Word Data Forum: Learning from open geodata platforms that worked in the midst of a pandemic
This side event during the UN World Data Forum 2020 will feature a panel discussion of experts and officials to address the production of open geodata platforms that worked in a timely manner in the midst of the pandemic.
The side event will highlight the opportunities and challenges these geospatial platforms offer to better respond to the analysis and dissemination of COVID-19 findings using open data from (and for) stakeholders. It will also address the pros, cons, and challenges of data partnerships between different statistical communities.
Facilitator:
- Javier Andrés Carranza Torres, GeoCensos
Speakers
- Beth Timmers, IISD
- Grace Bediako, Ghana Statistical Service
- Luca Di Gennaro Splendore, Statistical consultant
- Olga Henker, Data Quality Conformity Organization
- Steven MacFeely, UNCTAD
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