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ASC '99
...LEADING SURVEY AND STATISTICAL COMPUTING INTO THE NEW
MILLENNIUM
Wednesday to Friday, 22nd to 24th September 1999
at The University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK
THIRD INTERNATIONAL 3-DAY CONFERENCE
The Association for Survey Computing is pleased to announce its
Third International Conference on Survey and Statistical
Computing, to be held in Edinburgh in September 1999. This
Conference builds on the success of similar events held in 1992
and 1996 and sets the scene for survey computing in the new
millennium.
The official language of the conference will be English.
Our Principal Sponsor for this Conference is SPSSmr
In addition to invited and contributed speakers, there will be a
large number of poster sessions and an extensive exhibition.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Invited speakers will address plenary sessions of the Conference
and will include:
* Ian Durrell (SPSSmr)
Software for the New Millenium
* David Hand (The Open University)
Data Mining
* Mick Couper (University of Michigan)
Usability Evaluation of Computer Assisted Survey
Instruments
* Woulter Keller (Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics)
TBA
* Rory Morgan (Research International Group)
Understanding Consumer Behaviour in the New Millenium
* Andy Teague (Office for National Statistics, UK)
An International Perspective on Census Issues
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Response to the call for contributed papers for this Conference
has been substantial and will be presented over the course of the
three days, grouped under the following headings.
* Good Practice
* ANALYSIS - Qualitative; Quantitative; Visual/Spatial
* Usability Issues for Interviewers and Respondents
* CAI - Sample Design; Managing the Process; Impact on Data
Quality
* META-DATA - As a Resource; In Design; An XML Framework
COSTS
570.00 stlg Full delegate, including Wednesday night and
Thursday night accommodation and all meals
470.00 stlg Full delegate, including all meals but no
accommodation
160.00 stlg Social delegate, including Wednesday and Thursday
night shared accommodation plus breakfast &
dinner
Academic delegates receive a discount of 40.00 stlg, as do
delegates booking before April 30, 1999 and paying before May 31,
1999.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further details about the conference, including all contributing
speakers and a booking form, are available:
* from the ASC's web site
http://www.assurcom.demon.co.uk
* by automatic reply on receipt of an e-mail to
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* from the ASC's Administrator
Diana Elder ([log in to unmask])
Association for Survey Computing
PO Box 60, Chesham, Bucks HP5 3QH
Phone/Fax +44 (0)1494 793033
from whom information for potential exhibitors is also available.
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Randy Banks ([log in to unmask]) tel: +44 (0)1206 873067
Chair, Association for Survey Computing fax: +44 (0)1206 873151
Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
University of Essex
Colchester, Essex
United Kingdom CO4 3SQ http://www.assurcom.demon.co.uk
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