WHAT

SDGs Today: A Panel Discussion (A post-plenary workshop at the Esri User Conference)

WHERE

Online

WHEN

Tuesday 15th July, 4:40-5:40pm EST

About the Event

To understand and effectively track progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we need reliable, quality, and timely data. Yet, with only 10 years left to achieve them, too much of the data is still out-of-date or unavailable, and too many people are being left behind in the numbers. Following the plenary session on "GIS - Interconnecting Our World: Making Geographic Knowledge Pervasive," at the Esri User Conference, world-renowned economist, author, and President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network will answer questions on the new open access data portal, SDGs Today, as well as discuss the importance of timely data and the critical role geospatial data and GIS play in ensuring the achievement of the SDGs with a panel of leading experts. Panelists include: TReNDS' expert member, Lisa Bersales, Wafa Aboul Hosn, Chief, Economic Statistics Section, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Dara Mendeloff, GIS Specialist at CIESIN, and Homi Kharas, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution.