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UN-GGIM

The Second United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress


TP10A - Celebrating Diversity in Geospatial Information Management

  • Tuesday, 11 October 2022

  • 14:30 – 18:00 IST

  • Moderator
    Rhian French
    PR Director, Three Trees and Map PR, UK

  • Presenters
  • Michael Tischler
    Director National Geospatial Program, U.S. Geological Survey, USA
    Presentation Title: U.S. efforts to reconcile derogatory and offensive geographic names

  • Albert Momo / Barbara Ryan
    World Geospatial Industry Council
    Presentation Title: From raising awareness to taking concrete action: Taking Action to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Geospatial Community

  • Olivia Powell
    Director, Women+ in Geospatial, UK
    Presentation Title: Climate Change and Sustainability: Mission and Voices of Women+ in Geospatial

  • Seema Mehra Parihar
    Fellow/Professor, Kirori Mal College University of Delhi , India
    Presentation Title: Contextualising Health and Women Empowerment: Sharing Challenges and Usefulness in Geospatial Visualisation of 300+ gender disaggregated data in the making of three Atlases

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