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Voorburg Rome 2018

The revised agenda for the 33rd Meeting of the Voorburg Group on Service Statistics is now available.

The meeting language is English.

Monday 24th September

8:30-9:00
Registration, refreshments

9:00-9:15
Welcoming Remarks – Stefano Menghinello (Director of the Directorate for economic statistics)

9:15-10.30
Opening Remarks & Meeting Agenda Overview – Voorburg Group co-chairs: Jakob Kalko, Statistics Norway / Mary Beth Garneau, Statistics Canada | slides

Participant introductions – All

10:30-11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30
Session: Country Coverage of Services
Session leader: Jakob Kalko
Country Progress Reports – John Murphy (US Census) | slides
The Status of Price Statistics Compilation in 196 Economies – Margarida Martins (IMF) | slides
International Comparisons of SPPIs – Mary O’Mahony (UK) | paper | slide

11:30 – 12:30
Session: Sector and issues papers (part 1)
Session leader: Mary Beth Garneau
Investment Banking Sector Paper (64.9), Marcus Friden (Sweden) | paper | slides
Lucy Opsitnik (Canada), Andrew Baer and Bonnie Murphy (US), Gopal Singh Negi and Anupam Mitra (India)

Revisited Sector Paper on Telecommunications,  Christian Puchter (Austria) | slides
Dorothee Blang (Germany), Bonnie Murphy (US), Ildiko Holocsy (Hungary), Jakob Kalko (Norway)  

12:30-13:30
Lunch Break

13:30-14:00
Session: Sector and issues papers (part 2)
Session leader: Bonnie Murphy
Motion picture, video and television production, sound recording and music publishing (59.1 and 59.2) | Rohan Draper (Sweden) | slides

14:00-15:30
Session: Data processing, hosting and related activities (63.11)
Session leader: Christian Stock (Austria) | slides
Output: Ramon Bravo (Mexico) | paper | slides
Olof Landberg (Sweden) slides
Andrew Baer (US) | paper | slide
Susanna Tåg (Finland) | paper | slides
Beata Cebula (Poland) | paper | slides
Itsik Tal (Israel) | paper | slides
Discussant: Dorothee Blang (Germany) | slides

15:30-16:00
Coffee Break

16:00-16:30
Conclude session:  Data processing, hosting and related activities (63.11)

16:30-17:00
Session: Input to future agenda
Session leader: Jakob Kalko
John Murphy (US) | slides

17:30-19:00
Cocktail reception

Tuesday 25th September

9:00-9:30
Session: Sector and issues papers (part 3)
Session Leader: Bonnie Murphy (US)
Revisited Sector Paper on Architectural and Engineering Services | Kat Pegler (UK)
Yann Leurs/Frederic Ouradou (France), Maja Dozet (Croatia),Cristina Cecconi (Italy), Moegi Inoue (Japan), Ramon Bravo (Mexico) Aginiezka Matulska-Bachura (Poland), Jakob Kalko (Norway)

9:30-10:30
Session: Cross-cutting topics I – Digital Economy
Session leader : Erika Barrera (Chile)
Ecommerce Issues Paper | Mary Beth Garneau (Canada) | paper | slides
Measurement challenges of a digital economy | Erika Barrera (Chile) | paper | slides
John Murphy (US), Ramon Bravo (Mexico), Cristina Cecconi (Italy)

10.30-11.30
Coffee break and group photo

11:30-12:30
Session: Cross-cutting topics II – Export of services
Session leader: Jakob Kalko (Norway) slides
Output: Maja Dozet (Croatia) | paper | slides
Eveli Sokman (Estonia) | paper | slides
Agnieszka Matulska-Bachura (Poland) | paper | slides
SPPI: Yann Leurs/Frederic Ouradou (France) | paper | slide
John Jeremy (UK) | paper | slides
Discussant: Margarida Martins (IMF)

12:30-13:30
Lunch break

13:30-14:45
Export of services continued

14:45-15:30
Report from Task forces
Session leader: Mary Beth Garneau
CDF  | Jakob Kalko (Norway), Dorothee Blang (Germany), Erika Barrera (Chile), Marcus Friden (Sweden), John Murphy (US) | slides
VG website | Lucy Opsitnik (Canada), Andrew Baer (US), John Jeremy (UK)
Update to glossary | Bonnie Murphy (US) | paper

15:30-16:00
Coffee break

16:00-17:00
Session: Cross-cutting topics III –poster session
Practical aspects of profiling and collecting data on large complex enterprises
Session leader: Cristina Cecconi
Barbro von Hofsten (Sweden) | paper poster
Gopal Singh Negi (India) | poster | paper
Jennifer Winters (Canada) | paper | poster
S. Ambroselli (Italy) | paper | poster

Wednesday 26th September

9:00-9:30
Conclude Session:  Practical aspects of profiling and collecting data on large complex enterprises
Session leader: Cristina Cecconi
Group Report Out

9:30-10:00
Session: Modern methods (part 1)
Session leader:  Mary Beth Garneau
Visualization Tool | Bonnie Murphy (US) | slides

10.00-10.15
Opening
Maurizio Franzini | Istat acting President

10.15-10.45
Coffee Break

10.45-11.45
Modernisation program in Istat: business architecture and governance
Valerio Fiorespino | Head of the Department for data collection and development of methods and technologies for the production and dissemination of statistical information | Istat | slides

The integrated system of statistical registers: methodological approach and impact on official statistics
Roberto Monducci | Head of the Department for statistical production | Istat; Orietta Luzi | Directorate for methodology and statistical process design | Istat | slides

Business statistics in Italy: recent developments and future perspectives
Stefano Menghinello | Director of the Directorate for economic statistics | Istat| slides

11.45-12.00
Discussion

12:00
Lunch and country day

Thursday 27th September

9:00-10:00
Bureau meeting – VG Bureau members only

 10:00-10:15
Coffee break

10:15-11:30
Session: Cross-cutting topic IV – Intermediaries in the provision of services
Session leader:  John Murphy (US)
Classification principles | John Murphy (US) | paperslides
Output issues, administrative data | Bi, Xinhua (China) | slides
Output measurement of Travel Arrangers and Tour Operators | Jennifer Winters (Canada) | paper | slides
SPPI perspective of broker activity in sea transport | Cristina Cecconi | Italy | paper | slides
SPPI issues | Mark Lomax (Netherlands) | slides

11:30-12:30
Cross cutting topic V – Quality adjustment in a digital economy
Session leader: Kat Pegler
US PPI Hedonic Models for Digital Services | Bonnie Murphy (US BLS) | slides
Quality adjustment of digital services in Japan’s SPPIs | Moegi Inoue (Bank of Japan) | slides
Quality adjustment and use of large datasets for SPPIs | Ana Aizcorbe (US BEA) | slides

12:30-13:30
Lunch Break

13:30-14:30
Session: Recent developments in Wholesale Trade
Session leader: Rohan Draper (Sweden)  slides
Compilation of a WSPI in Japan | Moegi Inoue (Bank of Japan) | slides

14:30-15:00
Session: Modern methods (part 2)
Session leader: Mary Beth Garneau
Establishing a deflator group | Kat Pegler (UK) and Lis-Lotta Sjöblom (Finland) | slides

15:00-15:30
Coffee break

15:30-16:30
Session: Future plan and progress following VG strategic plan
Session leader: Jakob Kalko
Report on feedback for future agenda
Status of achievements in the strategic plan

16:30-17:30
Bureau Meeting – VG Bureau members only

Friday 28th September

9:00-9:30
Session: Sector and issues papers (part 3)
Revisited Sector Paper on Architectural and Engineering Services | Kat Pegler (UK) | slides

9:00-10:15
Session: 2019 meeting plan
Session leader: Jakob Kalko (Norway), Voorburg Group co-chair
VG Governance and Bureau Representation
Future Agenda
Assignment of Sector Papers
Designation of Industries and Assignments for VG 2019
Designation of Papers on Cross-cutting topics for VG 2019

10:15-10:45
Coffee Break

10:45 -12:00
Conclude VG 2019 meeting plan
Designation of Assignments for VG 2019
Meeting Arrangements for Next Year | Yann Leurs  and Frederic Ouradou | slides
Closing Remarks