Final program of the International Blaise Users Conference (IBUC) 2016
Here's the final program of IBUC 2016. Download the full program here (pdf, 411 Kb).
Tuesday, 4 October: IBUC – Day 1
Time
Activity
8:15 – 9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00 – 10:00
Plenary Session 1
Opening remarks by IBUC Chair, Hilde Degerdal – Statistics Norway
Welcome by Bert Kroese – Deputy Director General of Statistics Netherlands
Keynote address by Jim Smith – CEO of Westat, USA
10:00 – 10:30
Break
10:30 – 11:30
Plenary Session 2
Blaise 5: Is Worth the Wait by Mark Pierzchala, USA
Colectica and Blaise by Dan Smith & Jeremy Iverson – Colectica, USA
Blaise Celebrates its 30 Year Anniversary!
11:30 – 13:00
Lunch
Starting at 12:00 there will be a Poster & Demonstration session
13:00 – 14:30
Presentation Session 1 - Modern Data Collection with Blaise 5 Chair: Mike Hart – Office for National Statistics, UK
Phoenix – Towards Modern Data Collection Systems and Processes by Joost Huurman – Statistics Netherlands
Experiences with Colectica by Felix Coleman – CSO, Ireland
Blaise 5 at Statistics Norway by Trond Båshus – Statistics Norway
Converting a CATI Instrument from Blaise 4 to Blaise 5 for Pilot Testing by Emily Caron & Vito Wagner – National Agricultural Statistics Service, USA & Kathleen O'Reagan – Westat, USA
Chitwan Valley Family Study Household Registry Paper to Computer Exercise by Karl Dinkelmann & Stephanie Chardoul – University of Michigan/SRC, USA &
Bishnu Adhikari – Institute for Social and Environmental Research – Nepal
Blaise Instrument Extensions with Alien Routers and Manipula by Lilia Filippenko, Chris Carson, Orin Day & Mai Nguyen – RTI International, USA
Statistical Surveys in Households and by Individuals in Slovakia – the Use of Blaise 4 / Blaise 5 by Ľudmila Hadová & Danica Tureková – Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
Dep Unlimited: Solving Complex Runtime Problems with Manipula by Rick Dulaney & Peter Stegehuis – Westat, USA
Transition of a Blaise 4 Web Survey to Blaise 5 by Bryan Bungardt – Statistics Netherlands
17:00 – 18:30
Welcome Reception
Evening
Informal groups for dinner
Wednesday, 5 October: IBUC – Day 2
Time
Activity
8:15 – 9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00 – 10:00
Plenary Session 3
Keynote address ‘The Ever Changing Landscape of Survey Data Collection’ by Jelke Bethlehem, The Netherlands.
Jelke is the former head of Blaise, currently Professor in Survey Methodology at the
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of the Leiden University
(with a focus on online data collection)
Methodology: The ultimate design for Collection on mobile Devices by Jeldrik Bakker –Statistics Netherlands and Utrecht University
10:00 – 10:30
Break
10:30 – 12:15
Presentation Session 3 - Tablets and Devices Chair: Gina Cheung – University of Michigan/SRC, USA
Blaise on Touch-Screen Tablets by Matthieu Olivier & Alexandre Chevallier – Centre de Données Socio Politiques (CDSP), France
From CPI to CPIX by Gerrit de Bolster – Statistics Netherlands
Converting a Blaise 4.8 Survey Instrument for Tablet Use by Michelle Keniry, Caroline Donegan & Conor MacDomhnaill – CSO, Ireland
Capturing Signatures Electronically from a Blaise Instrument by Todd Flannery & Ed Dolbow – Westat, USA
A Web Compatible Dep by Maurice Martens – CentERdata, The Netherlands
Converting a Paper Collection Exercise to Collecting Data on a Tablet by Mike Hart – Office for National Statistics, UK
12:15 – 13:15
Lunch
13:15 – …
Conference Excursion and Conference Dinner
Thursday, 6 October: IBUC – Day 3
Time
Activity
8:15 – 9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00 – 10:30
Presentation Session 4 – Why Paradata is essential Chair: Jane Shepherd – Westat, USA
Using Survey Paradata by Gina Cheung, Andrew Piskoworski, Lisa Wood & Hueichun Peng – University of Michigan/SRC, USA
The Uses of Blaise Audit Trail Files at Statistics Canada by Éric Joyal – Statistics Canada
Capturing Survey Client-side Paradata by Hueichun Peng & Jason Ostergren – University of Michigan/SRC, USA
Paradata Transform and Report by Lisa Wood, Andrew Piskoworski & Jennie Williams – University of Michigan/SRC, USA
Using Audit Trail Data to move from a Black Box to a Transparent Data Collection Process by Jacqueline Hunt – CSO, Ireland
Introducing Device Sensor Data in Surveys by Ole Mussmann, Jeldrik Bakker, Jacqueline van Beuningen, Barry Schouten & Rob Warmerdam – Statistics Netherlands
Blaise 5 Development at University of Michigan by Youhong Liu & Max Malhotra – University of Michigan/SRC, USA
Running Blaise 5 Instrument as a "Stand-alone" Environment by Roberto Picha & Mecene Desormice – US Census Bureau, USA
Experiences with Blaise 5 Layouts and Templates by Sharon Johnson, Richard Squires & Michael Johnson – US Census Bureau, USA
From Blaise 4 to 5: Systems in Transition – by Leif Bochis Madsen – Statistics Denmark
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Presentation Session 6 – Blaise 5 Data Handling Chair : Rob Wallace – US Census Bureau, USA
Blaise 5 Data In/Data Out by Andrew Piskoworski – University of Michigan/SRC, USA
Data-Out Experience/Challenges in Blaise 5 by Mohammad Mushtaq & April Beaule – University of Michigan/SRC, USA
Census Setup with Blaise 5 Manipula by Michael K Mangiapane, Roberto Picha & Mecene Desormice – US Census Bureau, USA
Adventures of a Blaise 5 API Jockey by Rod Furey – Statistics Netherlands