Conference Presentations, Abstracts and Papers

Day 1 - 11 November 2003

Session 1: The Census in Context

Key achievements of the 2001 Census
John Pullinger, Head of Economic and Social Reporting Directorate, Office for National Statistics
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Uses of the Census - 15 minute snapshots from a range of perspectives

A Local Authority perspective
Malcolm Brown, Senior Research and Information Officer, Cornwall County Council
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A Commercial perspective
Neil Bennett, Information Manager, Customer Insight Unit, Marks & Spencer
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An NHS perspective
Paul Graveling, Assistant Director, South Tyneside Primary Care Trust
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A Central Government perspective
Bob Garland, Statistician, Housebuilding & Household Projections, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
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Session 2: Census Access in Practice

Realising the Census Access vision
Chris Denham, Head of Census Output and Geography, Office for National Statistics
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Neighbourhood Statistics - delivering the Census outputs
Jon McGinty, Director, Neighbourhood Statistics and Census Outputs Division, Office for National Statistics
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Other routes to the Census

SASPAC - developed by the Greater London Authority
Hywel Davies, SASPAC Project Officer, Greater London Authority
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Samples of Anonymised Records (SARS): commissioning and disseminating a research dataset
Professor Angela Dale, Director, ESRC Research Methods Programme,
Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester
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Casweb - online access to census data
Justin Hayes, Census Support Officer, MIMAS, University of Manchester
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Commercial products and services
Peter Sleight, Director, Target Market Consultancy
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Day 2 - 12 November 2003

Session 3: Census Methodology and Quality

Methodological innovations in the 2001 Census
Professor Phil Rees, Leeds University
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Are the Census outputs fit for purpose?
Dr Ludi Simpson, Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester
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Response to the Census and ONS further investigations
Joy Dobbs, Designing Sources Division, Office for National Statistics
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Learning from the One Number Census
Ian Diamond, Chief Executive, Economic and Social Research Council
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Session 4: Beyond the 2001 Census

US Census Strategic Direction
Preston Jay Waite, Associate Director for Decennial Census, US Census Bureau
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The French Rolling Census
Jean-Michel Durr, Census Re-engineering Programme Director, INSEE
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The Citizen Information Project
Paul Allin, Citizen Information Project Leader, Office for National Statistics
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ONS proposals for the future of the Census
Peter Benton, Head of Census Strategic Evaluation and Development, Office for National Statistics
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