^{PANZ 2009 BIENNIAL CONFERENCE Programme}

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MONDAY 31 August

8.30 – 9.00 AM Coffee, tea and Registration

9.00 - 9.15 AM Welcome and Introductions by Cyril Mako, PANZ President

9.15 - 9.30 AM Opening Address: Hon Pansy Wong, Minister for Ethnic Affairs and Women’s Affairs, MP for Botany.

9.30 – 11.00 AM Plenary session

Miss Chan Ka-lin, Assistant Commissioner (Social), Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)
Topic:Sizing a City of Mobility: Case Study of Hong Kong.

Cathryn Ashley-Jones,Deputy Government Statistician, Social and Population Statistics
Topic:Strategic issues for the 2011 Census and beyond

11.00 – 11.30 AM Morning tea

11.30– 1.00 PM Concurrent Sessions: 1

1.00 – 2.00 PM Lunch

2.00 – 3.30 PM Concurrent Sessions: 2

3.30 – 4.00 PM Afternoon tea

4.00 – 5.30 PM Presidential Address and Plenary Speaker

Presidential Address: Cyril Mako, PANZ President, and Manager, Demographic and Statistical Analysis Unit, Education Information and Analysis Group, Ministry of Education.

8.30 – 9.00 AM Coffee, tea and Registration

Prof Richard Bedford, Director, Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato
Topic: International migration in an era of increasing economic and environmental uncertainty: A New Zealand perspective

5.30 – 6.30 PM PANZ Annual General Meeting and election of Council (Civic 1)

6.30 PM -7.00 PM Pre-Dinner Drinks

7PM Conference Dinner (Lion Harbourview Lounge)

After Dinner Speaker: David Shand, one of New Zealand’s most experienced and well-travelled consultants, specialising in public sector finances.

TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER

8.30 – 9.00 AM Coffee and tea

9.00 - 10.45 AM Plenary session (Venue: Civic 1)

Prof. Mason Durie, Professor of Māori Research and Development & Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Māori & Pasifika), Office of the Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Māori & Pasifika), Massey University
Topic: Maori 2030

Jeremy Reynolds, Manager, Spatial Analysis and Research, Strategic Policy Research and Forecasting Division, Department of Planning and Community Development, Victoria, Australia
Topic: The Use of Population Statistics in Planning

10.45 – 11.00 AM Presentation of 2009 Jacoby prize by the Government Statistician, Geoff Bascand.

11.00 – 11.30 AM Morning tea

11.30 – 1.00 PM Concurrent Sessions: 3

1.00 - 2.00 PM Lunch

2.00 – 3.30 PM Concurrent Sessions: 4

3.30 – 3.45 AM Afternoon tea

3.45 – 4.45 PM Final Plenary

Seperate activity:

5.00 PM Chief Executives session at the State Services Commission