18th Population Census Conference
26-29 August 1998, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
East-West Center Program on Population
Agenda
Announcement | List of Participants | List of Papers | Photograph | More Photographs
Tuesday 25 August 1998
6:00-8:00 PM Board of Directors Meeting, Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia and the Pacific (ANCSDAAP), Waikiki Terrace Hotel, Veranda Room II, Eastern Garden Chinese Seafood Restaurant (located on the Mezzanine floor of the hotel). Dinner was served.
Wednesday 26 August 1998
Note: All conference sessions were held in the Asia Room, on the 2nd floor of the Imin Conference Center of the East-West Center. Coffee and pastries were served in the Rahman Room. Computers for email were located in Room 203.
09:00 - 09:45 AM Opening Session, chaired by Griffith Feeney
- Charles Morrison, President, East-West Center
- Karen Mason, Director, EWC Program on Population
- Sugito Suwito, Chairman, ANCSDAAP
- Yuki Miura, President, ANCSDAAP
- Lee-Jay Cho, Senior Advisor to the EWC President and Honorary Chairman, ANCSDAAP
09:45 - 10:15 AM Group Photograph
10:15 - 10:45 AM Coffee and pastries
Paper titles are hypertext links to full text of papers
Links to national statistical office web sites provided where available
10:45 - 12:00 AM Session 2: Information Technology and the Census, chaired by Nelia Marquez
- Exploiting new information technology in Indonesia census operations, Sugito Suwito, BPS Statistics Indonesia, Indonesia
- The United States census 2000—High Tech, High Expectations, James F. Holmes, U.S. Census Bureau, United States
12:00 AM - 01:15 PM Lunch
01:15 - 03:00 PM Session 3: The Census in East Asia - 1, chaired by Yuki Miura
- Preliminary plan for the improvement of China's population census in the year 2000, Liu Hong and Zhang Weimin, China State Statistical Bureau
- Planning for the Hong Kong 2001 Population Census, Alvin W K LI, Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Cost-effective approaches to the 2000 population and housing census in Korea, Sang-Sik Kim and Hyung-Seog Kim, Population Census Division, National Statistical Office of Korea
03:00 - 03:30 PM Coffee
03:30 - 04:45 PM Session 4: The Census in East Asia - 2, chaired by Bee Geok Leow
- Planning of Japan's 2000 population census, Yasuo Ishida, Statistics Bureau, Japan
- The outline of the CMS in the population census of Japan, Hajime Ihara, Statistics Bureau, Japan
- Methodology and technology for the 2000 population and housing census of Mongolia, Batmunkh Batsuh, National Statistical Office, and Gerel Ariya, Population Census and Survey Department, National Statistical Office of Mongolia
04:45 - 06:00 PM Free
06:00-08:00 PM Welcoming Dinner Reception: Wailana Room, Imin Conference Center Garden Level, East-West Center.
Thursday 27 August 1998
08:30 - 10:15 AM Session 5: The Census in South Asia - 1, chaired by Rossarin Gray
- Planning for the 2001 census of India based on the 1991 census, Dr. M. Vijayanunni, Office of the Registrar-General, India
- Planning for census of population 2001 AD, K. R. Sharma, Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal
- Towards a Linkage of Census, Health, and Environmental Data, Sumi Mehta, M.P.H., Department of Environmental Health Science, University of California at Berkeley
10:15 - 10:45 AM Coffee and pastries
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Session 6: The Census in South Asia - 2, chaired by S. G. M. Mamas
- Fifth population and housing census 1998, Census procedures, Javid Akram, Population Census Organization, Pakistan
- Population and housing census 1998 of Pakistan: Provisional results and some analysis, Rana Insaf Ali Khan, Population Census Organization, Pakistan
12:00 - 01:30 PM Lunch
01:30 - 03:15 PM Session 7: Dissemination of Census Data - 1, chaired by Sugito Suwito
- New Developments in the Dissemination of Census Data in Japan, Yuki Miura, Surugadai University
- Digital dissemination from the Australian census, John Struik, Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Disseminating census data with Beyond 20/20, William Lidington, Ivation Datasystems
03:15 - 03:45 PM Coffee
03:45 - 05:00 PM Session 8: Dissemination of Census Data - 2, chaired by Dianne Macaskill
- Exploiting new information technology: Dissemination of information in the Pacific, Vilimaina Rakaseta, Secretariat of the Pacific Community [Poster 1 | Poster 2]
- Until 2010: Continuous exploitation of census data throughout the intercensal period, Griffith Feeney, East-West Center Program on Population and Sam Suharto, United Nations Statistics Division
Friday 28 August 1998
08:30 - 09:45 PM Session 9: Census Data Capture, chaired by Weimin Zhang
- Managing a quality imaging and recognition process for census 2001, Dianne Macaskill, Statistics New Zealand
- The use of optical mark reading (OMR) for census data collection, Kevin Orchard, DRS Data & Research Services plc
09:45 - 10:15 AM Coffee and pastries
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM Session 10: Information Technology and Training, chaired by Vilimaina Rakaseta
- Exploiting the full potential of information technology: implications for the organization and operation of national statistical offices (Slide Presentation), M. Khalid Siddiqui, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- Role of the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) in providing training on demography and population census operations, Lau Kak En, Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
- Computer software demonstration: The Census Design System and Integrated Microcomputer Processing System (IMPS), Michael Levin, U.S. Census Bureau, United States
12:00 - 01:30 PM Lunch
01:30 - 02:45 PM Session 11: Information Technology and the Census in South and South East Asia - 1, chaired by Javid Akram
- Planning for the 2000 population census of Indonesia, S.G.M. Mamas and Suwandhi Sastrotaruno, BPS Statistics Indonesia, Indonesia
- Singapore's approach to census 2000, Bee Geok Leow, Statistics Singapore
- Application of new technology envisaged for the population and housing census of Bangladesh 2001 (Slide Presentation), Hamidul H. Bhuiyan, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
03:15 - 03:45 PM Coffee
03:45 - 05:00 PM Session 12: Information Technology and the Census in South and South East Asia - 2, chaired by Sam Suharto
- Introduction of new technology with limited resources for the 2000 population and housing census: The case of Thailand, Rossarin Gray, Social Statistics Division, National Statistical Office, Thailand
- Information technology options for the Philippines 2000 census, by Tomas P. Africa, presented by Nelia Marquez, National Statistics Office, Philippines
05:00 - 05:30 PM ANCSDAAP Meeting and Closing Session
06:00 - 08:30 PM Farewell Reception: Home of Drs. Griffith and Helen Feeney, 1887 Alaweo Street, Honolulu.
Saturday 29 August 1998
Note: The closing session, originally scheduled for Saturday morning, was moved to Friday afternoon
