Event Name: Assessing the Results of
Microdata Access
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Where: Economic Research Service
South Building, Suite 300
1800 M Street NW
Washington, DC
20036-5831
Duration: 1 Day (8:30am-4:00pm)
Date: November 18, 2009
Final Agenda
8:30 am – 9:00 am Breakfast & Welcome [Dan Gaylin, Executive Vice President, NORC/University of Chicago]
9:00 am – 9:15 am Goals and Objectives [Julia Lane, co-founder of the Data Enclave]
9:15 am – 9:30 am Opening and introduction of keynote speaker [Kitty Smith, Administrator, Economic Research Service, USDA]
9:30 am – 10:00 am Katherine Wallman, Chief Statistician, OMB [Keynote speech]
10:00 am – 10:15 am Norman Bradburn, NORC Senior Fellow; Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago
10:15 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm The need for access to micro-data and strategies to provide access [Moderator: Stephanie Shipp, Institute for Defense Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute]
The role of the research community in providing research access: Lessons from Europe
· Stefan Bender, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung (IAB)
· Melanie Wright, UK Data Archive
The vision for secure remote access to microdata in the U.S.
· Marc Stanley, NIST, co-founder of the Data Enclave
· E.J. Reedy, Kauffman Foundation
· Cynthia Clark, Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Box lunch
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Breakout Sessions 1. New research findings resulting from microdata access: Researcher presentations
Session A: NIST Business Reporting Series Data [Moderator: Stephen Campbell, NIST]
· Ben Campbell, Ohio State University
· Jade Lo, University of Southern California
· Franz Lohrke, Samford University
· Barbara Bird, American University
Session B: Kauffman Firm Survey data [Moderator:
Alicia Robb]
· Susan Coleman, University of Hartford
· Paroma Sanyal, Brandeis University
· Charlie Braymen, Kansas State University
Session C: USDA, Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) data [Moderator: Mary Bohman, ERS]
· Barry Goodwin, NC State University
· Jeff Gillespie, Louisiana State University
· Brent Gloy, Cornell University
· Ani Katchova, University of Kentucky
· Kandice Kleiber, Oregon State University
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Chairs Report Back on Key Findings from Research
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Break
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Breakout Sessions 2. Next steps: Enhancing secure remote access to microdata
Session A: Graduate student access via the enclave including discussion of security issues and case study of ARMS access at Oregon State University [Moderator: Mitch Morehart, ERS]
Session B: Collaboration in Virtual Research Communities [Moderators: Tim Mulcahy, NORC and Alicia Robb, Kauffman Foundation]
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Chairs Report Back on Future Strategies from Breakout Sessions
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Summary and Closing [Stephanie Shipp, Institute for Defense Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute]
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