AGENDA

Opening Remarks

ABOUT THE EVENT

The event will consist of a virtual workshop where distinguished speakers will bring their experience on how geospatial information and analyses can inform policy through innovative data or applications. In addition, a panel of well-known experts will discuss the key aspects that make geospatial analysis and information relevant for progress measurement and policy making in the current ages.

MATERIALS

 Detailed Agenda (PDF version)

 Meeting summary

PRESENTATIONS (PPT)

• Harsh Govind - Presentation
• Daniel Arribas Bel - Presentation
• Ana Moreno Monroy - Presentation

Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

Paul Schreyer: Chief Statistician and Director, OECD Statistics and Data Directorate

Session 1: Substance presentations: Open geo-spatial data and analyses to inform policy-making

MODERATOR:

Shardul Agrawala, Head of the Environment and Economy Integration Division, OECD Environment Directorate 

SPEAKERS:

• Mapping Building Footprint in Selected OECD Countries
  Harsh Govind, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

• Mapping with OpenStreetMap
  Joost Schouppe, Mapper and Board Member, Open Street Map Foundation

• Public Service Costs in Rural Areas
  Ana Moreno Monroy, Economist, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

• The Spatial Dimension of Credit Risk
  Fabienne Fortanier, Director of Statistics, De Nederlandsche Bank

• Geographic Data Science to make data policy-relevant
  Daniel Arribas Bel, Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool (2020 CARTO Spatial Data Scientist of the Year)

Session 2: Interactive discussion

MODERATOR:

Rudiger Ahrend, Head of Division: Economic Analysis, Statistics & Multilevel Governance, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities 

SPEAKERS:

• Julia Koschinsky, Executive Director, Center for Spatial Data Science, University of Chicago
  
  
• Kevin McCormack, Head of Division, Sustainable Development Goal Indicators & Reports and Geography, Irish Central Statistics Office
  
  
• Martino Pesaresi, Project Leader, European Commission Joint Research Centre
  
  
• Jeffrey Allenby, Director of Geospatial Technology, Center for Geospatial Solutions, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
  
  
• Louisa Nolan, Chief Data Scientist, Deputy Director Data Science Campus, UK Office for National Statistics

Closing Remarks

Nadim Ahmad, Deputy Director, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

Alessandro Alasia, Assistant Director, Statistics Canada and Chair of the OECD Working Party on Territorial Indicators