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The conference was host to a number of leading names in the world of statistics and economics. You can view their presentations by selecting Conference Presentations. Key speakers included:

Dale Jorgenson The opening session of IAOS 2002 was headed by Dale Jorgenson, the Frederic Eaton Abbe Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Author and editor of over 200 articles and books, Jorgenson is "...a master of the territory between economics and statistics". With his wealth of knowledge and experience, Dale led the conference with the question "What do we mean by the New Economy".
Diane Coyle Diane Coyle, from Enlightenment Economics, whose latest book, "Sex, Drugs and Economics" is due out later this year, led our next major session - "Policy Implications and their Statistical Needs". A previous Economics Editor for The Independent, Diane has published many titles which focus on the problems that new technologies and economies can bring.
Merlin Stone On day two, the IBM Professor of Relationship Marketing at Bristol Business School, Merlin Stone, discussed "Business Transformation of the New Economy". Merlin is one of the UK's top marketing experts, author of seventeen books and a specialist in e-business, customer care and customer information systems.

Steve Landefeld

The final keynote session was delivered by Steve Landefeld, the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Washington. The BEA is one of the world's leading statistical agencies and compiles some of the most closely watched economic statistics. Steve has worked on many diverse areas of economic statistics, ranging from household capital stock, to the use of hedonics in US national accounts.

In addition to these major sessions, delegates also had the opportunity to listen to - and network with - high profile speakers. These include representatives from the following organisations:

The Federal Reserve Bank
The World Bank
European Central Bank
United States Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Labour Statistics
CBS Netherlands
Stockholm University
University of Maryland
Napier University
Electronic Transaction Services
Stats New Zealand
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Productivity Commission
Stats Canada
Stats Denmark
Danish Ministry of Science and Technology
National Information Technology Council-Kuala Lumpur
OECD
Eurostat and the Office for National Statistics UK.

This page last revised: Monday 30 September 2002

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