Invitation
On behalf of the National Organising Committee (Uganda) and the International Organising Committee/Scientific Programme Committee, we take this opportunity to invite you to the Fifth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-V) to take place from 13th 15th October 2010 in Kampala, Uganda. This venue was selected during the ICAS-IV conference in Beijing, China.
The ICAS-V conference is open to all producers, suppliers, trainers and users of Agricultural Statistics, such as economists, statisticians, researchers, analysts and decision-makers from government entities, the academia, , development partners and international organisations. It is as well open to the private sector, including the business community. More details and updates regarding the conference can be found at the Conference website www.icas-v.org . A copy of the ICAS-V detailed programme and brochure can also be downloaded from the website. We request for your support and assistance in distributing the brochure and in publicising the information therein as widely as possible.
The Conference will focus on the UN report titled Global Strategy for Improving Agriculture Statistics under the theme Integrating Agricultural Statistics into National Statistical Systems. The need for integration of agricultural statistics stems from the fact that many countries have for instance been using piecemeal approaches rather than integrated frameworks that would be the basis of long term development plans towards sustainable statistical systems ... read more
Download the ICAS-V Brochure
English version ll French version
Spanish version
Download the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics document
Conference venue
Speke Resort Munyonyo
Conveniently located only 12 km from the centre of Kampala, Speke Resort & Conference Centre offers 10 state-of-the-art conference rooms including a 1,000-seat ballroom and 9 multi-function meeting rooms accommodating groups of 10-300. When planning an event, the Conference Services department will provide personal assistance from beginning to end. Our Audio-Visual department is ready to provide equipment and technical assistance at a moment's notice.

Guest services are available to provide such amenities as fax, photocopying, Internet and express mail services. Our friendly staff will be on hand to provide information on other activities in the area, including access to all the Speke Resort facilities.
With the finest facilites in Uganda it is not surprising that Speke Resort & Conference Centre was chosen as the venue for the 2007 Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
Venue Management contacts.
Chriss Mwaniki
Sales & marketing
Mobil: 0782626252
Email: spekehotel@spekehotel.com
Prabhat Mishra
Group General marketing manager
Tel: 0752711701/0772777790
Email: prabhat@spekehotel.com