Download Side Events Programme
19-Oct
Morning
8:309:30
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
From Strategy to Implementation: Building Responsive and Future-Ready Statistical Systems in Africa in the Age of AI
Conference Room 5 · 1st floor
Developing a regional hub for population modelling in Africa
Caucus Room 11 · 2nd floor
9:3510:30
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
Africa Beyond Number Series
Conference Room 4 · 1st floor
10:3010:45
COFFEE BREAK
10:4513:00
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
"Measuring Technology-Facilitated Violence against Women and Girls in Africa: Building the Evidence Base for Safe and Inclusive Digital Transformation."
Conference Room 3 · 1st floor
Stronger Together?: Statistical Offices and the Wider Community of Independent Public Institutions
Conference Room 4 · 1st floor
From Silos to Systems: Unlocking Administrative Data for Domestic Resource Mobilization
Conference Room 4 · 1st floor
The African Continental Input-Output Table
Conference Room 5 · 1st floor
Pan-African Water Hub: AI and Satellite Data for Water Monitoring and Decision Support (ECA)
Conference Room 6 · 1st floor
Leaving No One Behind: Including Refugees in Household Surveys to Measure Poverty and Food Security and Track UNHCR’s 50by35 Vision
Caucus Room 11 · 2nd floor
Hybrid
Driving Excellence in Development Plan Implementation through Data, Statistics and Integrated Policy Tools
Large Briefing Room · 1st floor
13:0014:00
LUNCH BREAK
After noon
14:0016:00
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
Unleashing the Power of Data to End Gender-Based Violence: Case Studies, Opportunities, Successes, and Challenges in GBVIMS Implementation across Africa
Conference Room 3 · 1st floor
Transforming and Modernizing NSS to Reflect African Development Aspirations and Realities (ECA - Angela and Leandre)
Conference Room 4 · 1st floor
Analysis for Action: strengthening the role of statistics in health emergency preparedness and response
Conference Room 5 · 1st floor
UK ONS
Contact person
Sophie John, Sarah Rafferty, Emily Poskett, James Tucker
Census@30: Reflecting on South Africa’s census journey and preparing for the 2030 Round of Population and Housing Censuses in Africa
Conference Room 6 · 1st floor
Launch of the African Community of Practice on the Use of Statistics in Parliament
Caucus Room 11 · 2nd floor
16:0016:15
COFFEE BREAK
16:3017:30
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
Making Everyone Count: Citizen Data for Inclusive Official Statistics in Africa
Conference Room 3 · 1st floor
Breaking Silos: Multi-Stakeholder Data Partnerships Driving Agricultural Transformation, Food Security, and National Resilience — Lessons from Somalia and Sierra Leone
Conference Room 4 · 1st floor
One Survey, Many Insights: Unlocking the Full Potential of Household Consumption and Expenditure Data for Food Security and Nutrition Statistics in Africa
Conference Room 5 · 1st floor
From Experimentation to Impact: How African National Statistical Offices are Using AI, Machine Learning, Data Science and Emerging Technologies to Modernize Official Statistics
Conference Room 6 · 1st floor
Launching global standards for measuring climate related health impacts
Caucus Room 11 · 2nd floor
A Digital Census - but a Transformed NSO? Rethinking census digitalisation from the NSO perspective
Large Briefing Room · 1st floor
20-Oct
Morning
9:3013:00
FASDEV
Conference Rooms 1 – 2 · 1st floor
10:3010:45
COFFEE BREAK
10:3013:00
FASDEV
Conference Rooms 1 – 2 · 1st floor
13:0014:00
LUNCH BREAK
After noon
14:0016:00
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
AI Readiness for Official Statistics: Tools, Lessons and Opportunities for African NSOs
Conference Room 3 · 1st floor
Enhancing the policy relevance of data; what can NSOs do differently.
Conference Room 4 · 1st floor
UK ONS
Contact person
Emily Poskett, William Barnes, Angelica Allotey, Temesgeh Negash
Reserved for OES
Conference Room 5 · 1st floor
Subregional Workshop on the Analysis of the Africa Gender Index (AGI) 2027 Pilot Survey Results and Strategies for Improving Data Availability.
Conference Room 6 · 1st floor
AfDB & ECAHybrid
Contact person
Kouakou Koffi Marc & Edna Akullq
Unleashing the value of data for children in Africa: making official statistics deliver for every child
Caucus Room 11 · 2nd floor
Hybrid & Alternative Population Estimation Methodologies for Censuses in Inaccessible or Complex Contexts
Large Briefing Room · 1st floor
When Populations Move, Do Statistics Follow? African National Statistical Systems and Forced Displacement
Large Briefing Room · 1st floor
Partnerships for Stronger National Statistical Systems: Unlocking the Potential of Administrative Data
Small Briefing Room · 1st floor
16:0016:15
COFFEE BREAK
16:1517:30
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
Turning the Tide of Statistics for Africa’s Development: Voices of the Young Statisticians
Conference Room 3 · 1st floor
Institutionalizing Leadership Development for Sustainable and Innovative National Statistical Systems in Africa
Conference Room 4 · 1st floor
PARIS21, UNECA, EASTC, UK ONSHybrid
Contact person
Ms. Liliana Suchodolska
Leading the Future of Data in Africa: Strengthening Leadership, Strategic Partnerships and Innovation for Directors-General of National Statistical Offices
Conference Room 4 · 1st floor
Reserved for OES
Conference Room 5 · 1st floor
Subregional Workshop on the Analysis of the Africa Gender Index (AGI) 2027 Pilot Survey Results and Strategies for Improving Data Availability.
Conference Room 6 · 1st floor
AfDB & ECAHybrid
Contact person
Kouakou Koffi Marc & Edna Akullq
Unleashing the value of data for children in Africa: making official statistics deliver for every child
Caucus Room 11 · 2nd floor
How can Africa sustainably strengthen trade statistics? Lessons from TiSSTAT and MyACTA
Large Briefing Room · 1st floor
Beyond Traditional Sources: Harnessing Emerging Data for Policy Impact in Africa - ECA
Small Briefing Room · 1st floor
ECA
21-Oct
09.0010:20
Joint opening of the tenth session of the Statistical Commission for Africa and the twelfth meeting of the Regional Committee of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Africa
10:2010:55
COFFEE BREAK
11:0013:00
StatCom-Africa
Conference Room 1 · 1st floor
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
13:0014:00
LUNCH BREAK
Building Sustainable, Country-Led Demographic and Health Data Systems in Africa
Conference Room 3 · 1st floor
Afternoon
14:0016:00
StatCom-Africa
Conference Room 1 · 1st floor
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
16:0016:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:3017:30
StatCom-Africa
Conference Room 1 · 1st floor
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
22-Oct
Morning
9:0010:30
StatCom-Africa
Conference Room 1 · 1st floor
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
10:3011:00
COFFEE BREAK
11:0012:30
StatCom-Africa
Conference Room 1 · 1st floor
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
12:3014:00
LUNCH BREAK
Geospatial Assessment of Environment and Agriculture for Climate-Resilient Planning in Tanzania – Julieth Silao Msuya
Conference Room 6 · 1st floor
From Paper to Pixels: Tanzania's Digital Population and Housing Census Journey – Albert Kapala - Tanzania bureau of statistics
Conference Room 6 · 1st floor
Afternoon
14:0015:30
StatCom-Africa
Conference Room 1 · 1st floor
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
15:3016:00
COFFEE BREAK
16:0017:00
StatCom-Africa
Conference Room 1 · 1st floor
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
23-Oct
Morning
9:0010:30
StatCom-Africa
Conference Room 1 · 1st floor
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
10:3011:00
COFFEE BREAK
11:0013:00
StatCom-Africa
Conference Room 1 · 1st floor
UN-GGIM: Africa
Conference Room 2 · 1st floor
12:3014:00
LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon
14:0016:00
Joint closing ceremony of the twelfth meeting of the Regional Committee of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Africa and the tenth session of the Statistical Commission for Africa
Exhibitions
ACS
Data innovation and capability
Namibia NSA
CRVS to Vital Statistics (Namibia NSA)
Tanzania NBS
Small Area Estimation (Tanzania NBS)
Census Communication & Dissemination (Tanzania NBS)
Youth Entrepreneurship (Tanzania NBS)
Focal Person
ZAINAB ABDULRAZAK SAID
Allocated Booth
TBD
Geospatial Environment & Agriculture (Tanzania NBS)
From Paper to Pixels: Tanzania's Digital Population and Housing Census Journey. - Tanzania NBS
Diary or Recall? Poverty Measurement (Tanzania NBS)
Satellite Crop Mapping (Tanzania NBS)
Focal Person
Jerve William Gasto
Email
Allocated Booth
TBD
UBOS
Grounded AI Assistant Demo (UBOS)
SDMX as the Join Key (UBOS)
INE Mozambique
Mozambique Census 2027 (INE Mozambique)
Madagascar MEF
Enumerator Recruitment & Microdata (Madagascar MEF)
ZimStat
Time Use Statistics (ZimStat)
Admin Data & CRVS (ZimStat)
INS Congo
De la production à la valorisation (INS Congo)
Allocated Booth
TBD
Open Data Portals for Transformation (INS Congo)
Allocated Booth
TBD
UK Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Exploring the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in NSOs
INE-ANGOLA
2024 Census Portal: A True Mirror of Angola's Demographic Statistics
Focal Person
Joel Bumba Sambo Futi - Chairperson - Joel.Futi@ine.gov.ao INE-ANGOLA
Email
Allocated Booth
TBD
IPUMS at the University of Minnesota
IPUMS Harmonized Free-Use Census & Survey Microdata Dissemination Project
Focal Person
Jane Lee
Lara Cleveland
Lara Cleveland
Email
Jane Lee: Janee@umn.edu; Lara Cleveland: clevelan@umn.edu
Allocated Booth
TBD
AFRISTAT
AFRISTAT, trois décennies au service de la statistique en Afrique
KNBS
Integrating Data Science into Official Statistics: Kenya’s Innovative Pathways to Strengthening National Data Systems
Unleashing the Value of Africa's Official Statistics: Kenya's National Bureau of Statistics as case study.
Geoconsult International
Graphics/Posters and Brochures
Focal Person
Jamil Mekawi
Samer Jad
Samer Jad