Events

Summit of the Future

Start date: September 23, 2024
End date: September 24, 2024
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: New York, USA
Conference

Theme: Summit of the Future: Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow The high-level event will bring together UN Member States, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), academic institutions, the private sector, and youth. The Summit aims to forge a new global consensus on what our future should look like, and what we […]

Joint International Conference on Geoinformation

Start date: September 24, 2024
End date: September 26, 2024
All-day event
Location: Sarawak, Malaysia
Conference
Joint International Conference Malaysia

A joint international conference on geoinformation will be held 24-26 September 2024 in Kuching City, Sarawak, Malaysia. The joint conference comprises of the following: 1. FIG Commission 5 Annual Meeting 2. FIG Commission 7 Annual Meeting 3. FIG Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) & 3D Land Administration (LA) 4. UN Habitat Social Tenure Domain Model […]

Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Adequate Housing for All

Start date: October 1, 2024
End date: October 2, 2024
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Exact date in October and venue to be determined
Workshop

UN-Habitat established first universal forum on adequate housing. Tenure security will certainly be an element of the agenda. Possible that land use management might be as well.

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When: Oct 28, 2024 – 7pm AEDT / 4pm AWST What: Opening remarks will be delivered by Dr Mika-Petteri Torhonen (Global Lead Land Administration Specialist at the World Bank’s Land and Geospatial Unit) and Dr Ernest Acheampong (Capacity Development Coordinator for the Group on Earth Observation-GEO). This will be followed by a panel featuring Mr. […]

World Urban Forum 12 (WUF12)

Start date: November 4, 2024
End date: November 8, 2024
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Forum
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The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanization. The WUF12, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), will take place in Cairo, Egypt.
This will be the first time in over 20 years, the forum is returning to the African continent, and it is the first time that it will be held in a megacity.
The deadline for application to partner-led events is 22 April 2024.
The deadline for application to the Urban Cinema is 30 May 2024.
The application for Urban Expo will close on 31 July 2024 (at 23:59 UTC+03:00).