More than a dozen NORC staff members will present papers and facilitate panel discussions at the International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC) to be held in New Orleans, LA from May 18 - May 21, 2008. A preliminary list of presenters and topics includes:

• Panel Discussion - Can You Hear Me Now? A distinguished panel of experts discuss the latest research on cell phone surveys. Facilitator: Missy Koppelman; Panelist:  Martin Barron

• Presentations and Discussion - High Tech Infrastructure. Facilitator: Jeff Biala

• Presentations and Discussion - Hide And Seek. Finding Difficult To Reach Populations. Facilitator: Kyle Fennel

• Recent Experiments with Respondent Incentives on the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 (NLSY97): Parvati Krishnamurty

• What's the Cost of a Pre-Paid Incentive?: Lekha Venkataraman

• Finding a Needle in a Haystack: A Unique Locating Strategy: Edward Sipulski

• Interpreting Appointments: How Often is an Appointment Actually a Refusal?: Tracie Carroll

• Using Statistical Trends in Collected Data to Detect Interviewer Falsification in the NLSY97: Jodie Daquilanea

• From Completed Interview to Validated Case in One-day Flat: NORC’s Validation System for Field Projects: John Sokolowski

• The New GSS Data Dissemination Website: Mike Cooke

• After 10 Years, How do you Keep Respondents Engaged?  Lessons From the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997: Kyle Fennell

• Blast from the Past: The Challenges of Gaining Cooperation for a Follow-up Survey Several Years Later: Dan Costanzo

• What is the Best Dialing Option for a CATI Study?: Kate Hobson

• Reacting to Disasters: Lessons Learned from a Large Population-Based Survey: Alicia Frasier

• Harnessing the Power of Computer-Assisted Recorded Interviewing (CARI) at NORC: Jodie Daquilanea