Session III: Coordination of statistics and geospatial information

Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 14:00 -17:30
Chair: Gabrielle Vukovich, President of the Hungarian Statistical Office

14:10 - 14:45

Keynote Speech by Ms. Vanessa Lawrence

Keynote speech: Ms. Vanessa Lawrence, Director General and Chief Executive of the UK Ordnance Survey

14:45 - 16:45

Discussion based on selected papers

Discussant: Pedro Díaz Muñoz, Director for Sectoral and Regional Statistics – Eurostat

• Czech Republic: Statistics, Geodata and Geoinformation
• Italy: GISTAT: a geospatial information provider for statistical activities
• Austria: Adding Value to Statistical Information by Georeferencing
• Poland: Creation and use of spatial data by Central Statistical Office of Poland
• Portugal: Spatial Data Infrastructure for statistical production: challenges and opportunities
• Slovenia: Organizational issues of integrating statistics and geospatial information – the Slovenian example
• Sweden: Benefits from data sharing - increased use of geospatial information in the statistical production process
• Eurostat: ESS Coordination of Geospatial Information and Statistics

Refreshments will be served at 15:30

16:45 - 17:15

Review of the contributions by discussant with questions to contributors and general discussion

17:15 - 17:30

Conclusion of the Chair, End of Session III

17:30

Conclusions and closing statements - Prague memorandum, Walter Radermacher - Conclusions by Ms Iva Ritschelová - Mr Gosse Van der Veen on the 2013 DGINS Conference