation of the work of the Task Teams
  1. Access and Partnerships
    1. Recommendations for Access to Data from Private Organizations for Official Statistics
    2. Note for Discussion – Peter Struijs, Statistics Netherlands
    3. Note for Discussion – UNSD
  2. Training, Skills, Capacity-building
10:45
Coffee Break
11:00
Progress report and evaluation of the work of the Task Teams
  1. Satellite imagery, remote sensing and geo-spatial data
  2. Mobile Phone data
  3. Social Media data
  4. Big Data and SDGs
12:00
The future of the GWG Presentation by the ABS and UNSD
12:30
Lunch Break
14:00
The future of the GWG Discussion
15:00
The UN World Data Forum – What is the role of the GWG on Big Data?
15:30
Other business - New Chair and venue for next Conference
15:45
Closing
16:00 - 18:00
Dialogue of statistical community with private sector, civil society and academia on Access to Big Data and Privacy issues
GWG with Vodafone Institute and DataPop Alliance

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