International Conference on Big Data for Official Statistics
Meeting of the GWG on Big Data for Official Statistics
Organized by the National Bureau of Statistics of UAE, GCC-Stat, the United Nations Statistics Division, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
Progress report and evaluation of the work of the Task Teams
Advocacy and Communication
Access and Partnerships
Big Data and SDGs
Cross-cutting issues
Training, Skills, Capacity-building
Mobile Phone data
Social Media data
Satellite imagery, remote sensing and geo-spatial data
12:15
Lunch Break
14:00
“How can we produce Official Statistics with Big Data and what is the role of the GWG to make this happen?” Presentation by UNSD and Statistics Netherlands
General discussion on way forward:
Which statistics or indicators will be produced with Big Data?
How are we using Big Data for this? When and where will this happen?
How do we transfer the knowledge?
What are the deliverables of the GWG in 2016 to advance this work?
16:00
Evaluation of the working methods
Changes to task team structure?
Changes to communication?
Changes to roles of UNSD, Coordination team and Task Teams?