<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">The first episode from the 12-episode podcast series titled 'Data for Resilient Cities' by CAG and CODATA, will be launched today. In the first episode titled '</span><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">Data-driven geospatial solutions to address community-based challenges,' Dr. Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar, Chair Urban Resilience - Global Resilience Cities Network, National Institute of Urban Affairs is in a conversation with Valrie Grant, Founder, and MD of GeoTechVision.</span></div><div><img src="cid:ii_kgc7c62s0" alt="Episode 1Launch SM.png" width="542" height="542"><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">The two speakers talk about geospatial frameworks for data and national spatial data to solve community-based challenges, methods and policy practiced globally, the involvement of the community of data users and creators and also the ways in which data-driven models have been translated into policies.</span><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">To listen to the podcast, tune into </span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://soundcloud.com/dataforresilientcities&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1603256969872000&usg=AOvVaw3RpV3SUbUdtC2iu51xS52x" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(26,115,232);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">https://soundcloud.com/dataforresilientcities</a><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"> or log on to our website </span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bit.ly/3drNmoT&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1603256969872000&usg=AOvVaw2VDEhv8gBNBi61Pq15ROZQ" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(26,115,232);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">https://bit.ly/3drNmoT</a></div></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div>Thanks,</div><div>Asha</div>-- <div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">___________________________<br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>UN Data Forum, Discussion Panel, 16 Oct, 15:00 UTC:</b> </span><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5577378695163481357" target="_blank">Register for Discussion Panel</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> | </span><a href="https://codata.org/panel-discussion-event-un-data-forum-pre-recorded-session-multi-stakeholder-data-bridges-making-data-work-for-cross-domain-grand-challenges/" target="_blank">Information</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> | </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/465263347" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Session Recording '</span>Multi-Stakeholder Data Bridges’</a> | <a href="https://ve.attendify.com/index/e19y30/s_e19y30/schedule/9yx2dgHJCUx0XFsM09/9yx6rE0JWGcUiEIChV" target="_blank">Session in UN Data Forum Attendify</a> | <a href="https://unstats.un.org/unsd/undataforum/" target="_blank">Register for UN Data Forum</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Units of Measure for Humans and Machines:</b> <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4081656" target="_blank">Position Paper and Manifesto of the DRUM (Digital Representation of Units of Measure) Task Group https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4081656</a> and <a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/task-groups/drum/first-briefing-for-the-drum-ambassadors/" target="_blank">First Briefing Meeting</a>.</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>International Virtual FAIR Convergence Symposium 2020, 30 Nov-4 Dec:</b> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-fair-convergence-symposium-registration-105931185026" target="_blank">Registration Open</a> | <a href="https://conference.codata.org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