This event titled, 'Where we live and work: Improving population and infrastructure data through the POPGRID Data Collective,' is convened by the organizations leading the POPGRID Data Collaborative (CIESIN/Columbia University, the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), and the UNSDSN Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics, TReNDS).

Understanding the spatial distribution of human settlements, population and infrastructure is vital to all of the SDGs and many specific SDG targets and indicators, especially with regard to leaving no one behind. The diverse data communities who develop and use georeferenced population and infrastructure data in diverse applications have begun to collaborate through the POPGRID Data Collaborative to address the needs of the sustainable development community for more spatially accurate, consistent, up-to-date, and multi-dimensional data.

The side event will provide an overview of POPGRID, engage attendees in conversation on new technological methods for population monitoring, and foster a dialogue about data needs, priorities and challenges.

date: 6 March 2019
time: 8:15 am
venue: UN Headquarters, Conference Room 8
location: New York City, US
e-mail: info@data4sdgs.org
www: http://www.data4sdgs.org/news/where-we-live-and-work-improving-population-and-infrastructure-data-through-popgrid-data