| Wednesday 23 October |
| DAY 1: The Drivers for Change |
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration and welcome coffee |
| 9:00–10:15 | OPENING SESSION AND SETTING THE SCENE |
| 9:00 Opening Remarks |
| Urmet Lee, Director General of Statistics Estonia |
| Mariana Kotzeva, Director General of Eurostat |
| Jürgen Ligi, Minister of Finance of Estonia |
| Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy (video message) |
| 9:45 Keynote presentation: How can NSIs bring the planet together for great data and even better governance? |
| Dan Bogdanov, Chief Scientific Officer at Cybernetica AS |
| I believe NSIs have a great data story to tell in this modern age of AI. It’s a story of quality data products that one can rely on. However, it requires building trust, having a (business) plan and coming together. The barriers to starting collaborations on data in the public sector and getting the private sector to work with NSIs are different around the world. But there are visions that we can build on to make cross-border data a reality. |
| 10:15–10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45–12:30 | SESSION 1. EFFECTIVE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT: FOUNDATION FOR RELEVANCY |
| 10:45 Country presentation on cooperation with academia |
| Angelique Berg, Director General of Statistics Netherlands |
| 11:00 Country presentation on cooperation with private sector |
| Georges-Simon Ulrich, Director General of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office |
| 11:15 Country presentation on cooperation with public sector |
| Jörg Decker, Head of Division at German Federal Statistical Office |
| 11:30 Panel discussion: How do we cope with stakeholders’ influence? |
| Moderator: Georges-Simon Ulrich, Director General of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office |
| Panellists: Dan Bogdanov, Chief Scientific Officer at Cybernetica AS |
| Angelique Berg, Director General of Statistics Netherlands |
| Dominik Rozkrut, President of Statistics Poland |
| Who, how and why are influencing the NSI’s role and activities? How do we respond to this influence? What are the challenges and opportunities to incorporate the demands of stakeholders in the portfolio of a national statistical institute alongside with the traditional role of statistical production? What is the motivation for private sector companies to provide data to the NSIs, what is the expected benefit in return? |
| 12:30–12:45 | Group photo |
| 12:45-14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15–15:45 | SESSION 2. DATA SERVICES COMPLEMENTARY TO THE PRODUCTION OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS |
| 14:15 Keynote presentation |
| Anil Arora, Former Chief Statistician of Canada |
| How to define data-based services, what is expected from the NSIs in addition to official statistics? Where are we at this stage, where are we going to and where we can draw the lines of official statistics (are there new frontiers)? |
| 14:45 Plenary Discussion on Data Services |
| Moderator: Geir Axelsen, Director General of Statistics Norway |
| The session will interactively engage the audience and give floor for discussion. The discussion will address new data services that align with stakeholders needs and emerging trends; new and effective channels for interactions with users of new data services; European coordination for the provision of high-quality data services, etc. A key question will be - how to strategically manage the balance between enhancing the NSI’s portfolio of auxiliary services and the core mission of providing official statistics? |
| 15:45–16:15 | Coffee break |
| 16:15-16:45 | REFLECTIONS ON DAY 1 |
| 16:15 Conclusions |
| Urmet Lee, Director General of Statistics Estonia |
| 18:45 | Bus transfer from Swissotel to the Museum of Architecture (Reception). Additional information |
| 21:00 | Bus transfer from the Museum of Architecture to Swissotel |
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| Thursday 24 October |
| DAY2: The Enablers for Change |
| 8:30–9:00 | Welcome coffee |
| 9:00–10:30 | SESSION 3. TOWARDS THE NEW FRONTIERS: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS |
| 9:00 Introduction |
| Urmet Lee, Director General of Statistics Estonia |
| 9:20 Breakout Sessions: World Café |
| NSIs’ path towards new frontiers: What aspects to consider when engaging to provision of data-based services other than official statistics? |
| Group 1: Stakeholder aspects |
| Chair: Tobias Thomas, Director General of Statistics Austria |
| Group 2: Organisational and financial aspects |
| Chair: Apolonija Oblak Flander , Director General of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia |
| Group 3: Technological aspects |
| Chair: Jennifer Banim, Director General of the Central Statistics Office of Ireland |
| Group 4: Ethical and legal aspects |
| Chair: Markus Sovala, Director General of Statistics Finland |
| The groups are invited to discuss the opportunities and challenges of each of these aspects. The discussions will build up around the following guiding questions: Which new opportunities (positive impact) emerge for the NSIs from the diversification of their product and service portfolio? What are the challenges involved with the emerging data-driven services? What can we do to overcome these challenges? Which resources, competencies are needed? |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00–12:30 | CLOSING SESSION |
| 11:00 Feedback from World Cafe sessions. Conclusions |
| Panel of Chairs of breakout session |
| Moderator: Urmet Lee, Director General of Statistics Estonia |
| 12:00 Closing remarks and introduction of the next DGINS organiser Statistics Croatia |
| Urmet Lee, Director General of Statistics Estonia |
| Lidija Brković, Director General of Statistics Croatia |
| Mariana Kotzeva, Director General of Eurostat |
| 18:00 | Bus transfer from Swissotel to the Seaplane Harbour (Dinner). Additional information |
| 21:00 | Bus transfer from the Seaplane Harbour to Swissotel |
