[OPENING] 25 SEPTEMBER (MON) 09:30-10:30

[Opening Remarks] HWANG Soo Kyeong, Commissioner, Statistics Korea

[Video Message] Stefan Schweinfest, Director, UNSD

[Welcoming Remarks] Francesca Perucci, Chief of the Statistical Services Branch, UNSD

[Keynote Address] Shaida Badiee, Open Data Watch

[ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION] 25 SEPTEMBER (MON) 10:40-12:15

Moderator: Shaida Badiee, Open Data Watch

- Richa Shanker, Central Statistics Office, India

- Jean-Louis Sarbib, Development Gateway

- Amparo Ballivian, World Bank

- Young-soo Bae, DG of Statistical Research Institute, Korea

- Richard Yoon, ESRI-Korea

[SESSION 1] 25 SEPTEMBER (MON) 13:30-15:30

Open data initiatives in support of the 2030 Agenda and the SDG indicators

Moderator: Amparo Ballivian, World Bank

• Open Data at INEGI

- Armando Aguiar, Director of Information Services, INEGI Mexico

• The Africa Information Highway: A New Lane for the Sustainable Development Goals

- Louis Kouakou, African Development Bank

• Big Data Analysis with Open Data to achieve SDGs

- In-Chang Park, Ministry of the Interior and safety, Korea

• Overview of the achievements in enabling open data in Mongolia

- Norov Sodnomdorj, National Statistics Office, Mongolia

[SESSION 2] 25 SEPTEMBER (MON) 15:45-17:30

Supporting the role of national statistical systems in Open Data initiatives

Moderator: Francesca Perucci, UNSD

• Harmonising National Statistical System to Leverage Statistics Production and Dissemination in an Open Data Environment / (Video Clip)

- Mark Abuabu-Dadzie, Ghana Statistical Service

• Open Government Data And monitoring SDG Indicators In India

- Richa Shanker, India Central Statistics Office

• PSA Open data

- Romeo Recide, Philippine Statistics Authority

[SESSION 3] 26 SEPTEMBER (TUE) 09:30-11:00

Balancing openness with risks, such as security and privacy

Moderator: Louis Kouakou, African Development Bank

• Open by design- New Zealand’s open data experience

- Adam Brown, Statistics New Zealand

• Balancing openness while Minimizing Risks - Sri Lanka's Experience

- Anoja Seneviratne, Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka

• ‘Openness’: a multidimensional and messy idea

- Tom Orrell, Joined Up Data

• Balancing Openness with Security and Privacy: Palestine Experience on Data Dissemination

- Mohammad A.S. Marie, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

[SESSION 4] 26 SEPTEMBER (TUE) 11:30-13:00

Ensuring stakeholder involvement in Open Data processes

Moderator: Shaida Badiee, Open Data Watch

• Building trust between stakeholders involved in the production and use of data

- Bill Anderson, Development Initiative

• Ensuring Stakeholder’s Involvement to Open Data Processes in the Philippines

- Romeo Recide, Philippine Statistics Authority

• Demand-Driven Open Data: Achieving the SDGs by focusing on data user

- Laura Manley, Center for Open Data Enterprise

• Enabling the Data Revolution: harnessing open data for sustainable development

- Phet Sayo, International Development Research Centre

[SESSION 5] 26 SEPTEMBER (TUE) 14:30-15:45

Improving data sharing through data interoperability

Moderator: Bill Anderson, Development Initiatives

[National example]

• Experience in the Establishment and Service of the MDIS

- Junwoo Jeon, Statistics Korea

[Work programmes on data interoperability]

• SDG Data Interoperability

- Linda Hooper, UNSD

• The new frontiers of data interoperability for sustainable development

- Tom Orrell, Joined Up Data

• SDMX and Data Interoperability

- Armando Aguiar, INEGI Mexico

[DISCUSSION] 26 SEPTEMBER (TUE) 16:00-17:30

Guided discussion on main topics/ideas and recommendations proposed for discussions by the United Nations Statistical Commission

Moderator: Francesca Perucci, UNSD

• Reviewing types of challenges faced by national statistical offices in the implementation of Open Data initiatives
• Determining what it takes to implement – developing a checklist

[SESSION 6] 27 SEPTEMBER (WED) 09:30-11:00

Coordinating capacity building towards Open Data initiatives

Moderator: Laura Manley, Center for Open Data Enterprise

[International Efforts]

• Capacity Building Carried out by UNSD

- Linda Hooper, UNSD

• New Approaches to Statistical Capability Building

- Shaida Badiee, Open Data Watch

• From Collection to Use: Data and Agenda 2030

- Jean-Louis Sarbib, Development Gateway

[Country needs]

• Open Data Initiatives in Nepal

- Manoj Lal Pradhan, Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal

• Developing and Strengthening Ghana Open Data Initiative (GODI)

- Mark Abuabu-Dadzie, Ghana Statistical Service

• The Case of Cambodia

- Lay Chhan, National Institute of Statistics Cambodia

[CONCLUSION] 27 SEPTEMBER (WED) 11:15-12:15

Main conclusions and recommendations from the Seminar

Moderator: Francesca Perucci, UNSD

[CLOSING] 27 SEPTEMBER (WED) 12:15-12:30

- Kido Seong, Director, International Cooperation Division, Statistics Korea

- Francesca Perucci, Chief of the Statistical Services Branch, UNSD