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ESDS International Annual Conference 2008

Conference theme: The Changing World

Date: Monday 1 December 2008
Venue: Institute of Materials, 1 Carlton House Terrace, London

This one-day conference included presentations by representatives from inter-governmental organisations and academics presenting research carried out using international data. It provided an opportunity for researchers and data providers to meet and share their ideas on the changing world and issues relating to international data research.

Note: You will need the free Apple QuickTime player installed in order to view the video files.

Programme:

10.00 - 10:30
Registration
Introduction and Data Providers
Chair: Professor Denise Lievesley, President, International Statistical Institute
10.30 - 10:40
The role of ESDS International [slides]
Keith Cole, Director of Mimas and Head of ESDS International
10.40 - 10:50
Introduction to the day and poster session round-up
Celia Russell, ESDS International
10.50 - 11.10 OECD Data in Teaching and Learning [slides] [video: MPEG4 39MB] [audio: MPEG3 22MB]
Joachim Doll, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
11.10 - 11.30 Data on Africa, for Africa [slides] [video: MPEG4 28MB] [audio: MPEG3 11.8MB]
Valentina Kalk, World Bank
11.30 - 11.45 Coffee/tea break
11.45 - 12.05 Labour Market Indicators and the New MDG goals of full and productive employment and decent work for all, a central objective of our relevant national and international policies and our national development strategies
Lawrence Jeffrey Johnson, International Labour Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland [slides] [video: MPEG4 33MB] [audio: MPEG3 17.7MB]
12.05- 12.25 Cross-national attitudinal research: the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and the European Social Survey (ESS) [slides] [video: MPEG4 63MB] [audio: MPEG3 21.1MB]
Alison Park, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)
12.25- 12.45 Energy Statistics as a foundation to Energy Indicators [slides] [video: MPEG4 40MB] [audio: MPEG3 21.6MB]
Michel Francoeur, International Energy Agency, Paris, France
12:45–13.00
Data Provider Panel Discussion - bring your questions for the International Labour Organisation, International Energy Agency, OECD and International Monetary Fund!

13.00 - 14.00

Lunch and Poster session [abstracts]
Lunchtime talk: Moving into the 21st Century: Development and progress on Data Communication [slides] [video: MPEG4 46MB] [audio: MPEG3 25.58MB]
Yutong Li, International Monetary Fund

International Data Academic Research
Chair: Tanvi Desai, Data Manager, London School of Economics

14:00 - 14:20 Using International Energy Agency Data to Calculate the Environmental Impact of Connecting Maritime Ships to Shoreside Power [abstract] [slides]
Dr William Hall, Coventry University
14:20 - 14.40
Intergenerational Transmission of Inflation Aversion: Theory and Evidence [abstract] [slides]
Dr Alexander Mihailov, University of Reading
14:40 - 15:00
Empirical Investigation of Monetary Models of GBP/USD Exchange Rate in Cointegrating VAR framework with Exogenous I(1) and Structural Break [abstract] [slides]
Viet Hoang Nguyen, Leeds University Business School
15:00 - 15.20
The Formation and Evolution of Childhood Skill Acquisition: Evidence from India [abstract] [slides]
Christian Helmers, University of Oxford and Manasa Patnam, University of Cambridge
15.20 - 15.35
Coffee/tea break

ESDS International use
Chair: Jackie Carter, Mimas manager, social science data services

15.35 - 15.55 International data in research for Parliamentarians [slides] [Kenya: A political & economic profile]
Ed Beale and Ian Townsend, House of Commons Library
15.55 - 16.15 ESDS International Data Surgery - bring your questions for the team.
Susan Noble, Celia Russell, Jack Kneeshaw, ESDS International

If you have any questions about the conference or the service, please contact the ESDS International Team.

You can see a compilation of papers and posters presented by researchers at ESDS International conferences and submitted for publication on the Conference Proceedings section of this website.

See the Events > ESDS International Annual Conference pages for further information about previous events.

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