March 18, 2018 bogdan

Programme

The European path towards Trusted Smart Statistics

Wednesday, 10 October

11:30-13:00	Registration
12:00-13:00	Welcome coffee
13:00-13:30	Welcome address by: Tudorel ANDREI, President of National Institute of Statistics of Romania Marianne THYSSEN, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility (video)
13:30-13:50	Keynote speech Ana Birchall, Vice-Prime Minister of Romania for the implementation of strategic partnerships
13:50	Session 1: Big data and official statistics: state of play Chair: Tudorel Andrei, President of NIS-RO
13:50-14:50	Strategic developments at European and UN level Embracing Big Data within the ESS: Joining forces for higher impact (Eurostat) Presentation The ESSnet Big Data: highlights of results and outlook for future work (CBS, NL) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Strategic developments at global level (GWG Big Data for Official Statistics) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Questions and discussion
14:50-15:30	National experiences I Data Integration challenges – ICT survey and web scraped data from enterprise websites (ISTAT, IT) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Using Web scrapping techniques for price statistics – the Romanian experience (NIS, RO) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Experiences and best practice in developing new production processes for statistical products: Price statistics – the case of Slovenia (SURS, SI) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation
15:30-15:50	Coffee break
15:50-17:00	National experiences II Towards a methodological framework for the integration of mobile phone data in the production of official statistics (INE, ES/NIS, RO) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Understanding socio-spatial segregation in French cities with mobile phone data (INSEE, FR) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation The application of network theory in the official statistics (KSH, HU) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation New developments on online cash registers and road traffic data (KSH, HU) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Questions and discussion
17:00-18:30	Addressing key challenges for business innovation Big data to improve policy and decision making: The Experience of Statistics Netherlands (CBS, NL) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation The SSP Lab: The very young experience of the French NSI (INSEE, FR) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Skills and capacity building for big data in official statistics: the current landscape of teaching data science in Poland (Statistics Poland) Presentation Key factors for obtaining access to big data (StatBel, BE) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Questions, discussion and final conclusions by the chair

Thursday, 11 October

08:00-09:00	Registration
09:00	Session 2: Big data and governance paradigms Chair: Eduardo BARREDO CAPELOT, Director, Eurostat
09:00-10:00	Towards new production models Are current frameworks appropriate for the usage of Big Data and Trusted Smart Statistics in the official statistical production? (FSO, CH) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Online job vacancies (Eurostat and CEDEFOP) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Mobile network data (Proximus and Eurostat) Abstract\| Paper \| Presentation Questions and discussion
10:00-11:00	Evolution strategies Privacy by design in official statistics: Should it become a default/standard? (Cybernetica) Paper \| Presentation Strategies in producing statistics with privately held data at SURS (SURS, SI) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Big Data Strategies for Official Statistics (CBS, NL) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Questions and discussion
11:00-11:20	Coffee Break
11:20-13:00	Panel and plenary discussion on common issues of governance Chair: Eduardo Barredo Capelot, Director, Eurostat Discussion on common issues of institution, process and data governance Panellists: Mariana Kotzeva (DG Eurostat), Pádraig Dalton (DG CSO Ireland), Genovefa Ružić (DG SURS Slovenia), Jørgen Elmeskov (DG Statistics Denmark), Freddy de Meersman (Proximus), Baldur Kubo (Cybernetica AS)
13:00-14:00	Lunch break
14:00	Session 3: The European path towards Trusted Smart Statistics Chair: Dominik ROZKRUT, President Statistics Poland
14:00-15:10	Smart Statistics happening today Trusted smart statistics: the challenge of extracting usable aggregate information from new data sources (Prof. Maurizio Vichi, David J. Hand) Paper \| Presentation Examples from selected domains Objective Monitoring of the Obesogenic Behaviour and the Role of the Local Environment. New methods for collecting evidence (Dr Anastasios N. Delopoulos) Abstract\| Paper \| Presentation Developing smart statistics for urban mobility: challenges and opportunities (Dr Andrew McHugh) Paper \| Presentation The role of citizen science in statistical production systems of the future (Prof. Evelyn Ruppert) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Questions and discussion
15:10-16:10	Shaping trusted smart statistics for tomorrow A reference architecture for smart statistics (Eurostat) Abstract \| Paper \| Presentation Engineering standards and official statistics: bridging the gap (Dr Ansgar Koene) Abstract \| Presentation Trusted smart statistics for policy making (DG CNECT) Abstract \| Presentation Questions, discussion and concluding remarks by the chair
16:10-16:30	Coffee break
16:30-17:30	Panel and plenary discussion: the European path towards trusted smart statistics: strategic priorities Chair: Mariana Kotzeva, Director-General of Eurostat Panellists: T.B.P.M. (Tjark) Tjin-A-Tsoi (DG CBS Netherlands), Dominik Rozkrut (President Statistics Poland), Tudorel Andrei (President NIS Romania), Ronald Jansen (Ass. Dir. UNSD), Michail Skaliotis (HoTF Eurostat), Prof Evelyn Ruppert (Goldsmith University London)
17:30-18:00	Bucharest Memorandum on the European path towards trusted smart statistics Actionable points and concluding remarks Mariana Kotzeva, Director-General of Eurostat