Statistics Canada is pleased to announce that its 2024 International Methodology Symposium will take place in Ottawa at the offices of Statistics Canada (with a virtual option) from October 29 to November 1, 2024, including workshops on the first day.
The theme of the 2024 international Methodology Symposium is "The Future of Official Statistics".
The future of official statistics will be shaped by our methods. Statistical agencies are increasingly adopting or investigating the new tools that researchers throughout the scientific community are using, whether they be programming languages, machine learning or artificial intelligence methods.
It will be shaped by our data. Intensified data integration will lead to higher quality statistical frames, more efficient data collection and more informative official statistics.
It will be shaped by ethics. Increased demand for granular data, particularly in social statistics, has led to meaningful and more robust measures of ethnicity and other sociodemographic indicators. At the same time, statistical agencies continue to seek a balance between providing granular estimates based on solid statistical framework with upholding the privacy of individuals and the confidentiality of their responses.
Importantly, it will be shaped ultimately by our community of professionals. Statistical training and professional development remain top priorities to produce official statistics. It is even more relevant considering the pace by which new methods and tools are developed.
The 2024 International Methodology Symposium brings together statisticians and data scientists, researchers and students to discuss the evolution of official statistics.
We invite contributed papers that examine methodological challenges related to the production of official statistics in a modern era. Topics may include the following:
- Record linkage and statistical matching
- Data integration
- Administrative and alternative data sources
- Big Data
- Sampling frames and sample design
- Collection
- Edit and imputation
- Measurement errors and estimation
- Small area estimation
- Data analysis
- Non-probability samples
- Data quality
- Disclosure control
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning
The deadline to submit a proposal for the Symposium, May 3, 2024, has now passed. We thank all those who submitted a proposal!
For all accepted proposals, the presentation (in English or French) is due by September 6, 2024. Conference proceedings will be published online. A final paper must be submitted by January 10, 2025 for inclusion in the proceedings.
Please visit the website below periodically as further information will be provided on an ongoing basis: 2024 International Methodology Symposium
Sincerely,
The 2024 International Methodology Symposium Organizing Committee
2024 Statistics Canada's International Methodology Symposium
statcan.symposium2024-symposium2024.statcan@statcan.gc.ca