UN-SPIDER Updates October 2019

Dear readers,

We're glad to share with you the October 2019 UN-SPIDER Monthly Updates.

Below the updates, you'll also find an events calendar with upcoming conferences, workshops and seminars organized by the community.

Enjoy the read!

UN-SPIDER at a glance

News from the community

  • 20/10/2019

    The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Working Group on Data and the International Science Council’s Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) have released a report on the next generation of disaster management systems. As disasters and the number affected by them increase due to climate change,… Read more

  • 14/10/2019

    Release earlier this year at the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019, the Africa Earthquake Model paints a complete picture of earthquake risk to the continent in terms of damage to buildings and direct human and economic losses. The model lays out the African portion of the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation global maps released in December 2018. 

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  • 02/10/2019

    On 19 September, Bing announced that the United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda are the first African countries to have an open buildings dataset. As a result of a joint venture between Bing Maps, Microsoft Philanthropies and Humanitarian OpenStreetMaps (HOTOSM), 18 million building footprints have been established, of which 7 million in Uganda and 11 million in the United Republic… Read more

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Title Organized by City Country Date
Copernicus Emergency Management Service Annual Conference

Joint Research Centre (JRC, European Commission)

Copernicus Emergency Management Service

10/11/2024 to 10/11/2024
9th Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Government of the Republic of Namibia

African Union Commission

Southern African Development Community

Windhoek Namibia 10/21/2024 to 10/24/2024
2nd UNESCO IOC Global Tsunami Symposium

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (Indonesian: Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika, abbreviated BMKG)

Banda Aceh Indonesia 11/09/2024 to 11/14/2024
United Nations/Spain Workshop on Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Related Space Technologies in Support of Urban Sustainability Challenges

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

The Kingdom of Spain

Malaga Spain 11/18/2024 to 11/22/2024
10th Annual UN-SPIDER Beijing International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction - "Early Warnings for All"

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) of the People’s Republic of China

Beijing China 11/19/2024 to 11/21/2024
The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) 2024 Hybrid Annual Conference

The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS)

Vasundhara Emergency Management Foundation (VEMF)

Pune India 11/26/2024 to 11/29/2024
IASI Conference 2024

EUMETSAT

Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Nancy France 12/02/2024 to 12/06/2024
United Nations World Space Forum 2024 - "Sustainable Space for Sustainability on Earth"

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Germany, German Space Agency at DLR

United Arab Emirates

Peru

Bonn Germany 12/03/2024 to 12/05/2024
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Government of Switzerland

Geneva Switzerland 06/02/2025 to 06/06/2025