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Realising the value of official statistics
24–25 March, 2010 – Te Papa, Wellington
Registrations
Please click here to complete your registration.
Pricing is as follows:
Full conference (including a networking function on the Wednesday evening):
| Very early bird (closes 18 December 2009) |
$325 |
| Early Bird (closes 26 February 2010) |
$375 |
| Standard |
$425 |
One day registration (excluding networking function):
| Very early bird (closes 18 December 2009) |
$195 |
| Early Bird (closes 26 February 2010) |
$220 |
| Standard |
$245 |
| Networking function |
$45 |
What is the Forum?
Every few years the users and producers of official statistics meet to share their knowledge and experience of the Official Statistics System (OSS), the wealth of information it represents, and to review the user needs for such statistics.
The gathering is convened by Statistics New Zealand, the leaders of the OSS. It is an opportunity to see how well the OSS is meeting its goals by bringing together the people who produce the information with the end users of those resources.
Producers of official statistics are also able to share knowledge and innovations in the techniques used to collect, produce, store, and disseminate statistics.
Users of statistics can share the latest ideas on the way this information can be utilised, from analysis and manipulation to forecasting and modelling.
This event will be held in Wellington across two days, 24–25 March 2010, with the theme of realising the value of official statistics, both in the sense of the awareness of that value, and the fulfilment of the potential of that value.
The importance of the role of official statistics is both emphasised and challenged in times of economic recession, so the timeliness of this forum is significant.
The event will feature mix of keynotes speakers, panel discussions, and concurrent sessions.
The concurrent sessions will be run along three themes:
- Where to Next: Innovation, future directions and filling the gaps
- Working Smarter: Collaboration, investment, reducing overlaps and doing more with existing resources
- Real Life: Examples of the use, analysis or integration of statistics.
Call for papers
The call for papers closed on 14 September 2009. Many thanks to those who submitted abstracts.
Programme
The programme is available for download below. Please note it is correct at the time of publishing, but is subject to change without notice.
Official Statistics Forum 2010 programme (3 pages, PDF, 87kb)
This event has been made possible through the support of the following agencies:
- Department of Labour
- Department of Internal Affairs
- Ministry of Economic Development
- Ministry of Tourism
- Land Information New Zealand
- Inland Revenue
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Ministry for the Environment
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Social Development