Agenda DIME & ITDG Steering Group, London, 15 February 2019 OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS – MEETING ROOM 3, 2ND FLOOR,1 DRUMMOND GATE,LONDON |
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Start |
Item |
Topic |
Purpose |
Who |
09:30 |
Welcome and Opening |
Chair, ONS |
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09:45 |
1 |
Eurostat will present the status of ESS certification followed by an open discussions with the group regarding the follow-up after 2019 |
Feedback |
ESTAT |
10:30 |
2 |
IT Working group report and governance Eurostat will report on the proposal (discussed in the last ITWG meeting held in June 2018) to set up an organising committee. |
Opinion |
ESTAT |
11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:30 |
3 |
National Statistics Quality Review of Privacy and Confidentiality Methods After a presentation by ONS, a discussion will take place on the IT and methodology aspects pertaining to the GDPR implementation. |
Feedback |
UK |
12:15 |
4 |
Mapping business networks and persons’ networks is a computing intensive exercise requiring smart algorithms and/or High Performance Computers. CBS will present a position paper on the topic based on the current national experience. The group will be invited to discuss possible challenges and opportunities. |
Discussion |
NL |
13:00 |
LUNCH |
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14:00 |
5 |
Preparation of the next peer reviews Eurostat will present the state of play including the mandate of an ESS Task Force on peer reviews to be adopted by the ESSC. |
Feedback |
ESTAT |
14:30 |
6 |
Engine search ranking: how to remain relevant Brainstorming discussion about the possible interest of launching an ESS initiative aiming at engaging with Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft (and perhaps some more) to prioritize and better rank official statistics as a result for queries. In particular, for the specific domain where these data are recognised as official source (like CPI, GDP etc). |
Discussion |
SE |
15:00 |
7 |
The accuracy of aggregates computed from statistical registers ISTAT will present the national experience in this field. |
Feedback |
IT |
15:30 |
8 |
Eurostat will present the state of play in view of the NTTS 2019 conference taking place 12-14 of March 2019 in Bruxelles |
Info |
ESTAT |
15:45 |
AoB |
Report on the work in progress for the new standards adopted by the ESSC |
Info |
ESTAT |
16:00 |
End of the meeting, conclusions |
Decision |
Chair |