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Everybody Please see below details of a number of RSS meetings (not organised by Official Statistics section) that may be of interest to the list, and how to register Sorry for any cross-posting David On behalf of RSS Official Statistics section ----------------------------------------------------------- Royal Society Discussion Meeting on 'The growing ubiquity of algorithms in society: implications, impacts and innovations' The usage of algorithms and analytics in society is exploding: from machine learning recommender systems in commerce, to credit scoring methods outside of standard regulatory practice and self-driving cars. The rapid adoption of new technology has the potential to greatly improve citizens' experiences, but also poses a number of new challenges. This meeting will highlight opportunities and challenges in this rapidly changing landscape, bringing legal and ethics experts together with technologists to discuss implications, impacts and innovations. Monday 30 October 2017 - Tuesday 31 October 2017 Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG https://www.statslife.org.uk/events/events-calendar/eventdetail/998/-/royal-society-discussion-meeting-on-the-growing-ubiquity-of-algorithms-in-society-implications-impacts-and-innovations ----------------------------------------------------------- Dodgy data: How to spot it, how to stop it RSS events Tuesday 31 October 2017 - Tuesday 31 October 2017 Macmillan Room, Portcullis House, London SW1A 2LW RSS president Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter will deliver a talk titled 'Dodgy data: How to spot it, how to stop it' to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Statistics. https://www.statslife.org.uk/events/events-calendar/eventdetail/1015/-/dodgy-data-how-to-spot-it-how-to-stop-it ----------------------------------------------------------- Cathie Marsh Memorial Lecture 2017 - How unequal is the UK - and should we care? RSS events The UK's economy has just experienced a very unusual decade. The next decade is even more uncertain - so what has happened and what should we really be worried about? Tuesday 07 November 2017 - Tuesday 07 November 2017 Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX https://www.statslife.org.uk/events/events-calendar/eventdetail/1009/-/cathie-marsh-memorial-lecture-2017-how-unequal-is-the-uk-and-should-we-care ----------------------------------------------------------- Measuring health service efficiency and productivity RSS events The National Health Service is at the centre of our national life, one of our most cherished institutions. It is also of profound economic importance - the third largest employer in the world and accounting for around a twelfth of UK Gross Domestic Product. But it is also an organisation under continuing pressure as it attempts to deal with growing demand in an ageing society at a time when public funding is not in free supply. Wednesday 29 November 2017 - Wednesday 29 November 2017 Bank of England Conference Centre, Moorgate Auditorium, 20 Moorgate, London EC2R 6DA ----------------------------------------------------------- The Beveridge Report, 75 years on. Slaying the 'five giants': past, present and future RSS events The Royal Statistical Society(RSS) and the Nuffield Foundation are jointly staging this event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of the Beveridge Report - the foundation-stone of Britain's post-war welfare state. Its author, William Beveridge, sought to address the 'five giants' which, in his view, threatened the UK's post-war reconstruction - namely 'want', 'ignorance', 'disease', 'squalor' and 'idleness'. Wednesday 29 November 2017 - Wednesday 29 November 2017 Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are private and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please return it to the address it came from telling them it is not for you and then delete it from your system. This email message has been swept for computer viruses. ********************************************************************** ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the RSS-SOCIAL-STATS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=RSS-SOCIAL-STATS&A=1