Side events

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  • Tentative schedule and room assignments subject to change as of 30 April 2019

Morning

8:30 - 9:30 am

Orientation Briefing Session

"open to all especially newcomers"

Venue: CR-E (General Assembly bldg.)

Contact: UNGEGN Secretariat
Email: geoinfo_unsd@un.org

Lunchtime

1:15 - 2:30 pm

Arabic Division meeting

"open to all"

Venue: CR-E (General Assembly bldg.)

Contact: Dr. Eng. Awni Kasawneh
Email: kawni@yahoo.com

Morning

8:15 - 9:15 am

Workshop on Linked data developments and provision

Venue: CR-A (Conference bldg.)

Contact: Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu
Email: pier-giorgio.zaccheddu@bkg.bund.de

8:15 - 9:30 am

Presentation of the Joint ICA/IGU Commission on Toponymy

"open to all"

Venue: CR-E (General Assembly bldg.)

Contact: Peter Jordan
Email: peter.jordan@oeaw.ac.at

Lunchtime

1:15 - 2:30 pm

French Speaking Division meeting

"open to all"

Venue: CR-A (Conference bldg.)

Contact: Élisabeth Calvarin
Email: e-calvarin@wanadoo.fr

1:15 - 2:30 pm

WG on Toponymic Terminology business meeting

Venue: CR-E (General Assembly bldg.)

Contact: Trent Palmer
Email: trent.c.palmer@nga.mil ; thepalmerpeople7@gmail.com

Morning

8:15 - 9:30 am

WG Romanization Systems business meeting

Venue: CR-A (Conference bldg.)

Contact: Catherine Cheetham and Peeter Pãll
Email: ccheetham@pcgn.org.uk ; peeter@eki.ee

8:15 - 9:30 am

East Central and South-East European Division meeting

Venue: CR-E (General Assembly bldg.)

Contact: Darina Porubcanová
Email: darina.porubcanova@geodesy.sk

Lunchtime

1:15 - 2:30 pm

Workshop "The Unanswered Questions Relating to Indigenous Toponymy"

"open to all"

Venue: CR-2 (Conference bldg.)

Contact: Bill Watt
Email: William.Watt@sa.gov.au

1:15 - 2:30 pm

Asia South East Division meeting

Venue: CR-A (Conference bldg.)

Contact: Ellen Suryanegara, Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) The Republic of Indonesia
Email: ellen.surya@gmail.com ; ellen.suryanegara@big.go.id

1:15 - 2:30 pm

SCAR - SCAGI - Working Group on Place Names in Antarctica

Venue: CR-E (General Assembly bldg.)

Contact: Jean-Yves Pirlot
Email: jean-yves.pirlot@ign.be

Morning

8:15 - 9:30 am

Panel of experts to discuss practice relating to geographical names with the Documentation Division

Venue: CR-E (General Assembly bldg.)

Contact: Cecille Blake
Email: blake1@un.org

8:15 - 9:30 am

Exonym working group meeting

"open to all"

Venue: CR-A (Conference bldg.)

Contact: Kohei Watanabe
Email: kw10004@cam.ac.uk

8:15 - 9:30 am

Business meeting WG on training courses in toponomy

"open to all"

Venue: CR-F (Conference bldg.)

Contact: Peder Gammeltoft
Email: Peder.Gammeltoft@uib.no

Lunchtime

1:15 - 2:00 pm

Challenges and Opportunities of the Online Discussion Forum

Venue: CR-A (Conference bldg.)

Contact: Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu
Email: pier-giorgio.zaccheddu@bkg.bund.de

1:15 - 2:30 pm

SCAR - SCAGI - Working Group on Place Names in Antarctica

Venue: CR-E (General Assembly bldg.)

Contact: Jean-Yves Pirlot
Email: jean-yves.pirlot@ign.be

2:00 - 2:30 pm

Business meeting of the Working Group on the Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers

Venue: CR-A (Conference bldg.)

Contact: Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu
Email: pier-giorgio.zaccheddu@bkg.bund.de

Morning

8:15 - 9:30 am

WG Country Names

"open to all"

Venue: CR-A (Conference bldg.)

Contact: Élisabeth Calvarin
Email: e-calvarin@wanadoo.fr

8:15 - 9:30 am

WG on Geographical Names as Cultural Heritage

"open to all"

Venue: CR-E (General Assembly bldg.)

Contact: Annette Torensj
Email: annette.torensjo@sprakochfolkminnen.se

Lunchtime

1:15 - 2:30 pm

Joint Meeting of the Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation and the Working Group on Publicity and Funding

Venue: CR-A (Conference bldg.)

Contact: Sungjae Choo
Email: sjchoo@khu.ac.kr

1:15 - 2:30 pm

UNGEGN Bureau and Convenors meeting

Venue: CR-E (General Assembly bldg.)

Contact: Jean-Yves Pirlot
Email: jean-yves.pirlot@ign.be

Contact: Cecille Blake
Email: blake1@un.org


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