Data Collaboratives and the 70th United Nations General Assembly meeting

Next week, from September 25-27, about 150 world leaders will attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda – in the wake of the 70^th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
An important focus area of the Summit involves the use of data for achieving sustainable development. Several events are scheduled to examine and showcase how data can be leveraged to improve people’s lives. Through our work on responsible data use and data collaboratives, The GovLab, Leiden University’s Centre for Innovation and other partners will participate at a number of UNGA-events, listed below. We intend to report back on what we learned and would be eager to meet you in person if you are planning on being there as well.
UN General Assembly Data for Development Related Events
(Note that some of the below are by invitation only and we suggest you reach out directly to the organizations involved).
PARIS21 – Strengthening Capacity in Developing Countries: It’s time to get it right!
September 26^th, 9 AM – 12 PM
http://www.paris21.org/sites/default/files/UNGA-Side-event.pdf
Twitter: @contactPARIS21
During this event, the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21^st Century is bringing together thought leaders from governments, international organizations and civil society. Representatives from organizations such as the UN Statistics Division, DFID, the OECD and several countries’ statistical departments will take stock of best practices in the last 15 years. Further, they will discuss the new Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data, for which an event will be organized next week (see below). The two central themes of the event will be ‘Revisiting Capacity Building’ and ‘Innovation and Modernization’.
Mashable, UN Foundation, 92Y and UNDP – Social Good Summit
September 27^th and 28^th, all-day event
http://mashable.com/sgs/
Twitter: @mashable #2030now
The Social Good Summit has the broader theme, examining the impact of technology and new media on social good initiatives worldwide. The event features a lineup of celebrity speakers combined with thought leaders in the space. Another special element to this event is that there are simultaneous meet-ups being organized in over 65 countries all over the world. Anyone is allowed to attend the main New York event after purchasing a 75$ ticket on the website.
Bloomberg – Data for Good Exchange
September 28^th, all-day
http://www.bloomberg.com/company/d4gx/
Twitter: @bloomberg #d4gx
Contrary to the Social Good Summit, the Data for Good Exchange (D4GX) is specifically focused on data-driven ways to create positive social impact. The event is aimed at bringing together data scientists with NGO’s, public sector and non-profit actors in order for both sides to learn from each other and collaborate to solve major societal issues.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of the Philippines and the UN Secretary-General’s Global Pulse Initiative – A Data Revolution for Humanitarian Response
September 28^th, 1:30 – 2:45 PM
Twitter: @NLatUN
This meeting will be aimed at generating awareness and understanding of the use of new data streams in humanitarian response. Set in the context of the upcoming World Humanitarian Summit key theme of “Transformation through Innovation”, a variety of stakeholders are brought together to learn about these new applications. Attendees will include high-level (international) public sector officials, academics and private sector representatives.
Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data – Launch Event
September 28^th, 2 PM – 5 PM
http://www.data4sdgs.org/
Twitter: @data4sdgs #datarevolution
This meeting is organized by a variety of actors that have come together in a ‘Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data’. Collectively, these partners work towards finding approaches that use data and public information, towards the Sustainable Development Goals (www.globalgoals.org).
UN Millennium Campaign, UN Global Pulse and Microsoft – Data Playground
September 28^th, 6:30 PM onward
http://bit.ly/dataplayground
Twitter: @mcampaign @UNGlobalPulse @MicrosoftNY
During this event, a range of data-driven innovations will be showcased. Participants will be able to see and experience the latest developments in data collection, analytics and visualization. Focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals, this event will highlight the fact that those cannot be effectively implemented and monitored without data-innovation.
Data-Pop Alliance and Internews – Beyond Data Literacy
September 29^th, 11:30 AM – 2 PM
http://datapopalliance.org/calendar?view=2015-09-_60s36c1n60pj8b9i6gs46b9k6opjab9p6gs34b9l68qj6g9k6t1kah9h8g
Twitter: @datapopalliance @internews
Data-Pop Alliance and Internews are launching a whitepaper on ‘Data Literacy’, in partnership with PARIS21, the World Economic Forum, and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. During the workshop around this launch, actors from the Data Revolution community will be brought together for a deep dive on how this concept should be interpreted and how communities can be engaged and empowered by becoming more data literate.