CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture Convention

IFPRI Staff are participating in the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture co-hosted by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) taking place October 3-5, 2018 at the Campus of the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya.

This convention is the second yearly event to bring together the people and organizations that make the Platform for Big Data successful. Three days of focused, action-based discussion to find commonalities across research institutes, governments, and private organizations sets the stage for a productive and data-driven year ahead!

We look forward to you joining us for a lively week on this year's theme: "Decoding the Data Ecosystem." We'll dive into ways the data ecosystem for food security can integrate with real ecosystems worldwide, from the global to the local, across public, private, and non-profit goods.

IFPRI Participants:

What is the CGIAR Platform For Big Data in Agriculture? (October 3, 2018  9:00am --  9:30pm)

• Jawoo Koo, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Decoding Data Issues (October 3, 2018 -- 11:20am - 12:05pm)

• Medha Devare, Senior Research Fellow & Module Lead, IFPRI/Big Data Platform

Decoding the Language of Data  (October 3, 2018 -- 5:30pm - 6:00pm)

• Soonho Kim, Data Manager, IFPRI

Tensions of the Data Ecosystem: Intro (October 4, 2018 -- 8:30am - 8:45am)

• Medha Devare, Senior Research Fellow & Module Lead, IFPRI/Big Data Platform

What can a CoP do for me? (October 4, 2018 -- 11:45am - 12:15pm)

• Jawoo Koo, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Best Practices on Electronic Data Capture (October 4, 2018 --  4:15pm - 5:05pm)

• Mike Murphy, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI

The World at Your Fingertips: Democratization of Earth Observation (October 4, 2018 --  4:15pm - 5:05pm)

• Jawoo Koo, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

What’s new in Ontology CoP?  (October 4, 2018 --  5:10pm - 6:00pm)

• Soonho Kim, Data Manager, IFPRI

Why you Need to code for Geospatial Data Science (October 4, 2018 --  5:10pm - 6:00pm)

• Jawoo Koo, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Tool Exchange  (October 5, 2018 -- 7:30am - 8:30am)

• Sunil Saroj, Research Analyst, IFPRI

2018 Inspire Challenge Finalist Pitches (October 5, 2018 --  4:15pm - 5:30pm)

• Carlo Azzarri, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
• Yanyan Liu, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
• Simla Tokgoz, Research Fellow, IFPRI