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The ICES series of conferences serves an important role in the world of survey methodology. Few other conferences focus on methods and applications for establishment surveys.
The first three, held at seven-year intervals from 1993 to 2007, were very successful with more than 400 delegates per conference. The conferences covered a broad spectrum of survey methods for businesses, farms, and institutions. The fourth conference will continue this. Examples of topics include:
- Efficient Use of Administrative Data in Business Surveys
- Advances in Disclosure Protection
- Advances in Small Area Estimates, Managing Metadata
- The New Direction of Business Surveys
- Collecting Data Electronically from Businesses
- Updating Business Registers
- Sample Design Challenges
- Factors that Affect Establishment Survey Participation
- Generalized Survey Processing Systems - An Update
- Measuring Nonresponse Bias
- Issues of Multi-Mode Data Collection
The Conference will include:
- Short courses
- A keynote speaker
- Poster sessions, software demonstrations, invited and contributed paper sessions
Program Schedule at a Glance
The program is expected to follow this timetable:
| Monday June 11 | 9:00 A.M.- 4:00 P.M. | Short courses |
| 5:00 P.M. | Keynote address | |
| 6:15 P.M. | Reception | |
| Tuesday June 12 | 8:30 A.M. - 10:10 A.M. | Session 1: parallel sessions |
| 10:10 A.M. - 10:40 A.M. | Coffee break | |
| 10:40 A.M. - 12:20 P.M. | Session 2: parallel sessions | |
| 12:20 p.m. - 1:40 P.M. | Lunch | |
| 1:40 P.M. - 3:20 P.M. | Session 3: parallel sessions | |
| 3:20 P.M. - 3:50 P.M. | Tea break | |
| 3:50 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. | Session 4: parallel sessions | |
| Wednesday June 13 | 8:30 A.M. - 10:10 A.M. | Session 1: parallel sessions |
| 10:10 A.M. - 10:40 A.M. | Coffee break | |
| 10:40 A.M. - 12:20 P.M. | Session 2: parallel sessions | |
| 12:20 P.M. - 1:40 P.M. | Lunch | |
| 1:40 P.M. - 3:20 P.M. | Session 3: parallel sessions | |
| 3:20 P.M. - 3:50 P.M. | Tea break | |
| 3:50 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. | Session 4: parallel sessions | |
| Thursday June 14 | 8:30 A.M. - 9:50 A.M. | Waksberg address (plenary) |
| 9:50 A.M. - 10:20 A.M. | Coffee break | |
| 10:20 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. | Session 1: parallel sessions | |
| 12:00 P.M. -1:20 P.M. | Lunch | |
| 1:20 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. | Session 2: parallel sessions | |
| 3:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. | Tea break | |
| 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. | Closing panel session | |
| 7:00 P.M. | Conference dinner | |
The details of which presentations are allocated to which session are expected to be available mid-March.
This Conference Sponsored By:
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American Statistical Association
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International Association of Survey Statisticians
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Statistical Society of Canada
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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ASA Section on
Government Statistics |
The Organizing Committee would like to thank the following organizations for their generous support of the ICES-IV:
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Business and Economics Section of the ASA
DOE-Energy Information Administration
Mathematica Policy Research
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Center for Health Care Statistics
National Science Foundation
NORC at the University of Chicago
Office for National Statistics (UK)
Statistics Canada
Statistics Sweden
U.S. Census Bureau
Westat
