Statistics Canada’s 2013 International Methodology Symposium will take place at the Ottawa Convention Centre, located in the heart of downtown Ottawa, from October 15–18.

The theme of the symposium is “Producing Reliable Estimates from Imperfect Frames.” Members of the statistical community—such as those from private organizations, governments, or universities—are invited to attend, particularly if they have a special interest in methodological issues resulting from the use of imperfect frames.

The first day will consist of workshops, while the following days will include both plenary and parallel sessions covering a variety of topics. Additional research and results may be presented via poster sessions.

We are soliciting contributed papers examining methodological issues resulting from the use of imperfect frames. Topics may include the following:

• Frame Developments
• Multiple Frames
• Two-Phase Designs
• Adaptive Designs
• Alternative Designs
• Indirect Sampling
• Telephone Surveys
• Web Surveys
• Hard-to-Reach Population Surveys
• Tracing Methods
• Use of Administrative Data
• Combined Data Sets
• Big Data
• Calibration and Related Estimation Methods
• Adjustments for Coverage Errors
• Adjustments for Classification Errors
• Small Domain Estimation

Your proposal must be submitted by email to symposium2013@statcan.gc.ca by March 20. It should include a 250-word abstract (in French or English) giving the content of the presentation, as well as its title and your complete contact information.

We will contact you by May 10 to inform you whether your proposed communication has been accepted. If it has been accepted, the final slides of your presentation must be submitted (in English or French) by August 26. Proceedings from the conference will be published and disseminated to participants, so your final paper will need to be sent by December 20.