EFGS 2026 Conference
30 September – 2 October 2026
Brussels, Belgium
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10th Annual European Forum for Geography & Statistics
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Open data of United States
Open data services of United States are available at EFGS webpage from now. More information you can find here: Open Data U.S.
EFGS 2017 Conference program
We would like to inform, that the program of the EFGS 2017 Conference is now available: EFGS 2017 Conference Program Please download the EFGS 2017 Program as a PDF