2020 Workshop on the Modernisation of Official Statistics

16-20 November 2020, virtual (Geneva times)

Side Events:


Wednesday 18 November

13:00

14:00

Room opens for testing and connecting

Start of the Workshop

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14:00Opening and Welcome Taeke Gjaltema (UNECE), Stéphane Dufour (Statistics Canada, co-chair HLG-MOS Executive Board) and Jennifer Banim (CSO Ireland, co-chair HLG-MOS Executive Board)

14:10

Keynote Speech: Anil Arora chair of the HLG-MOS

presentation

14:30

14:50

Machine Learning Project. Claude Julien (UNECE Project Manager)

Q&A

presentation

webinar poll result

15:00

Break

15:15

15:30

Input Privacy-Preservation Techniques Project. Dennis Ramondt (Statistics Netherlands and UNECE Project Manager)

Q&A

presentation

15:35



15:45

Project Proposals

StatsBots - Bringing reference facts to the online conversation. Jonathan Challener, OECD

Questions for clarification

Practical Guide to Synthetic Data. Kate Burnett-Isaacs, Statistics Canada

Questions for clarification


StatsBots Proposal

StatsBots Presentation

Synthetic Data Sets Proposal

Synthetic Data Sets Presentation

15:55

Small Group Discussion 1: Selection/prioritization of Proposed Project


16:25Break
16:40Reporting Back, General discussion and voting for 2021 project(s)

16:55

17:25

Small Group Discussions 2: Scoping of selected Project(s)

Reporting Back


17:35

Closing Day 1


Thursday 19 November

PLEASE NOTE: SCHEDULE IN GENEVA TIME (CET) Click here for checking in your timezone

13:00

14:00

Room opens for testing and connecting

Start of the Workshop


14:00Opening and Welcome. Taeke Gjaltema (UNECE), Stéphane Dufour (Statistics Canada, co-chair HLG-MOS Executive Board) and Jennifer Banim (CSO Ireland, co-chair HLG-MOS Executive Board)

14:10

Outcome Expert Meetings/Workshops. Taeke Gjaltema (UNECE)

Sharing Tools. Taeke Gjaltema (UNECE)

presentation

14:20

14:40

Supporting Standards. Marina Signore, chair (Istat, Italy)

Q&A

14:45

15:00

Capabilities and Communication. Anna Borowska, chair (Statistics Poland)

Q&A

Presentation

15:05Break

15:20

15:40

Blue Skies Thinking Network. Barteld Braaksma, chair (Statistics Netherlands)

Q&A

Presentation

Activity proposal (six)

15:45

Other Activity Proposals and Soapbox/Pitch talks

  • Machine Learning Group 2021. Eric Deeben (ONS)
  • Interoperability with Statistical Classification. Cory Chobanik and Stephane Crête (Stats Can) 
  • Facebook Covid Survey. Barteld Braaksma (Statistics Netherlands)


15:50

Small Group Discussion 1: General discussion activities (including not selected project proposals and inter-disciplinary/inter-group activities)


16:20Break
16:30Reporting Back and General Discussion

16:45




17:10

Small Group Discussions 2: Selection and Prioritization of Activities (by Modernisation Group)

  • Group 1 & 4: Supporting Standards
  • Group 2 & 5: Capabilities and Communication
  • Group 3 & 6: BSTN

Reporting Back


17:25Conclusions and way forward. Stéphane Dufour (Statistics Canada, co-chair HLG-MOS Executive Board) and Jennifer Banim (CSO Ireland, co-chair HLG-MOS Executive Board)

17:35

Closing Day 2



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