20th Population Census Conference
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 19-21 June 2002
Hosted by the
National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Organized by the
National Statistical Office of Mongolia and the East-West Center
in cooperation with the
Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia and the Pacific

Agenda | Participants | Papers | Photographs

Wednesday 19 June 2002

8:00 - 10:00 AM

• Registration of participants

10:00 - 10:30 AM

Session 1: Opening. Chair: Dr. Ch. DAVAASUREN, Chairman, National Statistical Office, MONGOLIA

• Opening and welcoming speech by Dr. S. TUMUR-OCHIR, Parliament Speaker and President of the Population Association of Mongolia, MONGOLIA (PDF online)
• Mr. Yuki MIURA, President, ANCSDAAP (welcoming remarks)
• Dr. Robert RETHERFORD, Vice President, ANCSDAAP, and EAST-WEST CENTER Organizer for the 20th Population Census Conference (welcoming remarks)
  

10:30 - 10:50 AM

Group Photograph

10:50 - 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 - 12:15 PM

Session 2: Census Reports 1. Chair: Mr. Yuki MIURA, President, ANCSDAAP and Professor Emeritus, Surugadai University

• Results and Implications of Mongolia's 2000 Population and Housing Census. Dr. Ch. DAVAASUREN and Ms. D. BINDERYA, Office of Strategic Planning Department of Ministry of Social Welfare and Labour, MONGOLIA
• Preliminary Results from Census of India, 2001. Mr. J. K. BANTHIA, Registrar General & Census Commissioner, INDIA
• Demographic Trends in Malaysia with Special Focus on Women. Dr. Rabieyah MAT, Deputy Chief Statistician and Ms. Roszaini OMAR, Director Information Technology Division, Department of Statistics, MALAYSIA (PDF online)

12:15 - 2:00 PM

Lunch

2:00 - 3:20 PM

Session 3: Census Reports 2. Chair: Ms. Carol M. VAN HORN, Chief of Staff, Census Bureau, USA

• Utilization of the 2000 Population and Housing Census of Thailand. Mr. Wilas SUWEE, Director, Social Statistics Division and Ms. Sureerat SANTIPAPORN, National Statistical Office, THAILAND (PDF online)
• Utilization of the 2000 Population Census of China. Mr. MENG Qingpu, Director, Division of Population Census; Ms. JIA Yuhui, Principal, Division of Population Census; and Mr. WUYUN Saiyin, Principal, Division of Population Census, National Bureau of Statistics, CHINA (PDF online)
• The Last Census in Iran. Mr. Saeed Reza GHODRAT, Senior Expert, Statistical Centre, IRAN (unable to attend) (PDF online)
• Utilization of Indonesia Census Data to Build Poverty Map. Mr. Toto E. SASTRASUANDA, Deputy Director General for Social Sciences, BPS-Statistics, INDONESIA

3:20 - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Session 4: Projections. Chair: Dr. Rabieyah MAT, Deputy Chief Statistician, Department of Statistics, MALAYSIA

• Household Projections for Korea. Mr. Young-joo PARK, Director, Population Census Division; Mr. Hyung-seog KIM, Deputy Director, Population Census Division; and Mr. Haeng-joon KO, Statistician, Population Census Division of NSO, KOREA (PDF online)
• Application of Population Census Data: Updating of Population Estimates and Population Projections. Mr. Frederick W.H. HO, Commissioner, Census and Statistics Department, HONG KONG S.A.R., CHINA (PDF online)
• What is the Future of Living Arrangements in Asia? Dr. Andrew MASON, Senior Fellow, EAST-WEST CENTER (PDF online)

4:30 - 5:15 PM

Session 5: Census Reports 3. Chair: Mr. Frederick W.H. HO, Commissioner, Census and Statistics Department, HONG KONG S.A.R., CHINA

• Producing Gender-based Statistics for Local Development. Ms. Carmelita N. ERICTA, Director of NSO, PHILIPPINES
• Population Census 2001 of Nepal: Data Utilization and Dissemination Plan. Mr. Radha Krishna Gharty CHHETRY, Deputy Director, Central Bureau of Statistics, NEPAL (PDF online)

6:30 - 8:30 PM

Reception hosted by National Statistical Office of Mongolia

Thursday 20 June 2002

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Session 6: Software and Technology-Related Issues. Chair: Mr. Iqbal ALAM, Senior Expert, UNFPA

• A New Generation of Software for Census and Survey Processing - CSPro. Mr. Glenn S. FERRI, Chief, Methodology and Software Development Branch and Mr. Peter O. WAY, Chief, International Programs Center, Population Division, Census Bureau, USA
• Mongolia's Case of Software for Census and Survey Processing. Ms. B. TSERENKHAND, Director, Bureau of Population Census and Survey of NSO, MONGOLIA
• The REDATAM Software for Census Data Dissemination and Analysis. Mr. Serge POULARD, Head, Data Processing Unit and Mr. Dirk J. JASPERS Faijer, Chief, Population Information and Training Area, CELADE-ECLAC
• Panel discussion: Experience with Scanning Technology in the 2000 Round of Censuses. Mr. Peter O. WAY, Chief of International Programs Center, Census Bureau, USA (organizer)

10:30 - 10:40 AM

Break

10:40 - 11:50 AM

Session 7: International Issues. Chair: Mr. Andrew J. FLATT, Chief of Statistics Division, ESCAP

• World Population and Housing Census Programme: The United Nation's Role. Mr. Yacob ZEWOLDI, Statistician, Demographic and Social Statistics Branch, UN STATISTICS DIVISION (PDF online)
• Census Costs and Their Impact on Future Censuses. Mr. Iqbal ALAM, Senior Expert, UNFPA
• Using Microsimulation to Create Synthetic Small-Area Estimates from Australia's 2001 Census. Mr. Paul WILLIAMS, Director, Population Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics, AUSTRALIA (PDF online)
• Disseminating Anonymized, Integrated Census Microdata via the Internet. Dr. Robert McCAA, Professor, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, USA (PDF online)

12:00 - 1:15 PM

Lunch hosted by the North-East Asia Association of Mongolia and the Mongolia Committee for Northeast Asia Economic Forum

1:45 - 6:00 PM Sightseeing tour

7:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner hosted by NSO, Mongolia

Friday 21 June 2002

9:00 - 10:20 AM

Session 8: Census Reports 3. Chair: Ms. Dalisay MALIGALIG, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

• Some Aspects of Census Tabulation in Japan. Mr. Senichi OBAYASHI, Director-General, Statistical Survey Department, Statistics Bureau, JAPAN (PDF online)
• The U.S. Census at the Beginning of a New Millennium. Ms. Nancy GORDON, Associate Director for Demographic Programs, Census Bureau, USA (PDF online)
• Modelling Population Census in GIS: Fiji Example. Mr. Timoci BAINIMARAMA, Government Statistician, FIJI (PDF online)
• About the Vietnam's 1999 Population and Housing Census. Mr. Nguyen Van TIEN, Deputy Director-General and Mr. Hoang XUYEN, Expert, Division of Population and Labour Statistics, General Statistical Office, VIETNAM (PDF online)

10:20 - 10:40 AM

Break

10:40 - 12:30 PM

Session 9: Dissemination. Chair: Mr. Akihiko ITO, Chairman, Japan Statistical Association, JAPAN

• Balancing the Need for Detail and Confidentiality in the Canadian Census. Mr. Pierre GAUTHIER, Project Manager, 2006 Census Statistics, CANADA (PDF online)
• Use of GIS in Data Dissemination of Population Census 2001 of Macao S.A.R., China. Mr. IEONG Meng Chao, Acting Deputy Director, Statistics and Census Service, MACAO S.A.R., CHINA (PDF online)
• Panel discussion: Levels and Modes of Disseminating Census Data in Public Domain. Mr. J. K. BANTHIA, Registrar General & Census Commissioner, INDIA (organizer) Handout (PDF online)

12:30 PM - 02:00 PM

Lunch

2:00 - 3:20 PM

Session 10: Utilization, Analysis, and Applications. Chair: Dr. Andrew MASON, Senior Fellow, EAST-WEST CENTER

• Dissemination and Utilization of Results of Mongolia's 2000 Population and Housing Census. Ms. T. UYANGA, Statistician, Bureau of Population Census and Survey and Ms. A. SOLONGO, Head of Population Training and Research Center, MONGOLIA
• Factors Affecting Sex-Selective Abortion in Punjab, India. Dr. Robert RETHERFORD, Vice President, ANCSDAAP and EAST-WEST CENTER (PDF online)
• Census of Population and Housing-2001 SRI LANKA -Preliminary Results. Mr. S. MADURAPPERUMA, Director, Department of Census and Statistics, SRI LANKA (PDF online)

3:20 - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 - 4:15 PM

Session 11: Plenary session: The Future of ANCSDAAP and Whether Its Scope Should be Expanded.
Chair: Mr. Yuki MIURA, President, ANCSDAAP and Professor Emeritus, Surugadai University

4:15 - 4:30 PM

Closing Session

6:30 - 8:30 PM

Reception hosted by ANCSDAAP

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