Programme and presentations for the European Forum for Geography and Statistics 2015
Official webside of the conference.
The EFGS Conference was organized and hosted by Statistics Austria on the 10th-12th November 2015.
The motto was: “Building Bridges”
Program
| Tuesday, 10 November 2015 | |||||
| Timetable | Subject | Speaker | Abstract | Presentation | Paper |
| 8:30-10:00 | Registration | ||||
| 10:00-11:00 | Conference opening | ||||
| Welcome speeches by | Konrad Pesendorfer, Director General of Statistik Austria | ||||
| Wernher Hoffmann, President of BEV | |||||
| Janusz Dygaszewicz, President of EFGS | Presentation | ||||
| Ekkehard Petri, European Commission Eurostat | |||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning Coffee Break | ||||
| 11:30-11:50 | Towards a Global Statistical Geospatial Framework | KEYNOTE Martin Brady | Abstract | Presentation | |
| 11:50-12:50 | SESSION 1: GLOBAL USE CASES | Session chair: Matina Halkia | |||
| TerraPop: Constructing Boundary Files for Location-Based Integration of Population and Environmental Data | Tracy Kugler | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Global Population Mapping at the U.S. Census Bureau | Joshua Comenetz | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Gridding global male and female populations: new data from the Gridded Population of the World (GPW) | Erin Doxsey-Whitfield et al | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break | ||||
| 14:00-15:00 | SESSION 2: INSPIRE | Session chair: Mirosław Migacz | |||
| Benefits and challenges of INSPIRE implementation in the field of statistics | Miroslaw Migacz | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| INSPIRE implementation at Statistics Belgium – achievements | Pierre Jamagne | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| The European Location Framework (ELF): taking INSPIRE to the next level | Dominique Laurent | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| 15:00-16:15 | SESSION 3: UN-GGIM: EUROPE | Session chair: Marie Haldorson | |||
| UN-GGIM: Europe , one year work | Antonio Arozarena | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| UN-GGIM: Europe working Group A – European Core Data | Francois Chirié | Abstract | Presentation1 | ||
| UN-GGIM: Europe working Group B – Data Integration | Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Priority User Needs – report from Working Group B | Marie Haldorson | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| 16:15-16:45 | Afternoon Coffee Break | ||||
| 16:45-17:30 | SESSION 4: GEOSTATISTICS – A JOINT EFFORT | Session Chair: Gerda Schennach | |||
| A shared environmental information system (SEIS) for Environment and Statistics | Stefan Jensen | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Pilot studies on the provision of harmonized land use/land cover statistics (Synergies between LUCAS and the national systems) | Stephan Arnold | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Services Integration: technical, organizational and policy perspectives | Josef Strobl | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Wednesday, 11 November 2015 | |||||
| Timetable | Subject | Speaker | Abstract | Presentation | Paper |
| 8:30-9:00 | SESSION 4: GEOSTATISTICS – A JOINT EFFORT – CONTINUED | ||||
| Combining geography and statistics for an improved analysis of urban phenomena: recent experiences in European Regional and Urban Policy | Hugo Poelman | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| The European Location Framework for Geostatistics | Mick Cory | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| 9:00-10:15 | SESSION 5: GEOSTAT – INTEGRATION OF GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS | Session Chair: Jerker Moström | |||
| Integration of geography and statistics in Europe – state of progress report based on the GEOSTAT 2 survey | Amelia Wardzinska-Sharif, Jerker Moström | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| EFGS.info in a new framework, a way to share knowledge about spatial statistics | Ola Erik Nordbeck | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| GSBPM as a framework for the production of spatial statistics | Rina Tammisto | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Announcement of the EFGS 2016 conference | Vincent Loonis | Presentation | |||
| 10:15-10:45 | Morning Coffee Break | ||||
| 10:45-11:30 | SESSION 6: SPATIAL STATISTICS FROM VISIONS TO PRACTICES (in memoriam Lars Backer) | Session Chair: Vilni Verner Holst Bloch | |||
| My perspective of the EFGS and Lars’ strong dedication to the “Vision” | Marina Backer Skaar | ||||
| Implementing the GEOSTAT Vision – a 10 points program towards a European statistical-spatial framework | Ekkehard Petri | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| 11:30-12:30 | SESSION 7: GRIDS – POPULATION & MORE | Session Chair: Ingrid Kaminger | |||
| Spatio-temporal modelling of population: from global to local scales | KEYNOTE Klaus Steinnocher | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| IT Geostat Population Grid 2011 | Stefano Mugnoli et al | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Spatial disaggregation of 1km GEOSTAT data into finer grids in Slovakia and Czechia | Konštantín Rosina et al | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch Break | ||||
| 13:30-14:45 | SESSION 7: GRIDS – POPULATION & MORE – CONTINUED | ||||
| Exploiting census workplace data to build a daytime grid map of England and Wales | David Martin | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| A volumetric approach to population disaggregation using LIDAR remote sensing data. | Francisco J. Goerlich | Abstract | |||
| Towards a 100-m, GHSL-based population grid in Europe | Matina Halkia et al | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| The ENACT project: towards spatiotemporal activity and population mapping in Europe | Filipe Batista e Silva et al | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| 14:45-15:00 | POSTER PRESENTATION | ||||
| Urban and rural areas in Belgium according to the Eurostat revised definition (Eurostat regional yearbook 2010) | Pierre Jamagne | Abstract | Presentation | Poster | |
| Relocation of Kurmanj Kurds leading to different cultural geography in the North-East of Iran, poster | Tiam Mohammadzade Miraki et al | Abstract | |||
| 15:00-15:30 | Afternoon Coffee Break | ||||
| 15:30-17:15 | SESSION 8: BEST PRACTICE I | Session Chair: Igor Kuzma | |||
| Bridging geographical and statistical information: a focus on inter-organizational cooperation in Portugal between INE and DGT. | Cátia Nunes et al | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Collaboration between NMA and NSI, the French example. | Vincent Loonis | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Collaboration between Statistics Belgium and NMCAs | Pierre Jamagne | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Non disclosure rules applied on non-hierarchical small areas | Niek van Leeuwen | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Review of the project carried out in cooperation of NSI and NMA | Marja Tammilehto-Luode | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Oskari in Spatial Statistics on Web and more | Timo Aarnio, Jani Kylmäaho | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| 19:30-22:00 | Conference Dinner – sponsored by BEV | ||||
| Thursday, 12 November 2015 | |||||
| Timetable | Subject | Speaker | Abstract | Presentation | Paper |
| 8:30-10:15 | SESSION 9: BEST PRACTICE II | Session Chair: Erik Sommer | |||
| The Austrian Broadband-Atlas | Erwin Grabler (& WIGeoGIS) | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| The role of national address database at Kosovo agency of statistics | Idriz Shala, Amir Sogoveja | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Surrounding paths for improving spatial point addresses in Spanish statistical production | Ignacio Duque | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| OLAP for heterogeneous socio-economic data – the challenge of integration, analysis and crime prevention: a Czech case study | Jirí Horák et al | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Natural Capital Accounting : Land Cover Ecosystem Unit map of the Netherlands | Niek van Leeuwen | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| 10:15-10:45 | Morning Coffee Break | ||||
| 10:45-12:00 | SESSION 10: OLD, NEW AND BIG DATA | Session Chair: Marja Tammilehto-Luode | |||
| Viking age geography – Is it possible to trace back the territorial units a millennium ago? | Vilni Verner Holst Bloch | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Mobile positioning and Statistical derivatives – The way forward? | Igor Kuzma et al | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Use of AIS data to Improve Transportation Statistics | Marcus Justesen | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| Rail passenger transport: Measuring accessibility using timetable data | Elena Navajas Cawood, Lorenzo Vannacci et al | Abstract | Presentation | ||
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch Break | ||||
| 13:00-14:30 | PANEL DISCUSSION | Panel: Representatives of Eurostat, NSI, NMA (BEV), UN GGIM, EFGS. Chair: Norbert Rainer (Statistics Austria) | |||
| 14:30-15:00 | Afternoon Coffee Break | ||||
| 15:00-16:00 | THE EFGS GENERAL ASSEMBLY | ||||
| 16:00-17:00 | THE GFGS STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING |