UN World Data Forum 2023
24/04/2023 - 27/04/2023
The United Nations World Data Forum 2023 (UNWDF 2023) will take place from 24 to 27 April 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The Forum’s purpose is to create a space for those interested in data and statistics to exchange ideas, showcase innovations, identify solutions, discuss future strategies, and provide mutual learning opportunities on a wide variety of topics organized across the Programme. Participants will have the opportunity to view and interact in about 80 sessions online and more than 100 at the Hangzhou International Expo Center, including four high-level plenaries, parallel sessions, learning labs, demonstrations, and other types of exhibits.
FAO Statistics' calendar of events:
Wednesday, April 26
10:45 am – 11:15 am
(DEMOS.408.1) Learning and teaching official statistics with the help of UNSDG:Learn
Conference Room 12/Demo Space (4th floor)
· Cristina Petracchi, E-learning team leader, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
· Dag Roll-Hansen, Senior Advisor, Statistics Norway
· Elena Proden, United Nations Institute for Training and Research
· Samir ISSARA, High Commission for Planning
· Sokol Vako, Lecturer/ Statistician, United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP)
· Valene Bia, Program Analyst, DHS Program
· Vibeke Oestreich Nielsen, UN Statistics Division/DESA
Organiser(s): United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR); United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD-DESA); Statistics Norway; United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP); DHS Program; Haut-Commissariat au Plan (HCP-Maroc)
Thursday, April 27
10:45 am – 11:45 am
(TA1.08) Boosting data availability on agricultural land ownership from a gender perspective: Balancing inclusion and quantity
Conference Room 8 (4th floor)
· Margarita Guerrero, Senior expert on SDG gender indicators, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
· Valerie Bizier, Senior Statistician, FAO
· Minerva Eloisa Esquivias, Deputy National Statistician, Philippine Statistics Authority
· Mahesh Kumar Subedi, Director, Agriculture and Livestock Census and Survey Section, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS-Nepal)
· Livia Montana, Deputy Director, DHS Program
· Irene Toma, Research and Statistical Expert for SDGi 5.a.1, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
· Pietro Gennari, Chief Statistician, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
· Papa Seck, Chief Statistician, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Organiser(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women); Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS-Nepal); Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA); DHS Program
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
(TA3.04) Is the SDG monitoring framework broken?
TA3. Building trust and ethics in dataDissemination platforms and visualisationTrust, data protection and governance
Conference Room 4 (2nd floor)
· Cara Williams, Chief Advisor of International Relations, Statistics Canada
· Chris Mukiza, Executive Director, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)
· Claudia Wells, Development Initiatives
· Haishan FU, The World Bank
· Piedad Contreras, Director General, Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE-Colombia)
· Pietro Gennari, Chief Statistician, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
· Samira Asma, Assistant Director-General, Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, World Health Organization (WHO)
Organiser(s): Development Initiatives (DI)
For more information, please visit the full programme here.