OUR PEOPLE, OUR PLACES
New Zealand’s Population Conference 2015
29 and 30 June 2015, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts
University of Waikato, Hamilton
Organised by the Population Association of New Zealan d
Te Roopu Whaka Waihanga Iwi
DAY ONE: Monday, 29 June 2015
8.30 am - 9.00 am
Coffee, Tea and Registration
Mihi whakatu
Conference opening by Prof Neil Quigley
9.00 am – 9.30 am
Vice-Chancellor, University of Waikato
Welcome by Dr Andrew Butcher
President, Population Association of New Zealand
Plenary Session: ‘Diversity and its Discontents’
9.30 am – 10.15 am
Prof Jennifer Lee
School of Social Sciences, University of California
Plenary Session: ‘ Changing Fortunes – The economic and social fortunes of
10.15 am – 11.00 am
regional New Zealand and their population impacts’
Alan Johnson
Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit, The Salvation Army
11.00 am – 11.30 am
Morning tea
11.30 am – 1.00 pm
Concurrent Sessions (4 papers per session)
1a.
1b.
1c.
Lunch
1.00 pm – 2.15 pm
Annual General Meeting of PANZ
2.15 am – 3.45 pm
Concurrent Sessions (4 papers per session)
2a.
3.45 pm – 4.15 pm
4.15 pm – 5.30 pm
5.30 pm – 6.30 pm
6.30 pm onwards
2b.
Afternoon tea
Plenary Session: TBA
Statistics New Zealand
Festschrift for Emeritus Professor Richard Bedford
Pre-Dinner Drinks
Conference Dinner
After Dinner Speaker: Dame Tariana Turia
2c.
OUR PEOPLE, OUR PLACES
New Zealand’s Population Conference 2015
29 and 30 June 2015, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts
University of Waikato, Hamilton
Organised by the Population Association of New Zealan d
Te Roopu Whaka Waihanga Iwi
DAY TWO: Tuesday, 30 June 2015
8.00 am – 8.30 am
Coffee, Tea and Registration
Dr Andrew Butcher
President, Population Association of New Zealand
8.30 am – 9.00 am
Colin Lynch
Deputy Government Statistician , Statistics New Zealand
Presentation of the Jacoby Prize
Plenary Session: ‘Visual, Personal, Social: Adventures in Presenting Statistics’
9.00 am – 9.45 am
Alan Smith, OBE
Head of Digital Statistics, UK Office for National Statistics
Plenary Session: ‘ Shrinking suburbs and town: Changes in household formation
9.45 am – 10.30 am
and housing needs’
Prof Philippa Howden-Chapman
Department of Public Health, University of Otago
10.30 am – 11.00 am
Morning tea
Special Session: ‘Big Data, Official Statistics and some initiatives by the
11.00 am – 11.45 am
Australian Bureau of Statistics’
Dr Siu-Ming Tam
Methodology and Data Management Division, Australian Bureau of Statistics
11.45 am – 1.15 pm
Concurrent Sessions (4 papers per session)
3a.
3b.
1.15 pm – 2.15 pm
Lunch
2.15 am – 3.45 pm
Concurrent Sessions (4 papers per session)
4a.
3.45 pm – 4.15 pm
4b.
Afternoon tea and Conference closing
3c.
4c.