28th Meeting of Voorburg Group on Service Statistics
Agenda (preliminary)
Updated on 10/ 16/ 2013
Location: Banquet Room "Takao" on 42F, Keio Plaza Hotel
October 7October 8October 9October 10October 11
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| Monday, October 7 | ||||
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| 08:30 ? 09:00 | Registration, Refreshments | |||
| 09:00 ? 09:15 | Welcoming Remarks ? Masahiko SUE, Director-General of the Statistics Bureau of Japan | |||
| 09:15 ? 09:45 | Opening Remarks & Meeting Agenda Overview ? Michael Morgan, Australian Bureau of Statistics* | |||
| Country Progress Reports ? Michael Morgan, Australian Bureau of Statistics* | ||||
| 09:45 ? 10:15 | Group Photo | |||
| 10:15 ? 10:30 | Coffee Break | |||
| 10:30 ? 12:30 | Session: Sector Papers and Issues Papers | |||
| Session Leader: Michael Morgan, Australian Bureau of Statistics* | ||||
| Presentation, Discussion, and Adoption of the Sector Papers on Commercial and Industrial Machinery (Niall O'Hanlon ? Central Statistical Office of Ireland);Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Services (Mayumi Fujita, Statistics Bureau of Japan*); Consumer and Households Goods Repair and Maintenance(Renata Rechnio - Central Statistical Office of Poland); and Water Treatment and Distribution Services (Richard McMahon, Central Statistics Office of Ireland) | ||||
| 12:30 ? 13:30 | Lunch Break | |||
| 13:30 ? 15:30 |
Session: Cross Cutting Topics ? Part 1 | |||
| Session Leader: Mary Beth Garneau, Statistics Canada | ||||
| Linking Services Turnover/Output Prices to the National Macroeconomic Framework (Neil Kelly, Statistics New Zealand; Jakob Kalko, Statistics Norway; Dorothee Blang, Federal Statistical Office-Germany; Alain Gallais, France; Ildiko Hamvaine Holocsy, Hungarian Central Statistical Office) Current plan for this session is as follows: a.Introduction (Garneau) b.Liinking SPPI to National Accounts (Gallais) c.Improvements to the quality & coherence of service measures in the New Zealand National Accounts (Kelly**) d.Beyond the National Accounts - other important uses that should be considered in services turnover and price data (Kalko) e.Update on work of Eurostat Task Force on Index of Services Production (Blang) f.Discussion of country issues |
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| 15:30 ? 15:45 | Coffee Break | |||
| 15:45 ? 16:45 | Session: Cross Cutting Topics ? Part 2 | |||
| Session Leader: Alain Gallais, INSEE-France | ||||
| Quality Change and Quality Adjustment ? The Consumer Utility Approach (Alain Gallais ? France); Update from approach to Ottawa Group(MaryBeth Garneau - Statistics Canada) | ||||
| 16:45 ? 17:15 | Session: Cross Cutting Topics ? Part 3 | |||
| Session Leader: Richard McMahon, Central Statistics Office of Ireland* | ||||
| ISIC and the CPC ? Voorburg Group Contributions in Preparing for the Next ISIC Revision | ||||
| Daily Wrap?up and Further Discussion (if Needed) | ||||
| 18:00 ? 20:00 | Cocktail Reception - "Moon Light" Room on 43rd floor of Keio Plaza Hotel | |||
| *In place of the participants from the United States who were unable to present at meeting **Contributed paper only ?unable to present at meeting |
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| Tuesday, October 8 | |
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| 09:00 ? 10:30 | Session: Programming and Broadcasting Activities |
| Session Leader: Hina Kikegawa, Bank of Japan | |
| Mini?presentations on Turnover/Output for Programming and Broadcasting Activities (Sakuya Iijima, Statistics Bureau of Japan; Kristian Taskinen, Statistics Finland; Abdullah Yuksel, TurkStat-Turkey; Fuziah Md. Amin, Department of Statistics-Malaysia) | |
| 10:30 ? 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 ? 12:00 | Mini?presentations on PPI for Programming and Broadcasting Activities (Hina Kikegawa, Japan*; Denis Gac, INSEE -France; Michael Morgan, Australian Bureau of Statistics) |
| Presentation of Discussant's Remarks on Mini?presentations for Programming and Broadcasting Activities: Chris Jenkins, Office of National Statistics-United Kingdom | |
| 12:00 ? 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 ? 15:30 | Session: Software Publishing Activities |
| Session Leader: Michael Morgan, Australia | |
| Mini?presentations on Turnover/Output for Software Publishing (Mary Beth Garneau, Canada; Jonas Farnstrand, Statistics Sweden) | |
| Mini?presentations on PPI for Software Publishing (Johanna von Borstel, Federal Statistical Office-Germany; Marcus Friden, Statistics Sweden; Hina Kikegawa, Japan*) | |
| Presentation of Discussant's Remarks on Mini?presentations for Software Publishing; Ruth Vizner, Central Bureau of Statistics-Israel | |
| 15:30 ? 15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45 ? 17:00 | Session: Cross Cutting Topics ? Part 4 (3 20 minute presentations) |
| Session Leader: Michael Morgan, Australian Bureau of Statistics* | |
| Barbro von Hofsten, Statistics Sweden ? Extracting Data from Enterprise Accounting Systems | |
| Jakob Kalko, Statistics Norway ? Selective Editing and Automated Corrections of Micro-Data in the Structural Business Statistics of Norway | |
| Miao Zheng, National Bureau of Statistics of China ? On?Line Reporting: Corrections through Dissemination | |
| 17:00 ? 17:10 | Daily Wrap?up and Further Discussion (if Needed) |
| *In place of the participants from the United States who were unable to present at meeting | |
| Wednesday, October 9/ Host Country Day | |
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| 09:00 ? 10:00 | Session: Cross Cutting issues - Part 5 (3 20 minute presentations including Q&A) |
| Session Leader: Derek Bird, Office of National Statistics-United Kingdom* | |
| Jean-Francois Baron, INSEE-France: New processing software for data editing | |
| Michael Morgan, Australia*: US PPI Enhancement: Adding Services and Construction to the Program's Leading Aggregate Indexes | |
| Ramon Bravo, INEGI Mexico: On-line Respondent Portal of the National Economic Surveys | |
| 10:00 ? 10:30 | Update on the Work of the OECD-Eurostat Taskforce on the Revision for the SPPI Manual (Anne-Sophie Fraisse, OECD & Niall O?Hanlon, Ireland) |
| 10:30 ? 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 ? 12:00 | Presentation by Japan |
| Naruhiko Yamagata, Statistics Bureau of Japan: Statistical Approach to Diversifying Industries - Focusing on the MSSI Revision | |
| Hina Kikegawa, Bank of Japan: Rebasing Japan's Corporate Services Price Index | |
| 12:00 ? 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:10 ? 17:30 | Field Trip/Sightseeing |
| 19:00 | Welcome Reception at Hyatt Regency Tokyo- "Sky Room", 28th Floor (Dress Code: Semi-Formal)** |
| *In place of the participants from the United States who were unable to present at meeting **Hyatt Regency is a six-minute walk from the Keio Plaza Hotel; directions will be provided |
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| Thursday, October 10 | |
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| 09:00 ? 10:30 | Session: Other Publishing Activities |
| Session Leader: Derek Bird, Office of National Statistics-United Kingdom | |
| Mini?presentations of Turnover/Output for Publishing Activities (Alain Gallais, France; Ramon Bravo, Mexico) | |
| 10:30 ? 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 ? 12:00 | Mini?presentations of PPI for Other Publishing Activities (Denis Gac, France; Ruth Vizner, Israel; Jiri Sulc, Czech Republic*) |
| Presentation of Discussant's remarks on Mini?presentations for Other Publishing Activities Mauro Politi, ISTAT-Italy | |
| 12:00 ? 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 ? 15:30 | Session: Warehousing and Support Activities |
| Session Leader: Dorothee Blang, Germany | |
| Mini?presentations on Turnover/Output for Warehousing and Support Activities (Jean-Pierre Bachelert, France; Robbert de Ruijter, Statistics Netherlands) | |
| Mini?presentations on SPPIs for Warehousing and Support Activities (Christopher Jenkins, United Kingdom; Jonas Ingman, Statistics Sweden; Jean-Pierre Bachelart, France) | |
| Presentation of Discussant's Remarks on Warehousing and Support Activities ? Michael Morgan, Australia | |
| 15:30 ? 15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45 ? 17:45 | Session: Postal Activities |
| Session Leader: Ildiko Hamvaine Holocsy, Hungary | |
| Mini?presentations on Turnover/Output for Postal Activities (Eva-Marie Gustafsson, Statistics Sweden; Ildiko Hamvaine Holocsy, Hungary; Roberto Iannaccone, ISTAT-Italy) | |
| Mini?presentations on SPPIs for Postal Activities (Ildiko Hamvaine Holocsy, Hungary; Christian Puchter, Statistics Austria; Eveli Sokman, Statistics Estonia) | |
| Presentation of Discussant's Remarks on Postal Activities ? Derek Bird, United Kingdom | |
| 17:45 ? 17:50 | Daily Wrap?up and Further Discussion (if Needed) |
| *Contributed paper only ?unable to present at meeting | |
| Friday, October 11 | |
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| 09:00 ? 10:30 | Session |
| Session Leader: Michael Morgan, Australia* | |
| Future Agenda | |
| Update on Action Item from 27th Annual Meeting: Status of Voorburg Group Permanent Website(VG Bureau) | |
| Assignment of the Sector Papers for Programming and Broadcasting, Software Publishing, Other Publishing Activities, Warehousing and Support Activities, and Postal Activities | |
| Designation of Industries and Assignments for VG 2014 Mini-presentations - Part 1 - Possibilities: Will discuss at meeting. For now, here are some possibilities to consider - Travel Agencies (ISIC 79- revisit); Telecommunications (ISIC 61- revisit); Leasing of intellectual property and similar products except copyrighted material (ISIC 7740); session on manufacturing services/FGPs/etc. and how different countries are handling them | |
| Designation of Papers on Cross Cutting Topics ? If included | |
| 10:30 ? 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 ? 13:00 | Designation of Industries and Assignments for VG 2014 Mini?presentations ? Part 2 |
| Update on Proposed Guidelines on VG Governance and Bureau Representation ? Michael Morgan, Australia* | |
| Closing Remarks and Meeting Arrangements for Next Year ? Michael Morgan, Australia* | |
| *In place of the participants from the United States who were unable to present at meeting | |
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