With launch of information stand at UERJ, IBGE starts registration for the Digital Era Conference
June 25, 2024 04h59 PM | Last Updated: June 26, 2024 10h53 PM
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) started today (25), with the launch of an interactive information stand at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), registration for the National Conference of Producers and Users of Data on National Sovereignty in Geosciences, Statistics and Data – Risks and opportunities in the Digital Era, which will be held from July 29 to August 02 at the Maracanã campus , in the North area of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
The event, which was attended by the president of the IBGE, Marcio Pochmann, and the rector of Gulnar Azevedo e Silva, besides the coordinator of the Center for Information Documentation and Dissemination, Daniel Castro, was also the occasion to launch the Conference schedule.
Registration is free by means of a form available at the IBGE Virtual Shop available at the Conference page on the IBGE website. Participants will receive certificates. The main conference tables will be streamed on Digital IBGE, at the Institute’s website.
"We are thankful for having been so warmly welcomed by the UER community. I am sure this event, from July 29 to August 2, will be a landmark not only for Brazilians and cariocas, but also for many of the statistical agencies which will have as a parameter the decisions made her. We are enthusiastic for starting registration as we launch this information stand at UERJ, so that the biggest number of peoples can take part in the Conference,” said president Marcio Pochmann.
Interactive information stand is available for use at the main lobby of UERJ
The information stand, which is part of a project intended to facilitate the access of the population to statistical and geographic information produced by the IBGE, was inaugurated by the president of the Institute and the rector of the University. Besides presenting information produced by the IBGE, it can also be used by people to register for the national Conference of Data Producers and Users.
It is available for use at the main lobby of the university, on the ground floor, and can be used by both the academic community and the population in general, as the place is used as an alternative route to the Maracanã subway station.
"This partnership with the IBGE is a great step for us, to make information available to students. Besides the information stand, we plan to have a room where one will be able to access IBGE indicators, and I believe that will be one more opportunity for these two institutions to strengthen ties. I would like to invite all of you to join the Conference scheduled for the end of June, and to participate in the initiatives we are offering,” said the rector of UERJ, Gulnar Azevedo e Silva.
The coordinator of the Center for Information Documentation and Dissemination, Daniel Castro, as the rector, once again invited the audience to use the information stand and highlighted the big amount of information available.
“I would like to invite you to try and use this stand. You can access one million trillion variables, 1.5 pieces of data produced by the IBGE. On the IBGE website you can see statistics about Society, on topics such as violence, color or race and inflation, GDP, everything the IBGE produces for Brazil. I am very happy because we have found a place at such a special institution."
History student in the fifth semester was the first student to register for the Conference
The History student Breno da Silva, a resident of Benfica taking his fifth semester, was the first one to register for the Conference using the information stand. He logged in at the Virtual Sop page, chose the dates he would like to attend the event and received a world map with Brazil in the center of the world.
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National Conference of Producers and Users of Data on National Sovereignty in Geosciences, Statistics and Data – Risks and opportunities in the Digital Era
Date: July 29 - August 02 2024.
Time: 9 am to 5 pm (Registration starts at 8 am).
Venue: Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, located at 524 São Francisco Xavier St - Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro – RJ.
Streamed on: Digital IBGE (ibge.gov.br).
Early registration and schedule: at the Conference website.
