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            SURVEY AND STATISTICAL COMPUTING IV
       THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE SURVEY PROCESS

           The ASC’s 4th International Conference
          17-19 September 2003, Warwick University

     FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

The Association for Survey Computing is pleased to announce that it will 
be hosting its fourth International Conference on Survey and Statistical 
Computing at Warwick University between Sept 17 and 19, 2003 and is now 
seeking proposals for contributed papers.

The central theme of the conference will be the Impact of Technology on 
the Survey Process, and we will be seeking contributions from producers, 
consumers and commissioners of survey research alike. The conference 
will, inter alia, explore the often-complex relationship between the 
push and pull of technological changes and the expectations and demands 
created by them. We will also be seeking to examine how outcomes feed 
back to affect the processes which initially gave rise to them. Although 
a conference about technology, the topics to be discussed will appeal to 
everyone with an interest in survey design, data collection, analysis, 
reporting, or statistical computing.

The conference will consist of papers presented to both plenary and 
parallel sessions, as well as poster sessions.

All papers will be published prior to the conference in a bound set of 
proceedings to be distributed to delegates.

PLENARY SESSIONS AND INVITED SPEAKERS

Plenary sessions of the Conference will be addressed by five invited 
speakers, including our keynote and endnote speakers:

    NORMAN GLASS
       Chief Executive, National Centre for Social Research

    DENISE LIEVESLEY
       Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics

PARALLEL SESSIONS AND CONTRIBUTING SPEAKERS

Contributing speakers will address themed sessions taking place in one 
of four, parallel streams. Thematic and organisational details will be 
finalised at the end of the selection process, but the Scientific 
Program Committee is particularly seeking proposals addressing the 
impact of technology in the following areas:

* The role of the survey professional
* Sampling and respondent recruitment
* Data capture
* Data analysis
* Information dissemination and discovery
* Software support for the survey process
* Quality and quality assurance
* Ethical issues
* Qualitative research

(These topic areas should be seen as indicative and not prescriptive).

Proposals for contributed papers should be between 250 and 500 words in 
length, and sent, preferably by e-mail, to the ASC Administrator 
([log in to unmask]) to arrive no later than Friday, Dec 6, 2002.

For complete conference details, please visit our web site at:
      http://www.asc.org.uk

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Please reply to:

        Diana Elder, Administrator ([log in to unmask])
        ASC, PO Box 60, Chesham, Bucks, UK  HP5 3QH
        tel/fax: +44 (0)1494 793033
        http://www.asc.org.uk

This message has been sent on behalf the ASC by:

        Randy Banks ([log in to unmask])
        Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
        University of Essex, Colchester, UK CO4 3SQ
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