This year's NISS Affiliates and NISS/SAMSI University Affiliates Annual Meeting will take place on Thursday and Friday, April 22-23 2010, in Chicago.
Thursday, April 22 (all day): This will be "Survey Day," an exciting, highly interactive program featuring recent results, problem sessions and networking opportunities relating to surveys of all kinds, from "traditional" official statistics to web search engines. This event will take place at Systat Software, 225 West Washington Street, Suite 550.
Thursday evening, April 22: Affiliates Annual Dinner (location: Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant, 111 West Adams Street at Club Quarters)
Friday, April 23 (9:00 to 3:00 PM): Affiliates annual meeting, at NORC's facility at 55 East Monroe Street, Room 3019, with special emphasis on
* The networking aspect of the affiliates program
* What the program can and should be doing for (especially, large) university departments
Survey Day - April 22 at Systat
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Introductions
9:15 Session on Survey Costs
Tutorial: John Eltinge, BLS
White Paper Summary: Alan Karr, NISS
Marginal Cost Analyses: Steve Cohen, AHRQ
Discussion
10:45 Break
11:15 Brainstorming Session: Survey Microsimulator
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:45 Potpourri Session
NISS/NASS Project: Nell Sedransk, NISS
Open Mike Problem Session
Agenda Setting for Survey Cluster
3:00 Break
3:30
4:00 Meeting Adjourns
7:00 Annual Affiliates Dinner: Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant, 111 West Adams Street
2010 Annual Meeting - April 23 at NORC
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Introductions
Reports on NISS and SAMSI: Alan Karr, Nell Sedransk, James Berger
10:30 Break
10:45 Conversation with Richard Smith, Director-Designate of SAMSI: The SAMSI Renewal Proposal
11:30 Four Minute Madness
12:15 p.m. Lunch and Networking
1:30 Breakout Discussions
Affiliates Program Networking Opportunities
Value Delivered to Academic Affiliates
2:30 Breakout Discussion Reports and General Discussion
3:00 Meeting Adjourns