Conference Program

Padua 16-18 June

Registration
Day	Hours	Place
June 15	16:00-18:00	University of Padua, Palazzo del Bo'
June 16	08:00-11:00	University of Padua, Palazzo del Bo'
June 16	14:30-17:30	Lecture rooms, via Bassi
June 17	8:30-13:00	Lecture rooms, via Bassi
June 18	8:30-13:00	Lecture rooms, via Bassi

Conference Secretariat Phone Number

Between June 16 and June 18, the Conference Secretariat will be available at this number: +39 3348 2857513.

Conference Rooms Location

Please, find here a map of the locations described below.

The Aula Magna "Galileo Galilei", the Ancient Archive (Archivio Antico) and lecture rooms "Ippolito Nievo", "Ederle" and "E" are located in the Palazzo del Bo', via VIII Febbraio, I-35122 Padova, Tel. 049 8273111.

Lecture rooms A, B, C, D, E, F, G are located in via Bassi 2, I-35131 Padova, Tel. 049 8276019.

Lecture rooms 12, 14 and 44 are located in via Bassi 1, I-35131 Padova, Tel. 049 8271230.

The Aula Magna "Vallisneri" is located just behind Classrooms A-G, in via Bassi 58, I-35131 Padova, Tel. 049 8276016.

The poster session will take place at the Altinate/San Gaetano Cultural Centre, in via Altinate 71, I-35121 Padova, Tel. 049 8204806.

Lunch and coffee breaks will be served at the nord Piovego refectory, near the Aula Magna "Vallisneri", in viale Giuseppe Colombo 1, I-35131 Padova, Tel. 049 8071530.

Plenary Sessions
	Chair Person	Speaker	Description
I	Enrico Rettore, University of Padua	James J. Heckman, University of Chicago, USA	Structural vis-à-vis reduced form estimation of program effects
II	Gabriella Salinetti, University of Rome "La Sapienza"	George Casella, University of Florida, USA	Estimation in Dirichlet process random effect models
III	Silvana Salvini, University of Florence	Paul Boyle, University of St Andrews, UK	Space, migration and health: learning from routine data
IV	Maurizio Vichi, University of Rome "La Sapienza"	Enrico Giovannini, ISTAT, Rome	Statistics, knowledge and policy: towards a new paradigm

Specialized Sessions (SpecSes)
	Planned by	Organizer/Chair Person	Description
I	Royal Statistical Society	Alan Kimber, University of Southampton, UK	A non-random sample of Statistics in the U.K.
II	Giorgio Vittadini, University of Milan Bicocca	Piero Cipollone, INVALSI, Rome	Statistical methods for evaluation of educational services
III	Antonio Giusti, University of Florence	Alessandro Viviani, University of Florence	Statistical methods for business and industry
IV	Gabriele Soffritti, University of Bologna	Simone Borra, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"	Nonparametric methods
V	Société Française de Statistique	Avner Bar-Hen, Université Paris 5	Short glance on French Statistic
VI	Donatella Vicari, University of Rome "La Sapienza"	Marco Alfò, University of Rome "La Sapienza"	Regression models for longitudinal multivariate and discrete data
VII	Monica Pratesi, University of Pisa	Monica Pratesi, University of Pisa	Statistical models for non sampling errors
VIII	CLADAG - Francesco Palumbo, University of Macerata	Angela Montanari, University of Bologna	Model selection in classification analysis
IX	Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa	Arthur Pewsey, University of Extremadura	Skewing symmetry 25 years on
X	Walter Racugno, University of Cagliari	Walter Racugno, University of Cagliari	New developments in objective Bayesian inference
XI	Stella Iezzi, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"	Enrica Aureli Cutillo, University of Rome "La Sapienza"	Assigning weights and hierarchies to the construction of composite indicators
XII	Claudio Lupi, University of Molise	Tommaso Proietti, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"	Information and forecasting
XIII	Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística	Maria Ivette Gomes, Universidade de Lisboa	Statistics of extremes in today's world
XIV	Fulvia Mecatti, University of Milan Bicocca	Fulvia Mecatti, University of Milan Bicocca	New challenges in survey sampling and estimation
XV	Corrado Provasi, University of Padua	Giorgio Calzolari, University of Florence	Financial risk modelling
XVI	Tonio Di Battista, "Gabriele d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara	Piercesare Secchi, Polytechnic of Milan	Functional analysis for high dimensional data
XVII	Deutsche Statistische Gesellschaft	Friedrich Schmid, University of Cologne	Copulas: Theory and applications
XVIII	Orietta Luzi, ISTAT, Rome	Brunero Liseo, University of Rome "La Sapienza"	Matching techniques, censuses and administrative data
XIX	AISP - Maria Castiglioni, University of Padua	Patrizia Farina, University of Milan Bicocca	Demographic transition and the millennium development goals: how far we are?
XX	Ruggero Bellio, University of Udine	Alessandra Salvan, University of Padua	Recent developments in likelihood methods

Organization of Sessions

Plenary Sessions:

5 min	chair person
45 min	speaker
10 min	floor discussion

Specialized Sessions:

20 min	talk
30 min	discussant and floor discussion

Contributed Paper Sessions:

16 min	talk
25 min	floor discussion

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Hours	Aula Magna Galileo Galilei	Archivio Antico	Room Ippolito Nievo	Room Ederle	Room E
09:00-10:00	Opening Ceremony
10:00-11:00	First Plenary Session J.J. Heckman Structural vis-à-vis reduced form estimation of program effects
11:10-11:30	Coffee Break
11:30-13:00		I – SpecSes A non-random sample of statistics in the U.K.	II – SpecSes Statistical methods for evaluation of educational services	III – SpecSes Statistical methods for business and industry	IV – SpecSes Non parametric methods
Hours	Aula Magna Vallisneri	Room Bassi A	Room Bassi B	Room Bassi C	Room Bassi D	Room Bassi E	Room Bassi F	Room Econ 12	Room Econ 14
13:10-14:45	Lunch
14:45-16:15		1. Small area estimation	2. Clustering methods: theory and applications	3. Energy statistics and changing market dynamics	4. Methods for Constructing Composite Indicators	5. Time series analysis	6. Topics in modern statistical Inference	7. Statistical analysis of university systems	8. Causal inference: methods and applications
16:25-16:45	Coffee Break
16:45-18:15		V – SpecSes Short glance on French Statistic	VI – SpecSes Regression models for longitudinal multivariate and discrete data	VII – SpecSes Statistical models for non sampling errors	VIII – SpecSes Model selection in classification analysis
19:00	Welcome Cocktail / Poster Session

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Hours	Aula Magna Vallisneri	Room Bassi A	Room Bassi B	Room Bassi C	Room Bassi D	Room Bassi E	Room Bassi F	Room Econ 12	Room Econ 14	Room Econ 44
08:30-10:00		9. Spatial and spatio-temporal analysis: environmental and social applications	10. Developments in Bayesian statistics	11. Economic statistics	12. Statistical methods for the analysis of financial data	13. Health service research	14. Advances in survey methodology	15. Migration and foreign population	16. Quality and organization in National Statistical Institutes
10:10-11:10	Second Plenary Session G. Casella Estimation in Dirichlet process random effect models
11:10-11:30	Coffee Break
11:30-13:00		IX – SpecSes Skewing symmetry 25 years on	X – SpecSes New developments in objective Bayesian inference	XI – SpecSes Assigning weights and hierarchies to the construction of composite indicators	XII – SpecSes Information and forecasting	PhD Awards SpecSes PhD Awards
13:10-14:30	Lunch
14:30-16:00		17. Modelling social phenomena	18. Cost of children and human capital	19. Robust Methods	20. Applications in Bayesian statistics	21. Survey sampling theory	22. Distribution theory and statistical inference	23. Econometrics/financial data analysis	24. Experimental design and industrial statistics	25. Statistics and the web
16:10-16:30	Coffee Break
16:30-17:30	President's Invited Speaker E. Giovannini Statistics, knowledge and policy: towards a new paradigm
17:40-19:00	Assemblea Generale
20:45	Gala Dinner

Friday, June 18, 2010

Hours	Aula Magna Vallisneri	Room Bassi A	Room Bassi B	Room Bassi C	Room Bassi D	Room Bassi E	Room Bassi F	Room Econ 12	Room Econ 14
08:30-10:00		26. Analysis of functional and symbolic data	27. Models for statistical inference	28. Health and family well-being	29. Inequality Measures	37. Advances in inequality, poverty and welfare measurement 2	31. Applied Bayesian hierarchical models	32. Data quality and errors detection in statistical surveys	33. Hypothesis testing
10:10-11:10	Third Plenary Session P. Boyle Space, migration and health: learning from routine data
11:10-11:30	Coffee Break
11:30-13:00		XIII – SpecSes Statistics of extremes in today's world	XIV – SpecSes New challenges in survey sampling and estimation	XV – SpecSes Financial risk modelling	XVI – SpecSes Functional analysis for high dimensional data
13;10-14:30	Lunch
14:30-16:00		XVII – SpecSes Copulas: Theory and applications	XVIII – SpecSes Matching techniques, censuses and administrative data	XIX – SpecSes Demographic transition and the millennium development goals: how far we are?	XX – SpecSes Recent developments in likelihood methods
16:10-16:30	Coffee Break
16:30-18:00		34. Analysis of correlated data	35. Survey methodology	36. Life course analysis and family	30. Advances in inequality, poverty and welfare measurement 1	38. Epidemiology	39. Change points in time series and panel data	40. Measuring dependence	41. Statistical models for the analyis of demographic phenomena
18:10		Closing Ceremony