1. Opening Remarks Agenda Item 1. 2 GEO-XIII Plenary St
Opening Remarks Agenda Item 1.2 GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Barbara Ryan Director, GEO Secretariat 10 November 2016

2. GEO-XIII Statistics Plenary – 400+ Participants from 110 Delegations
300+ from Member Governments
100 from Participating Organizations
20 Side Events
Average participants per Event
712 total registrations
Exhibition – 10 Exhibits: 45 Participants
Commercial Sector – 75 Participants

3. Touch Screen for Formal Statements
Rik Baeyens and Katy Anderson

4. GEO Senior External Relations Manager
Welcome Steven Ramage
OGC
Ordnance Survey GB
World Bank
what3words
UN-GGIM

5. Countries have borders; Earth observations don’t.
Barbara J. Ryan
Director, GEO Secretariat
Adapted from NY Times
September 2015

6. GEO-XIII Plenary St. Petersburg, Russia 9-10 November 2016
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