5th International Conference on Big Data for Official Statistics

The United Nations Global Working Group (GWG) on Big Data for Official Statistics

Mon, 29 Apr - Fri, 3 May 2019

The 5th International Conference on Big Data for official statistics will be held in Africa, namely in Kigali, Rwanda from 29 April until 3 May 2019. The first 3 days of the week will be devoted to training workshops for African countries and a seminar of activities of a Data Science Campus for official statistics. The seminar will demonstrate projects for the African continent, including projects on Digital Earth Africa. The last 2 days of the week will be for keynote speakers and several high-level panels. This week in Kigali will show that new data sources and new technologies can also be used in Africa to get better data for better policies.

Data Science Campus
Kigali
English