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EFGS 2012 conference

Welcome to Prague!
 

 

PROGRAMME

Day 1: Wednesday, October 24, 2012

11:00 - 12:00

Registration for the Conference

Opening of the Conference

Chair: Mr. Jaroslav Kraus, Czech Statistical Office, Czech Republic

12:00 - 12:10

Welcome speech
Mr. Jaroslav Kraus, Czech Statistical Office, Czech Republic

12:10 - 12:20

The past and present of the EFGS project
Mr. Vilni Verner Holst Bloch, EFGS President, Norway

12:20 - 12:30

Eurostat and the future of the GEOSTAT project
Mr. Ekkehard Petri, European Commission, Eurostat, Luxembourg

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch for all participants

Keynote session

Chair: Mr. Lars H. Backer, EFGS Executive Director, Sweden

13:30 - 13:40

Introduction by chair

Mr. Lars H. Backer, EFGS Executive Director, Sweden

Part 1

The Vision section

13:40 - 14:00

In search of a Shared Vision

Mr. Lars H. Backer, EFGS Executive Director, Sweden

Part 2

The Production section

14:00 - 14:20

Statistics, Geodata and Our Way to Geoinformation, Ms. Zdeňka Udržalová, Czech Statistical Office, Czech Republic

14:20 - 14:40

Gridded register-based data for detail spatio-temporal monitoring and modelling. Vision of data harmonisation and integration,

Mr. Jiří Horák, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

14:40 - 15:00

Comparison of bottom-up and top-down methods used to create grid data from the Population and Housing Census 2011,

Mr. Jaroslav Kraus, Czech Statistical Office, Czech Republic

Part 3

The Management section

15:00 - 15:20

Towards a better integration of statistics and geography - an ESS strategy, Mr. Ekkehard Petri, European Commission, Eurostat, Luxembourg

15:20 - 15:30

Summing up by chair and presentation of the draft for a Prague Declaration, Mr. Lars H. Backer, EFGS Executive Director, Sweden

Day 2: Thursday, October 25, 2012 Work

Session 1

 

Production and Use of Geostatistics from the Global Perspective

Chair: Mr. Vít Voženílek, Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic

09:00 - 09:10

Introduction by chair,

Mr. Vít Voženílek, Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic

09:10 - 09:30

Terra Populus: Integrated Data on Population and Environment,

Ms. Tracy Kugler, University of Minnesota, USA (abstract)

09:30 - 09:50

Methods of Reconciling Geographic Boundaries in Integrated Research,

Mr. Kytt MacManus, Columbia University - CIESIN, USA (abstract)

09:50 - 10:10

Describing Mexican Population:

GIS in Census - Data Dissemination and Making Decisions,

Ms. Carole Schmitz, National Institute of Statistics and Geography, Mexico (abstract)

10:10 - 10:30

National Dwelling Inventory,

Ms. Elsa Resano, National Institute of Statistics and Geography, Mexico (abstract)

10:30 - 11:50

Geovisualisation of Statistical Data within Spatial Data Infrastructure,

Mr. Vít Voženílek, Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic

10:50 - 11:00

Summing up and closing down of session,

Mr. Vít Voženílek, Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic

11:00 - 11:30

Tea & Coffee break

Work Session 2

Production and Use of Geostatistics from the European Perspective

Chair: Ms. Marja Tammilehto-Luode, Statistics Finland, Finland

11:30 - 11:40

Introduction by chair,

Ms. Marja Tammilehto-Luode, Statistics Finland, Finland

11:40 - 12:00

Harmonised population time-series (1990-2010) for Europe by means of the OLAP technology,

Mr. Roger Milego, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Catalonia (abstract)

12:00 - 12:20

Detailed population distribution maps for Europe´s cities,

Mr. Filipe Batista e Silva, European Commission, Joint Research Center, Italy (abstract)

12:20 - 12:40

Towards indicators of proximity to services in Europe's major cities,

Mr. Hugo Poelman, European Commission, DG Regional Policy, Belgium (abstract)

12:40 - 13:00

The new rural-urban typology: Is it also suitable for lower territorial units?,

Ms. Hana Bednářová/Mr. Petr Klauda, Czech Statistical Office, Czech Republic

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch for all participants

14:00 - 14:20

LUCAS (Land Use / Cover Area Frame Statistical Survey),

Mr. Miloš Sedláček, GEODIS, Czech Republic (abstract)

14:20 - 14:40

Top-down population density grid based on European land monitoring services,

Mr. Konstantin Rosina/Mr. Pavol Hurbánek, Slovak Academy of Sciences/Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovakia (abstract)

14:40 - 15:00

Market watch/Business report - Grid statistics,

Mr. Erik Sommer, Statistics Denmark, EFGS Consultant, Denmark (abstract)

15:00 - 15:20

An ideal way of integrating the spatial dimension into the statistical production chain - Does it exist?,

Mr. Ola Nordbeck/Mr. Arslan Ahmedov, Statistics Norway/Bulgaria (abstract)

15:20 - 15:40

Workflow to create grid data,

Ms. Marja Tammilehto-Luode, Statistics Finland

15:40 - 15:50

Summing up and closing down of session,

Ms. Marja Tammilehto-Luode, Statistics Finland, Finland

15:50 - 16:20

Tea & Coffee break

Work Session 3

Production and Use of Geostatistics from the National Perspective

Topic 1

 

Dissemination issues of small areas

Chair: Mr. Igor Kuzma, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia

16:20 - 16:30

Introduction by chair,

Mr. Igor Kuzma, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

16:30 - 16:50

Statistical confidentiality in small area statistics dissemination,

Mr. Igor Kuzma, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia (abstract)

16:50 - 17:10

Applying disclosure control on average values when publishing by different small areas,

Mr. Niek van Leeuwen, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Netherlands (abstract)

17:10 - 17:30

Small statistical units in Spain: Enumeration Districts, Nomenclátor and Grid,

Mr. Ignacio Duque, National Statistical Institute, Spain (abstract)

17:30 - 17:40

Summing up and closing down of topic,

Mr. Igor Kuzma, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia

Day 3: Friday, October 26, 2012

Work Session 3

Production and Use of Geostatistics from the National Perspective

Topic 2

 

Application of grids in land use statistics and modeling

Chair: Mr. Jiří Hiess, Czech Association for Geoinformation (CAGI), Czech Republic

09:00 - 09:10

Introduction by chair,

Mr. Jiří Hiess, CAGI, Czech Republic

09:10 - 09:30

High Resolution Land Use Information by combined Analysis of Digital Landscape Models and Statistical Data Sets,

Mr. Tobias Krüger, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Germany

09:30 - 09:50

Urban Morphological Zones for Spain: Urban indicators from an Object Oriented Land Cover data base and a population grid,

Mr. Francisco Goerlich, University of Valencia, Spain (abstract)

09:50 - 10:10

What's going on out there? - Gridded data for detection of pressure on land use, Mr. Jerker Moström, Statistics Sweden, Sweden (abstract)

10:10 - 10:20

Summing up and closing down of topic,

Mr. Jiří Hiess, CAGI, Czech Republic

10:20 - 11:00

Tea & Coffee break

Topic 3

 

Dissemination of Population and Housing Census 2011

Chair: Mr. Jaroslav Kraus, Czech Statistical Office, Czech Republic

11:10 - 11:30

Population Census and European Neonatal Health Statistics,

Mr. Vilni Verner Holst Bloch, Statistics Norway, Norway (abstract poster and report)

11:30 - 11:50

Exploiting the potential for GeoStatistics in the Republic of Ireland,

Mr. Dermot Corcoran, Central Statistics Office, Ireland (abstract)

11:50 - 12:10

Geostatistics Portal in Poland,

Ms. Amelia Wardzińska-Sharif, Central Statistical Office of Poland, Poland (abstract)

12:10 - 12:30

A Population grid for the Republic of Kosovo,

Mr. Idriz Shala, Kosovo Agency of Statistics, Kosovo

12:30 - 12:50

GIS in Croatian Bureau of Statistics,

Mr. Branko Crkvenčić, Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Croatia (abstract)

12:50 - 13:00

Summing up and closing down of topic,

Mr. Jaroslav Kraus, Czech Statistical Office, Czech Republic

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch for all participants

Closing session

The EFGS 2012 Prague Declaration

Chair: Mr. Lars H. Backer, EFGS Executive Director, Sweden

14:00 - 14:10

Introduction by chair,

Mr. Lars H. Backer, EFGS Executive Director, Sweden

14:10 - 14:20

Proposal for the EFGS 2012 Prague Declaration,

EFGS steering committee

14:20 - 14:30

In search of the Way Forward,
Mr. Lars H. Backer, EFGS Executive Director, Sweden

14:30 - 15:10

Panel Discussion, Table of experts

Summing up and closing down

15:10 - 15:20

Summing up and taking our leave,

Mr. Vilni Verner Holst Bloch, EFGS President, Norway

15:20 - 15:30

Closing speech,

Mr. Štěpán Moravec, Czech Statistical Office, Czech Republic

15:30 - 16:00

Tea & Coffee break

Post Conference

Post Conference for all interested participants from the Conference

Chair: Mr. Vilni Verner Holst Bloch, EFGS, President, Norway

16:00 - 17:30

Common discussion of following topics:

Lessons learned from the EFGS 2012 Prague Conference and how to prepare the EFGS 2013 Sofia Conference

Status of the GEOSTAT 1B project and next steps towards the mid-way report

How to involve voluntary contributions to the GEOSTAT project and the EFGS

Planning steps towards the GFGS 2014 Rio de Janeiro Conference





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