The Second
Meeting of the Working Party on the Application
of New Technology to Population Data
Singapore,
1-3 April 1998
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION
FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Working Party on the Application of New Technology
to Population Data
Second Meeting
1-3 April 1998
Singapore
Tentative
Time Schedule
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Wednesday,
1 April
0830-0930
Registration
0930-1030
Item 1 Opening of the meeting. Item
2 Election of officers. Item 3 Adoption
of the agenda.
1030-1045
Coffee break.
1045-1200
Item 4 Review of the project activities.
Presentation & discussion [ESCAP secretariat]
1200-1230
Administrative matters [ESCAP secretariat]
1230-1400
Lunch break
1400-1500
Item 5 Overall approach to Census 2000: The
Case of Singapore
Presentation on paper "Singapore's approach to
Census 2000" & discussion [DOS, Singapore]
1500-1530
Coffee break.
1530-1700
Item 5 (Continued)
Presentation on paper "Internet submission of
census data", demonstration & discussion [DOS,
Singapore]
Thursday
2 April
0900-1030
Item 6 Use of secured Internet in data collection
and dissemination in Singapore.
Two presentations/demonstrations & discussion
Electronic Transfer of Returns and DataShop [DOS,
Singapore]
1030-1045
Coffee break.
1045-1230
Item 7 Internet applications at various stages
of population data collection and dissemination:
experience in the region.
[Presentations by the members of the Working Party,
UNSD, and discussion]
1230-1400
Lunch break.
1400-1530
Item 7 (Continued)
1530-1545
Coffee break
1545-1730
Item 10 Other matters.
Draft questionnaire for a proposed survey on IT
use for population data [ESCAP secretariat]
Friday,
3 April
0900-1000
Item 8 Useful database applications and systems
Item 8 ( Presentation/demonstration on FASTAB
& discussion) [DOS, Singapore]
