It will take place on Friday 23^rd October at the Royal Statistical Society, Errol St, London from 09.30 to 16.30.

Those speaking at the workshop include ESRC Chief Executive Ian Diamond, Sharon Witherspoon MBE, Nuffield Foundation and Patrick Sturgis of the National Centre for Research Methods. The leaders of the pilot projects established by the ESRC to explore ways of encouraging undergraduate social science students to make greater use of quantitative methods and improve their skills will also present their results

There is no charge for attending the workshop, but places are limited and prior registration is required. A buffet lunch will be provided.

To register please return the attached registration form by email to:

john.macinnes@ed.ac.uk

Travel expenses up to a maximum of £75 can be reimbursed for a limited number of participants from outside the Greater London area unable to find funding from their own institutions.

If you would like to apply for this funding please indicate this on the registration form.

More information: Workshop programme and Workshop registration form

1 June 2009, Royal Statistics Society
This meeting will offer the first integrated presentation of the proposed end-to-end methodology for the production of 2011 census population estimates.  Aspects of 2011 census proposals, particularly the use of post-out and post-back of questionnaires, a parallel internet data collection channel, coverage survey and increased use of external data sources for census validation all present new opportunities and challenges compared with previous censuses.  The event will comprise four presentations by the Office for National Statistics, each presenting the proposed methodology for an important stage of the census processing and followed by an initial review by an expert discussants: Prof Phil Rees, Prof Ian Diamond; John Bradley and Prof Ludi Simpson.  Presentations will note major differences of methodology within the UK and there will be opportunity for open discussion on each topic.

The second of these is not yet on the RSS website but both are bookable by emailing conference@rss.org.uk for a booking form.

Thursday 30 April 2009

Royal Statistical Society, London

This meeting will provide a forum for data users and producers to meet and discuss new developments and exchange information about the Family Resources Survey.

The meeting is free to attend and lunch is provided. For more details and to book a place please go to http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2009-04-30/”>http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2009-04-30/

Programme

 A meeting to discuss the interim findings of a review by the UK  Statistics Authority on improvements to migration statistics will be  held at the Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX  on 22nd April 2009, 2pm-4pm (coffee and registration from 1.30pm).

 Please email: authority.enquiries@statistics.gsi.gov.uk  to reserve your  place – attendance is free but places are limited to 60.

 The Interim Report will be published on 2nd April on the Authority website: http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/.

 There will be a question and answer session and also the opportunity for  some short (3 minute) presentations – if you would like to speak, please  indicate this when you book a place.

 Penny Babb
 UK Statistics Authority
 Tel: 020 7014 2012
 Email: penny.babb@statistics.gov.uk

Royal Society, London

Thursday 14 May 2009

To book click here

Since Lord Chorley’s Report charted a course for handling geographical information 20 years ago, there have been huge advances in spatial data and the technology to process them: digital mapping, aerial photography and gazetteers, GPS, mobile and internet GIS, to name but a few. They play a key role in decision-making in government, public services, commerce, transport and utilities: in committee rooms, back and front offices and in the field. But familiar old problems persist with data duplication, access, pricing and licensing, boundary changes and compatibilities, and a general lack of coordination and direction. A Location Council has been set up to deliver the UK Location Strategy published in November and implement the EU INSPIRE initiative. This year’s BURISA Conference is the ideal opportunity to catch up with progress and issues in geographical information, demystify the jargon and look ahead to future developments.

Professor John Shepherd, Chair of Human Geography, Birkbeck, University of London, will chair the day.

Speakers will include (details subject to confirmation):
Dr. Robert Barr OBE, Tim Allen, Peter ter Haar, Jamie Justham, Giles Finnemore, Steven Brandwood, David Fry, Brian Higgs, Andy Tait, A speaker from the Association for Geographic Information

http://www.burisa.org/2009%20Conference.htm

More information is available from Hamza Anwar at the Royal Statistical Society
Phone: 0207 614 3933 Email: h.anwar@rss.org.uk Fax: 0207 614 3905

For directions to The Royal Society: http://royalsociety.org/downloaddoc.asp?id=657

TO BOOK simply complete and return the booking form

Date: 13 May 2009
Location: Royal Statistical Society, London

This one-day conference showcases the work of nine research projects funded during 2008-09 by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). These have focused on developments in 2011 census data products, innovations in census data linkage through time and emerging web-based technologies for census data dissemination. The day is intended to inform debate concerning future research priorities surrounding the delivery of data from the 2011 UK censuses and the requirements of contemporary census research users.

09.30 Registration
Chair of meeting – Prof Mike Batty, University College London

10.00 Welcome and overview – Prof David Martin, University of  Southampton

2011 data developments

10.10 Towards 2011 output geographies: adapting and evaluating automated zone design methods for maintaining the 2001 output geographies – Samantha Cockings, University of Southampton

10.35 Microdata, research facilities and work practice in the UK Social Science Community Census data linkage – Dr Jo Wathan, University of Manchester

11.00 Developing Analyses of the England & Wales, Scottish and Northern Ireland Census Longitudinal Studies: health and mortality as a case study – Harriet Young, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
11.25 Coffee

Data linkage

11.45 Testing the feasibility of extending the Scottish Longitudinal Study back through time – Prof Paul Boyle, University of St Andrews

12.10 Web-based Spatio-temporal Interpolator for Census Area Statistics – Prof Nigel Walford and Dr Shaozhong Shi, Kingston University

12.35 Questions to presenters
12.50 Lunch

Emerging technologies for data dissemination

13.45 A Census data feed research network – Dr Oliver Duke-Williams, University of Leeds

14.10 Creating a Census (Meta)Data Feed – Justin Hayes, University of Manchester

14.35 DiaD – Data Integration and Dissemination – James Reid, University of Edinburgh

15.00 Census Geographic Information Visualisation (Censusgiv) – Dr Pablo Mateos, University College London

15.25 Discussion led by panel

16.00 Close

The meeting will take place at the Royal Statistical Society headquarters, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX

The following registration charges apply:
£20 RSS Retired or Student Fellows
£22 RSS CStat/GradStat
£25 RSS Fellows
£30 RSS Linked Associates
£40 None of the above
email conference@rss.org.uk   for a booking form

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