Ninth Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)
United Nations Headquarters, New York- 5 - 9 AUGUST 2019
The ninth Session was organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
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- Tentative schedule and room assignments subject to change as of 6 August 2019
Morning
9:30 - 11:30 am
Meeting of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
10:00am - 1:00 pm
Working Group on Marine Geospatial Information Side Event "Readily available and accessible marine geospatial information"
Venue: Conf. Room 5 (General Assembly Building)
Concept Note10:00 - 11:30 am
United Nations System Network Side Event
Venue: Conf. Room E (General Assembly Building)
Concept Note10:00 - 1:00 pm
UN-GGIM Academic Network and Geospatial Societies Open Forum "Building Technical Capacities for Resilience and Sustainability"
Venue: Conf. Room 12 (General Assembly Building)
Concept Note10:00 - 12:30 pm
Meeting of Earth Observations for the SDGs (EO4SDGs)
Venue: Conf. Room D (Conference Building)
(closed)
11:30 - 1:00 pm
Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information Side Event "Global Statistical Geospatial Framework"
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
Concept Note11:30 - 1:00 pm
Meeting of UN-GGIM: Africa
Venue: Conf. Room E (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
Lunch break
1:00 - 2:30 pm
UN-Women Side Event "Gender and Geospatial Research and Analysis"
Venue: Conf. Room E (General Assembly Building)
Save the Date Concept Note1:30 - 2:30 pm
EO4SDGs Side Event "EO Solutions to Address the SDGs"
Venue: Conf. Room D (Conference Building)
Afternoon
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Expert Group on Land Administration and Management Side Event "Framework for Effective Land Administration"
Venue: Conf. Room 5 (General Assembly Building)
Concept Note2:00 - 6:00 pm
Meeting of UN-GGIM: Americas
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
2:30 - 4:00 pm
Meeting of the Working Group on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters
Venue: Conf. Room E (General Assembly Building)
2:30 - 6:00 pm
Meeting of Earth Observations for the SDGs (EO4SDGs)
Venue: Conf. Room D (Conference Building)
(closed)
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Joint Group on Standards Side Event "Geospatial Standards in Action"
Venue: Conf. Room 5 (General Assembly Building)
Concept Note4:00 - 6:00 pm
Meeting of the Subcommittee on Geodesy
Venue: Conf. Room E (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
Morning
8:00 - 9:00 am
Meeting of the UN-GGIM: Europe Executive Committee
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
9:00 - 12:30 pm
Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management "Operationalizing the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework"
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (General Assembly Building)
Concept NoteLunch break
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Meeting of the UN-GGIM Private Sector Network
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Forum on Global Geodetic Reference Frame for Sustainable Development "Towards an appropriate governance framework"
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (General Assembly Building)
Concept Note2:00 - 4:30 pm
Plenary meeting of the United Nations System Network
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
Afternoon
1:30 - 6:00 pm
Working Group on Legal and Policy Frameworks Side Event "Roundtable on the availability, accessibility, application, provenance, privacy and protection of geospatial information"
Venue: Conf. Room 5 (General Assembly Building)
Concept Note3:00 - 4:30 pm
Forum on Future Trends in Geospatial Information Management
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (General Assembly Building)
Concept Note4:30 - 6:00 pm
Meeting of the UN-GGIM Expanded Bureau
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Global Fundamental Geospatial Data Themes Side Event
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (General Assembly Building)
Concept NoteMorning
8:30 - 10:00 am
Meeting of UN-GGIM: Europe
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
8:30 - 10:00 am
Meeting of the UN-GGIM: Geospatial Societies
Venue: Conf. Room E (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
9:00 - 10:00am
Briefing Session (for delegates new to UN-GGIM)
Venue: Conf. Room 5 (General Assembly Building)
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Day 1 - Morning Session
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (General Assembly Building)
Lunch break
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Geospatial Information for Sustainable Development Side Event
Venue: Conf. Room 5 (General Assembly Building)
Concept Note1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Meeting of UN-GGIM: Asia and the Pacific
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Meeting of the Working Group on Legal and Policy Frameworks
Venue: Conf. Room E (General Assembly Building)
Afternoon
3:00 - 6:00 pm
Day 1 - Afternoon Session
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (General Assembly Building)
6:15 - 8:15 pm
Welcome reception
Venue: tbd
Morning
8:30 - 10:00 am
Meeting of the UN-GGIM: Academic Network
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
(closed)
8:30 - 10:00 am
UN-GGIM and UNGEGN Liaison Meeting
Venue: Conf. Room E (General Assembly Building)
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Day 2 - Morning Session
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (General Assembly Building)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Meeting of UN-GGIM: Americas (ISGI in Central America)
Venue: CR-A (Conference Building)
(closed)
1:15pm - 2:45pm
Meeting of UN-GGIM: Arab States
Venue: Conf. Room 5 (General Assembly Building)
1:15pm - 2:45pm
Meeting of the Working Group on Trends in National Institutional Arrangements
Venue: Conf. Room 6 (General Assembly Building)
Concept Note1:15pm - 2:45pm
Meeting of the Working Group on Marine Geospatial Information
Venue: Conf. Room E (General Assembly Building)
Afternoon
3:00 - 6:00 pm
Day 2 - Afternoon Session
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (General Assembly Building)
Morning
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Day 3 - Morning Session
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (General Assembly Building)
Lunch break
1:15 - 2:30 pm
Meeting of UN-GGIM: Americas (Caribbean Initiative)
CR-A (Conference Building)
Concept NoteAfternoon
3:00 - 6:00 pm
Day 3 - Afternoon Session
Venue: Conf. Room 4 (General Assembly Building)