Programme and presentations for the European Forum for Geography and Statistics 2013
EFGS Participants 2013
The EFGS Conference was organized and hosted by Statistics Bulgaria on the 23rd-25th October 2013. The motto was: The proof of the apple is in the eating.
Program
| EFGS Conference 2013, Sofia | |||||
| Wednesday, 23 October 2013 | |||||
| Timetable | Subject | Speaker | Abstract | Presentation | Paper |
| 11:00 | Registration for the Conference | ||||
| 12:00 | |||||
| 12:00-12:30 | OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE | ||||
| Welcome speech by the President of BNSI | Mrs. Reneta INDJOVA, PhD | ||||
| President of EFGS about “EFGS project” | Mr. Vilni Verner Holst BLOCH | Presentation | |||
| Speech by the representative of Eurostat | Mr. Ekkehard PETRI | ||||
| Lunch for all participants | |||||
| 13:30-15:10 | SESSION: KEYNOTE | Chair: Mr. Lars H. Backer, executive director of EFGS | |||
| Introduction by Chair | Mr. Lars H. BACKER | ||||
| Eurostat about GGIM and the EGIM in Europe | Mr. Ekkehard PETRI | Presentation | |||
| “GGIM and the Geostat Projects” | Mr. Lars H. BACKER | ||||
| Key note – Inspired by new possibilities | Mrs. Marie HALDORSON | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Geoinformation & INSPIRE in Bulgaria | Mrs. Lilyana TURNALIEVA | Presentation | |||
| Summing up and closing down of session by Chair | Mr. Lars H. BACKER | ||||
| Tea & Coffee break | |||||
| 15:30-16:30 | SESSION: THE EFGS GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Chair: Mr. Vilni Verner Holst Bloch, President of EFGS | |||
| Introduction by Chair | Mr. Vilni Verner Holst BLOCH | ||||
| Discussion EFGS | All | ||||
| Summing up and closing down of session by Chair | Mr. Vilni Verner Holst BLOCH | ||||
| Guided sightseeing tour | |||||
| Traditional Bulgarian Dinner | |||||
| Thursday, 24 October 2013 | |||||
| Timetable | Subject | Speaker | Abstract | Presentation | Paper |
| 09:00-12:20 | ESTABLISHED PRACTICES – Work Session 1 – Methods for producing, improving and harmonising grid datasets | Chair: Ms. Marja Tammilehto-Luode, Statistics Finland | |||
| Introduction by Chair | Ms. Marja TAMMILEHTO-LUODE | ||||
| “The Sofia Document” (Towards a harmonisation of the Geostat dataset and the processes to produce it) | Mr. Lars H. BACKER | ||||
| GEOSTAT 2011 – A population grid for Europe representing the Census 2011 | Mr. Ekkehard PETRI | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Prototype of Bulgarian Population Grid 2011 (Hybrid solution in producing grid statistics) | Mr. Arslan Ahmedov and Mrs. Irena Dudova | Presentation | |||
| A population grid for Andalusia (Spain) | Mr. Serafin OJEDA CASARES | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Brazilian Statistical Grid – a hybrid approach | Ms. Maria do Carmo BUENO | Abstract | Paper | ||
| Tea & Coffee break | |||||
| Disaggregation Methods for Georeferencing Inhabitans with Unknown Place of Residence: the Case Study of Population Census 2011 in the Czech Republic | Mr. Jaroslav KRAUS and Mr. Stepan MORAVEC | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| An improved method for population disaggregation based on European land monitoring services | Mr. Konstantin ROSINA, Phd student | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Sensitivity analysis of disclosure control measures | Mr. David MARTIN, Prof. | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Summing up and closing down of session by Chair | Ms. Marja TAMMILEHTO-LUODE | ||||
| Lunch for all participants | |||||
| 13:10-17:10 | ESTABLISHED PRACTICES – Work Session 2 | ||||
| Various examples of using grids and spatial statistics in practice | Chair: Mr. Hugo Poelman, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission | ||||
| Introduction by Chair | Mr. Hugo POELMAN | ||||
| GEOSTAT 1B case study: Access to emergency hospitals | Mr. Ola NORDBECK | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Measuring access to public transport in cities and regions | Mr. Hugo POELMAN | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Enabling a national road and street database in population statistics: Commuting distances for all employed persons and other accessibility statistics | Mr. Pasi PIELA | Abstract | Presentation | Paper | |
| Buildings Foot Prints | Ms. Matina HALKIA | Abstract | |||
| Improved statistics on urban green space | Mr. Jerker MOSTROM | Abstract | |||
| Tea & Coffee break | |||||
| Using the European Grid ETRS89/ LAEA_PT_1K as the foundation for the new Portuguese Sampling Infrastructure | Ms. Ana SANTOS | Abstract | Presentation | Paper | |
| Building area sampling with tax files | Mr. Vincent LOONIS | Abstract | |||
| Grids for pan-European land monitoring | Mr. Geir-Harald STRAND, PhD | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Urban/Rural Areas: Population density (from a 1 km2 grid), land cover and remoteness as basic elements for an urban/rural typology at LAU2 level. | Mr. Francisco GOERLICH, PhD | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Comparing the GEOSTAT population grid 2006 with municipal data in Germany | Mr. Udo MAACK, PhD | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Summing up and closing down of session by Chair | Mr. Hugo POELMAN | ||||
| Friday, 25 October 2013 | |||||
| Timetable | Subject | Speaker | Abstract | Presentation | Paper |
| 09:00-10:40 | ESTABLISHED PRACTICES – Work Session 3 | ||||
| Presentation of spatial and statistical data – achievements and challenges | Chair: Mr. Jaroslav Kraus, PhD., Czech Statistical Office | ||||
| Introduction by Chair | Mr. Jaroslav KRAUS | ||||
| The Influence of Statistical Inputs on Global Gridded Geospatial Datasets | Mr. Kytt MACMANUS | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Using Census 2011 geodata of Spain | Mr. Ignacio DUQUE | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| The Finnish geoportal and statistical data | Ms. Marja TAMMILEHTO-LUODE | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Statistical Data Dissemination by Census Atlas | Mr. Idriz SHALA | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Summing up and closing down of session by Chair | Mr. Jaroslav KRAUS | ||||
| Tea & Coffee break | |||||
| 11:10-11:50 | EMERGING PRACTICES – Work Session 1 | Chair: Mr. Lars H. Backer, executive director of EFGS | |||
| Introduction by Chair | Mr. Lars H. BACKER | ||||
| Mobile statistics in Slovenia – First contact | Mr. Igor KUZMA | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Summing up and closing down of session by Chair | Mr. Lars H. BACKER | ||||
| Lunch for all participants | |||||
| 12:50-14:00 | SESSION: PANEL DISCUSSION | Chair: Mr. Lars H. Backer, executive director of EFGS | |||
| Introduction by Chair | Mr. Lars H. BACKER | ||||
| Discussion on GGIM/EGIM, “Sofia Initiative” | All | ||||
| Summing up and closing down of session by Chair | Mr. Lars H. BACKER | ||||
| 14:00-14:30 | SESSION: SUMMING UP AND CLOSING | Chair: Mr. Arslan Ahmedov, National Statistical Institute, Bulgaria | |||
| Announce of the next conference of EFGS, Summing-up and closing by Chair | Mr. Arslan AHMEDOV | ||||