The 12. European Forum for Geography and Statistics (EFGS) took place at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel in Manchester on the 10th and 11th October 2019. The conference brought together geospatial and statistical experts to exchange ideas to further enhance the development of spatial statistics for Europe.
The motto of this year’s conference was Statistics + Location –> Insight + Impact, which aimed to highlight how our insights into the population and the world in general are greatly enhanced through the integration of statistics and place.
The conference programme consisted of the invited keynote speakers’ and many exceptional participants’ presentations:
| Thursday 10th October | ||
| 09:30 – 10.00 | Welcome Addresses presentations | |
| Chris Gale – EFGS 2019 Organising Team | ||
| Sarah Henry – Office for National Statistics | ||
| David Henderson – Ordnance Survey | ||
| Janusz Dygaszewicz – EFGS | ||
| Christine Wirtz – Eurostat | ||
| Colin Bray – EuroGeographics | ||
| 10:00 – 10.15 | Opening Talk | |
| Martin Brady (Australian Bureau of Statistics) – The Global Statistical Geospatial Framework: foundations, development, adoption and the future abstract presentation | ||
| 10:15 – 10.45 | Keynote Speaker | |
| Nick Land (Esri) – GIS for a changing world presentation | ||
| 10:45 – 11.15 | Mid-morning break | |
| 11:15 – 13.00 | Session 1a – Better geodata, better policy | Session 1b – Geospatial architecture |
| Dermot Corcoran (Central Statistics Office Ireland) and Lorraine McNerney (Ordnance Survey Ireland) – Enabling geospatial data to support smarter Government– perspectives from Ireland abstract presentation | Martin Brady (Australian Bureau of Statistics) – The Location Index: a missing piece of Australian data integration infrastructure abstract presentation | |
| Joep Crompvoets (EuroSDR/KU Leuven) – Authoritative Geodata in a European context abstract presentation | Matina Halkia (DG Joint Research Centre [JRC]) – The EU Science4Peace Portal abstract presentation | |
| Karel Macků (Palacký University Olomouc) – Quality of life in Europe – opportunities and threats for an objective evaluation abstract presentation | Pekka Latvala (National Land Survey of Finland) – Table Joining Service 2.0 abstract presentation | |
| Mike Coombes (CURDS, Newcastle University) and Andy Bates (Office for National Statistics) – Spatial analyses of commuting data for best practice labour market definitions abstract presentation | Hans Viehmann (ORACLE Corporation) and Éamonn Clinton (Ordnance Survey Ireland) – Publishing Ireland’s Authoritative Geospatial Data as Linked Data abstract presentation | |
| Alice Fitch (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) – Dynamic models of the economic value of air pollution removal by vegetation abstract presentation | Javier de la Torre (CARTO) – Addressing a Growing Shortage of Spatial Data Scientists through New Technologies abstract presentation | |
| Session 1a Lightning Talks | Session 1b Lightning Talks | |
| Iria Enrique (Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia) – Health impact assessment in Andalusia (Spain) using geospatial information abstract presentation | Jennika Leino and Essi Kaukonen (Statistics Finland) – Integrating statistical and geospatial data with linked data methods abstract presentation | |
| Vit Paszto (Palacký University Olomouc) – Enhancement of Eurostat spatial data: what we can(not) do with available LAU2 units? abstract presentation | Antti Santaharju (Statistics Finland) – Statistics Finland’s Shared Geospatial Services for Statistical production abstract presentation | |
| Iria Enrique (Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia) – Geospatial architecture of Cartographic & Statistical System of Andalusia abstract presentation | ||
| 13:00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 – 14.35 | Keynote Speaker | |
| Alexis Hannah Smith (IMGeospatial) – DATACRASH: A dyslexic dropout’s look into the future of biased AI presentation | ||
| 14.40 – 15.45 | Session 2a – Progress on European geospatial policy | Session 2b – GeoData science |
| Vilni Verner Holst Bloch (Statistics Norway) – Project FairHair – A global geoinformation demonstration project abstract presentation | Matthew Ricketts (Welsh Government) – Citizens to services: Access to Services in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation abstract presentation | |
| Dominique Laurent (IGN France) – Main learnings from UN-GGIM: Europe core data abstract presentation | Gyoungju Lee (Korea National Institute of Transportation) – Developing grid-based indicators of land use density and mix in South Korea abstract presentation | |
| Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu (BKG) – UN-GGIM: Europe – cooperation to promote data integration for policy outreach abstract presentation | Alice Born and Peter Murphy (Statistics Canada) – Impact of Spring Flooding in Canada Using Statistical and Geospatial Information abstract presentation | |
| Steven Vale (UNECE) – A “Sandbox” for Integrating Statistical and Geospatial Information abstract presentation | Alistair Edwardes and Emma Wood (Office for National Statistics) – Geo data science for reporting the UK’s progress against the SDGs abstract presentation | |
| 15.45 – 15.55 | Conference Photograph | |
| 15.55 – 16.15 | Afternoon break | |
| 16.15 – 17.15 | Session 3a – A discussion on Grids | Session 3b – Workshop: RAP for Maps |
| Panel session moderated by Nick Land (Esri) presentation | Hosted by ONS Data Science Campus presentation1 presentation2 presentation3 | |
| 17.15 – 19.00 | EFGS General Assembly | |
| 19:00 – 23.00 | Conference Dinner | |
| Friday 11th October | ||
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Session 4a – The geospatial census | Session 4b – Better geodata, better policy |
| Paul Alexander (Central Statistics Office Ireland) – Balancing characteristics in the design of enumeration areas for 2021 abstract presentation | Iain Goodwin (Ordnance Survey) and Hayley Holgate (Office for National Statistics) – Developing retail geographies to inform high street policy abstract presentation | |
| Alistair Calder (Office for National Statistics) – Geospatial for Census 2021 and beyond presentation | Karin Hedeklint (Statistics Sweden) – Retail trade areas: using geodata to measure the development of retail trade abstract presentation | |
| Heather Chamberlain (University of Southampton) – A hybrid census approach: high resolution gridded population estimates abstract presentation | Kathrin Gebers (Federal Statistical Office of Germany) – Geocoded Statistical Information within the German Statistical System: State of Play abstract presentation | |
| Joshua Comenetz (U.S. Census Bureau) – High-Resolution Population Mapping and the Example of South Sudan abstract presentation | Vianney Costemalle and Vincent Loonis (INSEE) – Where is the city? Different statistical typologies abstract presentation | |
| Nikos Patias (University of Liverpool) – A Scalable Analytical Framework for Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Neighbourhood Change abstract presentation | Sebastian Acevedo (University of Manchester) – Unequal Distribution of Access to Public Safety: The Case of Santiago de Chile abstract presentation | |
| 10:30 – 11.00 | Mid-morning break | |
| 11:00 – 11.35 | Keynote Speaker | |
| Dan Wainwright (BBC) – Stories, numbers and places presentation | ||
| 11.40 – 13.00 | Session 5a – Leaving no one behind | Session 5b – Workshop: So you want to start a (geo)business ? |
| Ian Coady (Department for International Development) – Towards the SDGs: Earth observation for sustainable development abstract presentation | Hosted by Geovation | |
| Jerker Mostrom (Statistics Sweden) – Earth Observation and Data Integration for Urban Green Space Statistics abstract presentation | ||
| Hugo Poelman (European Commission DG Regional and Urban Policy) – Leaving no one behind; leaving no one without urban public transport? abstract presentation | ||
| Mark Iliffe (United Nations) – Deploying the Global Statistical Geospatial Framework to help achieve the SDGs abstract presentation | ||
| Linda Pistolesi (Columbia University, CIESIN) – Mapping Subnational Boundaries: The GRID3 Approach abstract presentation | ||
| 13:00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Session 6a – Visualisation for impact | Session 6b – Future geospatial thinking |
| Brikan Erguc (Turkish Statistical Institute) – Developing a grid-based scoring system for access to public services in Turkey abstract presentation | Jane Mills (CIESIN, Columbia University) – Gridded Population of the World (GPW) version 5 abstract presentation | |
| Teemu Saloriutta (National Land Survey of Finland) – Findiagram – Visualizing Finnish topographic data for better decisions abstract presentation | Warren Jochem (WorldPop Project, University of Southampton) – Settlement classification from building footprints: machine learning approach abstract presentation | |
| Roger Milego (UAB) – EEA’s Integrated Data Platform: management and assessment of environmental data abstract presentation | Dominique Laurent (IGN France) – Use of Sentinel images for fairer control of the Common Agricultural Policy abstract presentation | |
| Valérie Darriau (INSEE in partnership with IGN France) – The new grid data of the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies abstract presentation | Michael Harper (Flowminder Foundation) – Using uncertainty in gridded population estimates to support decision-making abstract presentation | |
| Session 6a Lightning Talks | Session 6b Lightning Talks | |
| Timo Aarnio (National Land Survey of Finland) – Maps and Statistics in Harmony abstract presentation | Sonia Williams (Office National Statistics) – Remote sensing and machine learning to identify vegetation in urban gardens abstract presentation | |
| Clément Godin (IGN France) – Interacting with multiple cartographic representations: the MapMuxing project abstract presentation | Mirosław Migacz (Statistics Poland) – Boundary changes influence on statistical indicators abstract presentation | |
| Heather Porter (Office for National Statistics) – The nested grid: a data driven, variable resolution gridded output abstract presentation | ||
| 15.30 – 15.50 | Afternoon break | |
| 15.50 – 16.25 | Session 7a – Reflections and future themes | |
| Panel session moderated by Alistair Calder (Office for National Statistics) | ||
| 16.25 – 16.45 | Conference Close | |
| Closing remarks from the President of EFGS Janusz Dygaszewicz |
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Posters
Darko Sisko (City of Zagreb, City Office for Strategic Planning and Development) – Integration of Spatial Information and Statistics in Cities – Case Study Zagreb poster
Andrej Cupica (Croatian Bureau of Statistics) – Merging data on accommodation and tourist activity with geospatial information poster
Matthias Till (Statistics Austria) – LEARN4SD: A Machine Learning based Poverty Mapping Exercise in Austria poster
Stefano Mugnoli (ISTAT) – New ISTAT ”microzones” layer: the current state of art poster
Tamas Palya (Lechner Nonprofit Ltd) – The sustainable development goals in Hungary and the geospatial data availability poster
Gytis Strasevicius (Statistics Lithuania) – Interactive Map on Gender Equality in Municipalities: facilitating effective use of gender statistics poster
Marek Pieniążek (Statistics Poland) – Spatial Availability of Public Services in the Concept of Public Service Monitoring System in Poland poster
Photo Gallery available here
Twitter account of the EFGS 2019
Agenda to download
The conference was organised by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Ordnance Survey GB (OS) with support from the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) and the European Forum for Geography and Statistics (EFGS).