IASSIST 2004 Conference, May 25-28

 

 

Program

Calendar of Events as an Excel Spreadsheet

Multimedia Presentations from the Conference (on the IASSIST site)

MONDAY, MAY 24

8:00am - 5:00pm

Administrative Committee meeting (lunch included)
Location: Pyle Center, Room 205

TUESDAY, MAY 25

8:00am - 5:00pm

Registration table open

8:30am - Noon

Concurrent Workshops
Locations: various

 

Lunch on your own

1:30pm - 5:00pm

Concurrent Workshops
Locations: various

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Outdoor garden cocktail reception at Allen Centennial Gardens, UW-Madison campus, shuttle service provided departing from the Pyle Center

6:30pm - 8:30pm

NESSTAR User Group Meeting
Location: Social Science Building, Room 8411

 

Dinner on your own

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26

7:30am

Hospitality Room, Lee Lounge, Pyle Center 1st Floor

8:00am - 5:00pm

Registration table open

9:00am - 10:00am

Plenary
Location: Pyle Center, Room 325-326

The Future of Social Science Data Archiving in the United States: A Discussion with Five Archive Directors
Chair: Margaret O. Adams

Myron Gutmann (ICPSR)
Kenneth Bollen (The Odum Institute, University of North Carolina)
Michael Carlson (National Archives and Records Administration)
Copeland Young (The Murray Center, Radcliffe College)
Richard Rockwell (The Roper Center, University of Connecticut)

10:00am - 10:30am

Break

10:30am - Noon

Concurrent Sessions

A1: The Diverse World of Digital Libraries
Chair: Tess Trost
Location: Pyle Center, Room 325-326

A2: Pulling It All Together: Strategies in Data Preparation
Chair: San Cannon
Location: Pyle Center, Room 213

A3: Collaboration among Data Providers: Strength in Numbers
Chair: Ernie Boyko
Location: Pyle Center, Vandenburg Auditorium, Room 121

Noon - 1:30pm

Lunch with roundtables, Pyle Center Main Dining Room, lower level

  • First-Time Attendees
  • Publications Committee
  • Membership Committee
  • Education Committee
  • Strategic Plan Action Group
  • Data Documentation Interest Group

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Concurrent Sessions

B1: Assessing User Needs and Data Services
Chair: Donna Tolson
Location: Pyle Center, Room 325-326

B2: Peopling the Grid: A Panel Discussion of Institutional Solutions to Data Exchange
Location: Pyle Center, Room 213

Melanie F. Wright (UK Data Archive, University of Essex)
Celia Russell (University of Manchester)
Reto Hadorn (Swiss Information and Data Archive Service for the Social Sciences (SIDOS))

B3: The DDI Expert Committee: Who We Are, Where We're Going, and What It Means to You
Chair: Mary Vardigan
Location: Pyle Center, Vandenburg Auditorium, Room 121

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Break

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Concurrent Sessions

C1: Reinventing a Data Archive in the 21st Century: Process Improvement at ICPSR
Chair: Myron Gutmann
Location: Pyle Center, Room 325-326

C2: Mapping the Past with GIS
Chair: Steve Citron-Pousty

C3: Data Management Infrastructures: Advances in Processing and Dissemination
Chair: Chuck Humphrey
Location: Pyle Center, Room 213

6:15pm

Bus to leave the Pyle Center for Eugster's Farm Market

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Barbeque dinner and barn dance at Eugster's Farm Market, transportation included

THURSDAY, MAY 27

7:30am

Hospitality Room, Lee Lounge, Pyle Center 1st Floor

8:00am - 5:00pm

Registration table open

9:00am - 10:00am

Plenary

Building on 30 Years of Data Advocacy: Perspectives from Past Presidents
Chair: Ron Nakao
Location: Pyle Center, Room 325-326

Alice Robbin (Indiana University Bloomington)
Ann Gray for Judith Rowe (Princeton University)
Thomas E. Brown (National Archives and Records Administration)
Charles Humphrey (University of Alberta)
Peter Burnhill (EDINA National Data Centre and University Data Library)
Ann Green (Yale University)

10:00am - 10:30am

Break

10:30am - Noon

Concurrent Sessions

D1: When Metadata Standards Meet: Issues of Language and Interoperability
Chair: Jen Green
Location: Pyle Center, Room 325-326

D2: Privacy, Security, and Information Today
Chair: Margo Anderson
Location: Pyle Center, Vandenburg Auditorium, Room 121

D3: Ensuring Data Quality: Aim High
Chair: Luuk Schreven
Location: Pyle Center, Room 213


Noon - 1:30pm

Business meeting lunch
Location: Pyle Center, Main Dining Room, lower level

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Concurrent Sessions

E1: DDI in Practice
Chair: Jostein Ryssevik
Location: Pyle Center, Room 325-326

E2: Developing Statistical Literacy: Think Globally, Work Locally
Chair: Robin Rice
Location: Pyle Center, Vandenburg Auditorium, Room 121

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Break

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Poster Session
Location: Pyle Center Ameritech Lounge, Room 106

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Cash bar reception with an appearance by the UW Marching Band
Location: Pyle Center Deck, overlooking the lake

7:00pm - ???

Banquet and presentation commemorating IASSIST's 30th anniversary
Location: Pyle Center Alumni Lounge

Post-banquet

Turkey Action Group
Location: Lowell Center, Suite 113

FRIDAY, MAY 28

7:30am

Hospitality Room, Lee Lounge, Pyle Center 1st Floor

8:00am - 5:00pm

Registration table open

9:00am - 10:00am

Plenary

Data in the Dairyland
Chair: Janet Eisenhauer Smith
Location: Pyle Center, Room 325-326

Jeremy Freese (Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Larry Bumpass (National Survey of Families and Households, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Jim Sweet (National Survey of Families and Households, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Alberto Palloni (Health, Well-being and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

10:00am - 10:30am

Break

10:30am - Noon

Concurrent Sessions

F1: Building an International Network of Asian Social Science Research Data
Chair: Mary J. Lee
Location: Pyle Center, Room 213

F2: Helping Increase Statistical Literacy at Universities: Some Perspectives
Chair: S. Vincent Gray
Location: Pyle Center, Room 325-326

F3: Facilitating Data Access and Analysis
Chair: Bo Wandschneider
Location: Pyle Center, Vandenburg Auditorium, Room 121

Noon - 1:30pm

Lunch
Location: Pyle Center Main Dining Room, lower level

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Concurrent Sessions

G1: New Avenues for Data Dissemination
Chair: Marc Maynard
Location: Pyle Center, Room 213

G2: Three Studies with Numeric and Geospatial Data in Asia - the Case of China, Vietnam and Korea
Chair: Lu Chou
Location: Pyle Center, Vandenburg Auditorium, Room 121

G3: Enhancing the Research Experience for Data Users
Chair: Ann Gray
Location: Pyle Center, Room 325-326

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Break

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Conference wrap-up
Location: Pyle Center, Room 325-326

SATURDAY, MAY 29

9:00am - 5:00pm

DDI Alliance meeting
Location: Lowell Center, Room 118


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