CONFEST/CONFEGE 2025
International panels are a highlight at CONFEST/CONFEGE 2025
December 01, 2025 04h00 PM | Last Updated: December 03, 2025 10h01 AM
The National Conference of Data Producers and Users (CONFEST/CONFEGE) has a consolidated international program as a highlight of its current edition taking place between December 3 and 5 in Salvador, Bahia.
The objective of having international panelists is to deepen the debate on the production of statistical and geoscientific information, gathering experts and partner institutions from different parts of the world. The initiative aims at strengthening technical cooperation and enhancing the exchange of experiences among countries that face similar challenges collecting and analyzing data.
The president of the IBGE, Marcio Pochmann, stresses that “the international participation at the Conference reinforces the compliance of the IBGE with the best global practices, expands Brazil's projection in the statistical diplomacy, fosters institutional learning with access to innovative methodologies and technologies and opens the door for strategic cooperation and funding. As a result, the conference becomes a decisive space to consolidate the role of the IBGE as a modern agency, connected with the global statistical agenda, as a protagonist.
The CONFEST/CONFEGE reinforces its role as a place of cooperation and exchange, consolidating Salvador as a stage for strategic debates on statistics and geosciences in the international scenario.
Andrea Diniz, International Relations Manager at IBGE, highlights that “the Conference is consolidating itself as a space for exchange with our colleagues around the world, and this is important because it helps us to reflect on common challenges and also on best practices in addressing these challenges. The strong presence of statistical institutes from Latin America will strengthen South-South cooperation, which is so relevant for improving the processes of producing statistical and geospatial information.”
Check out the International Participation at the Conference:
- François Lavoie – Deputy Director of Statistics Canada (STATCAN) – remote participation
Panel: Modernization of statistical production (December 3, 2pm–4pm)
- Alfatihah Reno Maulani – Statistician from Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS – Statistics Indonesia)
- Heriberto Tapia – Research and Strategic Partnership Advisor at the UNDP/HDRO Human Development Report Office – remote participation
Panel: Connected Systems – Data Integration Experiences (December 3, 2pm–4pm)
- Elio Atenógenes Villaseñor García – Director of the Data Science Laboratory at INEGI (Mexico)
Panel: Official statistics in the Digital Age – Developing Skills (December 3, 4:30pm–6:30pm)
- Andrea Llerena – Regional Statistics Advisor at UN Women (Americas and Caribbean)
- Andrea Ramirez – Deputy Director General of the National Administrative Department of Statistics – DANE (Colombia)
- Karen García Rojas – Statistics Officer, Gender Affairs Division, ECLAC
- Márcia Contreras – Researcher at the National Statistics Office (Dominican Republic)
Panel: Gender as a cross-cutting issue in statistical institutes: Challenges, Innovations, and Paths to Cooperation (December 4, 9am–11am)
- Alejandro Rojas – Director of Administrative Records, DANE - Colombia
- Franklin Gregorio Reina – General Manager of Metrology and Statistical Standardization, INE - Venezuela
- Marianita de Lourdes Granda León – Deputy Director-General, INEC - Ecuador
- Nancy Aurelia Hidalgo Calle de Martell – Head of the 2025 National Census, INEI - Peru
Panel: Challenges of statistical production in the countries of the Amazônia Biome (December 5, 9am–11am)
- Adriana Vernengo Ferrari – Deputy Director-General, INE - Uruguay
- Alcides Nunes González – Director of Economic and Environmental Statistics, INE - Paraguay
- Gonzalo Raúl Grandis – Director of Communications, INDEC - Argentina
- Iván Mauricio Ojeda Aguilera – National Director, INE - Paraguay
- Nicolás Petresky – Director of Institutional and International Relations, INDEC - Argentina
- Valentina María Santo González – Technical Assistant, INE – Uruguay
Specialized Meeting on Statistics of MERCOSUR – REES (December 4, 9am–5pm)
Service:
National Conference of Data Producers and Users (CONFEST/CONFEGE)
Theme: A Proposed General Plan of Statistical and Geographic Information (PGIEG) for the Development of Brazil in the Digital Age, for the period between 2026 and 2030.
Date: December 3-5, in Salvador (BA)
Venue: SENAI Cimatec and SESI facilities
Address: Av. Orlando Gomes, 1845 – Piatã.
Free registration on:
https://loja.ibge.gov.br/conferencia-nacional-dos-agentes-produtores-e-usuarios-de-dados-confest-confege.html
Organized by IBGE, with support from the Government of the State of Bahia, the Federation of Industries of the State of Bahia (FIEB), Senai Cimatec, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Municipalities of Bahia (UPB), the National Conference of Data Producers and Users (CONFEST/CONFEGE) is sponsored by the Federal Data Processing Service (Serpro) and Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S.A. (BNB).
See the schedule and register on: https://eventos.ibge.gov.br/conferencia-soberania-nacional/inicio
