UNOOSA's UN-SPIDER Bonn Office will be hosting in October two key UN meetings. The first is the 10th Plenary of the United Nations Geographic Information Working Group, which will meet from 19-21 October 2009. The whole UN geospatial community will be converging to this meeting to discuss various relevant topics including the establishment of the United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI).
The second is the Third United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop: "From Concepts to Application", which will be held from 21 - 23 October 2009. This international workshop will bring together leading experts to discuss the use of space-based information to support disaster risk management.
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UNGIWG
UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop