This webinar is a discussion between Dan Bouk (Associate Professor of History, Colgate University, 2019-2010 Fellow Data & Society) and Dr. Alex Hanna (Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research) on how data is captured in the U.S. census and the stories behind the data. This conversation will be hosted by Ronteau Coppin (People and Culture Manager, Data & Society).

The 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 77) will open on Tuesday, 13 September 2022. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 20 September 2022.

Achieving SDG 5 and other gender-related targets within the SDG framework requires robust data systems that can only be established through smarter and sustainable investments in data. This necessitates renewed commitments among donors, governments, and partners and smarter solutions to mobilise resources, track financial flows, and strengthen country systems. This is the second event in a series on Navigating the Landscape of Gender Data Financing led by PARIS21, Data2X, UN Women, and Open Data Watch. The first event, Solutions in Scarcity: Smart Financing for Gender Data, took place on 2 June and presented a collection of emerging solutions to overcome the political and technical barriers to financing gender data.

This is the 10th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD)! This year’s theme celebrates its 10 year anniversary: A Decade of ICSD.

Hear from world-leading data and AI experts, including the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and AI expert Sir Nigel Shadbolt addressing the data challenges that will be faced in the years ahead.

The COP26 conference agreed the global rules on net zero, covering how countries would count their carbon emissions, as week as common reporting of industrial support, new mechanisms and standards for international carbon markets, and common timeframes for emissions reductions targets. This session will look at what governments now need to do to play by the agreed rules.

The 6th Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration will be held from 24-28th October 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the theme: A Decade into APAI-CRVS: Reflecting on progress and accelerating efforts towards 2030 through transformed systems.

GEO Week 2022 convenes amid rapid technological change and mounting environmental challenges as eyes turn to Africa for COP 27. The gathering showcases how global collaboration is accelerating the use of Earth Observations.

Data for Development convenes experts to discuss recent developments in open data related to the education sector.

Data for Development convenes experts to discuss recent developments in open data related to agriculture