2024 International Methodology Symposium

Symposium 2022

The Future of Official Statistics

Statistics Canada's 2024 International Methodology Symposium "The Future of Official Statistics" will take place in Ottawa at the offices of Statistics Canada (with a virtual option) from October 29 to November 1, 2024 inclusively.

Symposium highlights include:

  • Full-day workshops on Tuesday, October 29
    1. Protecting the confidentiality of statistical data (Anne-Sophie Charest, Université Laval)
    2. Smoothing based models using reproducible workflows in R (Dave Campbell, Carleton University)
  • Pádraig Dalton, formerly from the Central Statistics Office of Ireland, as the keynote speaker on Wednesday, October 30
  • Richard Valliant, University of Michigan and University of Maryland, as the Waksberg Award speaker on Thursday, October 31
  • Special session in honor of Professor J.N.K. Rao, Carleton University, which will take place on Friday, November 1

Services and information

Overview

General information about the Symposium.

Organizing committee

Contact information of program chairs.

Registration information

Registration information for both participants and contributors.

Workshops

A list of the workshops with abstracts and contributor biographies.

Program and contributions

Program and list of the Symposium events for each day.

Key dates

Table of key event dates and deadlines.

Notes to participants

Code of conduct.

Notes to presenters

Information on presentation formatting and submissions. Including proceedings manuscripts.

Information for in-person attendees

Information on the conference location: directions, parking, simultaneous interpretation, and more.

Manuscript style guide

Instructions for preparing your manuscript for the Symposium Proceedings