The Sixth Session of the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) will bring together senior executives from national geospatial information, statistical authorities within Member States and international geospatial experts from across the globe to discuss the global geospatial information agenda. The Committee will address, among other issues: activities related to sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; geospatial information and services for disasters; determination of global fundamental geospatial data themes; trends in national institutional arrangements in global geospatial information management; adoption and implementation of standards for the global geospatial information community; integration of geospatial, statistical and other related information; and application of geospatial information to land administration and management. The formal session of the Committee of Experts will convene from 3-5 August 2016, and will be preceded by a number of related side events on 1-2 August 2016.
dates: 1-5 August 2016
venue: UN Headquarters
location: New York City, US
contact: Greg Scott
phone: 1-212-963-8578
fax: 1-212-963-9851
e-mail: scott12@un.org
www: http://ggim.un.org/ggim_committee.html
http://ggim.un.org/docs/meetings/GGIM6/E_C.20_2016_1_Provisional%20Agenda_en.pdf