Event:

IAOS Satellite Meeting on Statistics for Information Society

Date/Venue:

30 - 31 August 2001/Tokyo

Organiser/Co-organiser(s):

It was hosted by the Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center of Japan under the auspices of the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) in cooperation with the Japan Statistical Society (JSS), the Japan Statistical Association (JSTAT), the Statistical Information Institute for Consulting and Analysis (SINFONICA) and the Institute of Statistical Research.

Description:

Information technology is developing revolutionarily in recent years and its impact is tremendous on economy and society domestically and globally. Official statistics are required to cope with this situation by providing users with relevant, accurate and timely data.

Based on researches and studies done by various individuals and organizations on information and communication technology (ICT), this meeting provided a forum to exchange the views and the ideas on the development of statistics, statistical methodologies, analytical frameworks, and other related matters in this field.

Program

The following activities were covered during the 2-days Satellite Meeting:

Keynote Presentations

• ICT Statistics at the New Millennium - Developing Official Statistics - Measuring the Diffusion of ICT and its Impacts
• OECD Efforts to Address the Measurement and Policy Challenges Posed by the Information Society

Panel Discussion

• Statistics on E-Commerce

• Measurement of Effects of Productivity Improvement Caused by ICT
• The Renewal of IT, Hedonic Price Indexes, and Productivity the Old Economy: An International Comparative Perspective
• Measurement of the Impact of the New Technology Through Capital Accumulation

Session 3

• Development of ICT Indicators
• Development of ICT Indicators in Korea
• Monitoring the Information Society
• Statistical Data in WHITE PAPER "Information and Communications in Japan"

Session 4

• Developments in Official Statistics on the Diffusion of ICT in Society and its Effects
• Measuring the Diffusion of Information and Communication Technology in Society and its Effects: Canadian Experience
• Development in Official Statistics on the Adoption of ICT in Australia
• Overview of IT Statistics in Japan

Contributed Paper Sessions
Session 1

• On the Joint Research Development of the Educational Web Site for Disseminating Statistics
• A New Approach to Development of a Statistical Software Corresponding to Customers Demands
• A New Statistical Tool for Extracting of the Causal Condition
• Relationship Between Regression with Qualitative Variables and Feed-forward Neural Networks

Session 2

• Measuring Knowledge Development in the Information Era
• Network Externality and Necessary Software Statistics
• Emerging Statistical Concepts and Definitions in the Information Era

Session 3

• Rough Estimation of Economic Impact of Present BSE-illness of Cows in Germany
• Statistics and the Principle of Conservation in Biology

Session 4

• An Advanced Statistical Information Disclosure over the Internet
• On Recent Developments in Statistical Disclosure Control Techniques

Session 5

• ICT and Official Statistics
• Requirements for International Cooperation to Statistics Development: Practical Lessons from an Experience in Thailand
• Methodological Foundations of the Satellite Account of Information in the System of National Accounts
• ICT as a Means for Improvement of Understanding and Dissemination of Official Statistics

Session 6

• Computer & Internet Use Survey
• Key Findings of Statistical Data Survey via Internet
• The Creation of a National Statistics System-Challenges for South Africa