Virtual Rountable on Advancing Role of GKI in World Economy, Society and Environment

Overview

The virtual roundtable on “Advancing Role of Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure in World Economy, Society and Environment” is being organized with the geospatial ecosystem stakeholders to deep dive into understanding the contexts and readiness for supporting a Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure. Discussions during the roundtable meetings will revolve around current geospatial data infrastructure, policies, institutional capacities, industrial capacity and user capacity. The roundtable meetings will also explore various possible partnership networks, including government to government, government to private, government to multilateral and private to multilateral agencies.

Program Agenda

Time	Agenda
1600 - 1605	Welcome note by the Chair Basanta Shrestha, Director of Strategic Cooperation, ICIMOD
1605 - 1610	Introductory remarks on Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI) Anamika Das, Vice President – Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure, Geospatial Media and Communications
1610 – 1625	Presentation on GKI followed by Q&A John Kedar, Strategic Advisor - Geospatial Infrastructure Geospatial Media and Communications
1625 - 1635	Viewpoint: Integration of UN-IGIF and GKI Greg Scott, Strategic Advisor - Inter-Regional Advisor, UN-GGIM, United Nations*
1635 - 1715	Discussion on “Geospatial Readiness and Value of GKI” Moderator: Basanta Shrestha, Director of Strategic Cooperation, ICIMOD The discussion will delve upon: Current geospatial infratructure scenario: moving from data to knowledge infrastructure Value and relevance of geospatial infrastructure for development from Nepal's perspective Preparedeness for an Integrated Policy Framework
1715 - 1755	Discussion on “Collaborative Approach and Business Model for Geospatial Knowledge” Moderator: Anamika Das, Vice President – Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure, Geospatial Media and Communications The discussion will delve upon: The good practices in partnerships for data production across the wider data environment? What are the challenges? What potential partnerships could help move national geospatial agencies up the knowledge value chain? User engagement for achieving GKI
1755 - 1800	Concluding Remarks by the Chair