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2009 annual conference of the Statistics User Forum - Thursday, 19 November 2009 - This major conference in London, sponsored by the Royal Statistical Society's Statistics User Forum, brought together leading players, from the UK and overseas, to discuss "The measurement of progress". http://www.rss.org.uk/sufconference
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Social Justice Ireland was held the annual Social Policy Conference on the topic: Beyond GDP: What is Progress and how should it be measured? It was placed in Dublin on November 17, 2009. Read more about agenda.
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Fao, IFAD, IAI and PAM were pleased to announce the 4th Annual Conference of the GARNET Network of Excellence (Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation: The Role of the EU) on the ‘Food Security and Sustainable Development: Challenges for the Governance of International Relations‘. It was placed in the Research Centre of International Economics (CIDEI) of Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), November 11-13, 2009.
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The North West Wellbeing Conference, incorporating the 6th annual North West Public Health Conference and the 17th annual Conference of the WHO Regions for Health Network was placed on November 9 -10, 2009 in Manchester. Read the program.
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The Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics was held in cooperation with the General Authority for information in the Great Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, the 2nd Arab Statistical Conference under the slogan “No Development without Statistics” November 2-4, 2009 in Tripoli, Libya. Read more about the program.
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The Future Vision Institute of Brazil and Italpu Binational was pleased to announce the 5th International Conference on Gross National Happiness "Gross National Happiness in Practise", 20-24 November 2009 in Foz de Ignaçu, Paraná (Brazil) |
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The Community Indicator Consortium was pleased to announce the conference on "Community Indicators as Tools for Social Change: Tracking Change and Increasing Accountability." which was held October 1-2, 2009 in Bellevue Washington, USA with optional training workshops on September 30th.
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The Lisbon Council in collaboration with the Swedish EU Presidency hosted a meeting on The New Lisbon Agenda: A Roadmap for the 21st Century.
It took place from on 29 September in Brussels, Belgium. |
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Italian Society of Economics Demography and Statistics (SIEDS) hosted the XLVI SIEDS Scientific Meeting on "Poverty and Social Exclusion" on 29-30 May 2009, at the University of Florence premises (Italy). |
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The European User Conference for EU-LFS and EU-SILC, which was organized by the German Microdata Lab, GESIS, in cooperation with Eurostat, provided researchers who use these data with the opportunity to present and discuss their work and share their experience. The conference was held on 5-6 of March 2009, in Mannheim (Germany). |
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Ecological Economics lecture series at Oxford. The lecture series was organised by Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, and was held from the end of October until December 2008. For more information visit University of Oxford website.
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Europe's biggest research event for information and communication technologies 08 organised by The European Commission's Directorate General Information Society and Media and hosted by the French Presidency of the European Union. It will be held in Lyon, France on the 25th – 27th of November. |
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The Centre for Bhutan Studies (CBS) was pleased to announce the 4th International Conference on Gross National Happiness from 24 -26 November 2008 in Bhutan. More details Bhutan conference 2008 - PDF
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics hosted the inaugural NatStats Conference 08 from 19 - 21 November 2008 in Melbourne.Working Together for an Informed Australian Society
Australian ABS Declaration
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First National Conference of FIB (Felicidade Interna Bruta) - Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) ou Felicidade Interna Bruta (FIB)? conference was held on the 29 and 31 October and on the 1st and 2nd November 2008 in Brazil.
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In Search of Sustainable Well-Being: Science and Technology for Sustainability 2008. The conference was held on 12th-13th of September 2008 in Tokyo. |
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Local Wellbeing ConferenceTuesday 9 September 2008, QEII Centre, London
A groundbreaking one day conference, which will bring together key executives involved in promoting individual and communities wellbeing from local government, national governmental departments and organisations, the voluntary sector and academia.
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Forum of Sociology - 5-8 September 2008, Barcelona "First ISA Forum of Sociology: Sociological Research and Public Debate". Sessions of the 'Working Group Social Indicators' are addressing the theme "Are things getting better, or worse, and why? The role of social indicators to inform public policy."
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CIC 2008 Conference - 26 and 28 June, USA
Community Indicators Consortium Conference- CIC to be held on the June 26-28 in Arlington, VA, USA.
Applied Survey Research (ASR) has been helping to organize this conference about community indicator projects in the United States and around the world.
The focus of this year's CIC Conference is "Moving Information to Action."
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Measuring Progress:What Behavioral Economics Tells Us About Economics, Finance and Politics
On the 4th of June 2008 Gallup CEO Jim Clifton will introduce the Gallup World Poll and show leaders how its key findings can help them anticipate major economic, political, and social trends. Drawing on the science of Behavioral Economics, the Gallup World Poll helps leaders move beyond traditional economic measures of progress, such as GDP, to understand -- and influence -- where the world is headed.
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Beyond GDP: Measuring progress, true wealth, and the well-being of nations - International Conference, 19-20 November 2007
The European Commission, European Parliament, Club of Rome, OECD and WWF hosted a high-level conference in Brussels on 19-20 November 2007. Quotes, interesting facts and press releases are now available on the web, as well as the presentation materials.
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