Lars H. Backer Prize 2017 The Lars H. Backer Prize in memoriam of Lars H. Backer will be awarded for major contributions to the development of a geospatial foundation for official statistics or for significantly improving the relevance of geospatial statistics for...

During Seventh session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), which was held in UN Headquarters, New York, 2-4 August 2017 the President of EFGS, Janusz Dygaszewicz presented an official statement on item 10...

The EFGS 2017 Conference will be organised under three main themes which reflect the main challenges and opportunities for combining statistical and geospatial information. These are: The UN Agenda incorporating the UN-GGIM and the Sustainable Development Goals...

The President of EFGS, Mr. Janusz Dygaszewicz participated in the Seventh Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) which was held from 31 July - 4 August 2017 at the United Nations Headquarters in New...

We are delighted to announce first guest speakers for EFGS 2017 as Jack Dangermond and Greg Scott. We look forward to welcoming both Jack and Greg to Dublin and other keynote speakers who will be announced soon.   Jack Dangermond is the co-founder and president...

The ISI World Statistics Congress 2017, held in Marrakech/Morocco, 16-21 July 2017 gathered more than 2000 participants from all over the world and all areas of statistics (in particular academia, business and official statistics). With its more than 300 sessions the...