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Timetable (Detailed)
August 30 (Thursday), 2001
| 08:30 - | Registration | ||
| 09:30 - 10:00 |   Opening Remarks by: Mr. Shinichi KUYAMA Dr. Paul CHEUNG  |  
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| 10:00 - 10:45 | Keynote Presentation by Ms. Heli JESKANEN-SUNDSTR?M (Statistics Finland) | ||
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee/Tea Break | ||
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Keynote Presentation by Mr. Andrew WYCKOFF (OECD) | ||
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break | ||
| 13:30 - 15:15 | Invited Paper Session 1 | 13:30 - 15:15 | Contributed Paper Session 1 | 
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Coffee/Tea Break | ||
| 15:45 - 17:15 | Invited Paper Session 2 | 15:45 - 17:15 | Contributed Paper Session 2 | 
| 17:45 - 19:15 | Reception | ||
August 31 (Friday), 2001
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Panel Discussion | 09:30 - 10:30 | Contributed Paper Session 3 | 
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee/Tea Break | ||
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Panel Discussion (Cont.) | 11:00 - 12:00 | Contributed Paper Session 4 | 
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break | ||
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Invited Paper Session 3 | 13:30 - 15:00 | Contributed Paper Session 5 | 
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee/Tea Break | ||
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Invited Paper Session 4 | 15:30 - 17:00 | Contributed Paper Session 6 | 
| (August 30, 10:00-10:45, 11:15-12:00) --- Keynote Presentations ---  |  
        
| (10:00-10:45) Ms. Heli JESKANEN-SUNDSTR?M (Statistics Finland) "ICT Statistics at the New Millennium - Developing Official Statistics - Measuring the Diffusion of ICT and its Impacts"  |  
        
| (11:15-12:00) Mr. Andrew WYCKOFF (OECD) "OECD Efforts to Address the Measurement and Policy Challenges Posed by the Information Society"  |  
        
| (August 30, 13:30-15:15) Invited Paper Session 1 --- Application of ICT in National Statistical Organizations ---  |  
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| Organizer: | Mr. Maarten BOON (SIAP) | 
| Chair: | Mr. Masayoshi MATSUSHITA(UNIDO) | 
| Speakers: | Mr. Wolfgang KN?EPPEL (Eurostat) (Coauthor: Mr. Uwe KUNZLER (Eurostat)) "Influence of the Internet on Data Collection and Dissemination in the European Statistical System (ESS)"  |  
        
| Mr. Ilpo SURVO (ESCAP) "The State of Information Technology in National Statistical and Census Offices in Asia and the Pacific"  |  
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| Dr. Kazuyuki MOTOHASHI (METI, Japan) "New Generation Statistics System: METI?s Approach to Internet Statistical Data Collection and Analysis"  |  
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| Mr. Maarten BOON (SIAP) "Management Challenges for Statistical Offices Offered by Emerging ICT; Synthesis on Basis of Experiences in Europe, Asia and the Pacific"  |  
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| (August 30, 13:30-15:15) Invited Paper Session 2 --- Measurement of Effects of Productivity Improvement Caused by ICT---  |  
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| Organizer: | Prof. Masahiro KURODA (Keio University, Japan) | 
| Chair: | Prof. Edwin R. DEAN (George Washington University, USA) | 
| Speakers: | Dr. Jack E. TRIPLETT (Brookings Institution, USA) "IT, Hedonic Price Indexes, and Productivity"  |  
        
| Prof. Bart van ARK (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) "The Renewal of the Old Economy: An International Comparative Perspective"  |  
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| Prof. Masahiro KURODA (Keio University, Japan) "Measurement of the Impact of the New Technology Through Capital Accumulation"  |  
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| (August 31, 09:30-10:30, 11:00-12:00) Panel Discussion --- Statistics on E-Commerce ---  |  
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| Organizer/Chair: | Mr. Hallgr?ur SNORRASON (Statistics Iceland) | 
| Panelists: | Dr. Barbara K. ATROSTIC (US Bureau of the Census) (Coauthor: Dr. John GATES (US Bureau of the Census)) "U.S. Productivity and Electronic Business Processes in Manufacturing"  |  
        
| Ms. Amanda ROWLATT (Office for National Statistics, UK) "Measuring E-Commerce: Developments in the UK"  |  
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| Mr. Peter B?gh NIELSEN (Statistics Denmark) "EC-Learnings: How to Measure E-Commerce?"  |  
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| Mr. Takao ITO (Statistics Bureau, Japan) "Official Statistical Surveys on ICT in Japan and Measuring E-Commerce"  |  
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| (August 31, 13:30-15:00) Invited Paper Session 3 --- Development of ICT Indicators ---  |  
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| Organizers: | Mr. Takanobu NEGI (Statistics Center, Japan) Mr. Shigeru KAWASAKI (Cabinet Office, Japan)  |  
        
| Chair: | Mr. Takanobu NEGI (Statistics Center, Japan) | 
| Speakers: | Dr. Kyung Ae PARK (National Statistical Office, Korea) "Development of ICT Indicators in Korea"  |  
        
| Dr. Carlo MALAGUERRA (Swiss Federal Statistical Office) (Coauthor: Mr. Matthias NIKLOWITZ (Swiss Federal Statistical Office), Dr. Maja HUBER (Swiss Federal Statistical Office)) "Monitoring the Information Society"  |  
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| Mr. Masafumi MAEGAWA (Information and Communications Policy Bureau, MIC, Japan) "Statistical Data in WHITE PAPER "Information and Communications in Japan""  |  
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| (August 31, 15:30-17:00) Invited Paper Session 4 --- Developments in Official Statistics on the Diffusion of ICT in Society and its Effects ---  |  
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| Organizer/Chair: | Dr. Siu-Ming TAM (Australian Bureau of Statistics) | 
| Speakers: | Mr. Greg PETERSON (Statistics Canada) (Coauthor: Mr. Fred GAULT (Statistics Canada)) "Measuring the Diffusion of Information and Communication Technology in Society and its Effects: Canadian Experience"  |  
        
| Mr. Tim POWER (Australian Bureau of Statistics) "Development in Official Statistics on the Adoption of ICT in Australia"  |  
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| Mr. Hiroshige FURUTA (Statistical Training Institute, MIC, Japan) (Coauthor: Mr. Naoki MAKITA (Statistical Training Institute, MIC, Japan)) "Overview of IT Statistics in Japan"  |  
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| Discussant: | Mr. Dominic K. T. LEUNG (Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong, China) | 
| (August 30, 13:30-15:15) Contributed Paper Session 1  |  
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| Chair: | Prof. Michiko WATANABE (Toyo University, Japan) | 
| Speakers: | Prof. Naoko SAKURAI (Tokyo University of Information Sciences, Japan) (Coauthors: Prof. Michiko WATANABE (Toyo University, Japan), Mr. Tatsuki INOUE (Waseda University, Japan), Prof. Chooichiro ASANO (Soka University, Japan)) "On the Joint Research Development of the Educational Web Site for Disseminating Statistics"  |  
        
| Dr. Akinobu TAKEUCHI (Rikkyo University, Japan) "A New Approach to Development of a Statistical Software Corresponding to Customers Demands"  |  
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| Mr. Yasunari KONO (Rikkyo University, Japan) (Coauthor: Prof. Kazunori YAMAGUCHI (Rikkyo University, Japan)) "A New Statistical Tool for Extracting of the Causal Condition"  |  
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| Prof. Miyoko ASANO (Daito Bunka University, Japan)  "Relationship Between Regression with Qualitative Variables and Feed-forward Neural Networks"  |  
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| (August 30, 15:45-17:15) Contributed Paper Session 2  |  
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| Chair: | Prof. Tatsuo TANAKA (Keio University, Japan) | 
| Speakers: | Mr. Ramasamy RAMACHANDRAN (National Information Technology Council, Malaysia) "Measuring Knowledge Development in the Information Era"  |  
        
| Prof. Tatsuo TANAKA (Keio University, Japan) "Network Externality and Necessary Software Statistics"  |  
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| Ms. Rathina Pandi ASHA (National Information Technology Council, Malaysia) (Coauthor: Mr. Ramasamy RAMACHANDRAN (National Information Technology Council, Malaysia)) "Emerging Statistical Concepts and Definitions in the Information Era"  |  
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| (August 31, 09:30-10:30) Contributed Paper Session 3  |  
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| Chair: | Mr. Naoki MAKITA (Statistical Training Institute MIC, Japan) | 
| Speakers: | Dr. Helmut MAIER (Berlin School of Economics, Germany) "Rough Estimation of Economic Impact of Present BSE-illness of Cows in Germany"  |  
        
| Prof. Antoni SMOLUK (Wroclaw School of Economics, Poland) "Statistics and the Principle of Conservation in Biology"  |  
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| (August 31, 11:00-12:00) Contributed Paper Session 4  |  
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| Chair: | Mr. Akira TAKAMI (Statistics Bureau, Japan) | 
| Speakers: | Mr. Tatsuki INOUE (Waseda University, Japan) (Coauthors: Ms. Yumi ASAHI (Rikkyo University, Japan), Prof. Kazunori YAMAGUCHI (Rikkyo University, Japan)) "An Advanced Statistical Information Disclosure over the Internet"  |  
        
| Prof. Akimichi TAKEMURA (The University of Tokyo, Japan) "On Recent Developments in Statistical Disclosure Control Techniques"  |  
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| (August 31, 13:30-15:00) Contributed Paper Session 5  |  
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| Chair: | Mr. Joji SAWADA (Statistics Bureau, Japan) | 
| Speakers: | Ms. Yuko KANEKO (Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy, MIC, Japan) "Promoting "Electronic Government" -With a Focus on Statistical Activities-"  |  
        
| Mr. Tomonori MARUYAMA (Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd., Japan) (Coauthor: Mr. Yoshiaki IGARASHI (Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd., Japan)) "Requirements for International Cooperation to Statistics Development: Practical Lessons from an Experience in Thailand"  |  
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| Prof. Jozef OLENSKI (Warsaw University and the National Bank of Poland) "Methodological Foundations of the Satellite Account of Information in the System of National Accounts"  |  
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| Dr. Lea BREGAR (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) "ICT as a Means for Improvement of Understanding and Dissemination of Official Statistics"  |  
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| (August 31, 15:30-17:00) Contributed Paper Session 6  |  
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| Chair: | Mr. Takehiro FUKUI (Statistics Bureau, Japan) | 
| Speakers: | Ms. Kyung Hee KIM (National Statistical Office, Korea) "Computer & Internet Use Survey"  |  
        
| Mr. Fumitaka OKUMURA (Jupiter Media Metrix, Japan) "Key Findings of Statistical Data Survey via Internet"  |  
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| Mr. Pali LEHOHLA (Statistics South Africa) "The Creation of a National Statistics System-Challenges for South Africa"  |  
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