Tübingen, from 3 to 4 March 2005 

Sessions:

  • Indicators for the Knowledge Economy
  • Other projects in the KEI area
  • State-of-the-art on composite indicators
  • Indicator methodology

3 March:

13.30h Opening of the KEI workshop

  • Welcome address by the Rector of the University of Tübingen Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Eberhard Schaich
  • Introductory address Dr. Ian Perry, DG Research, European Commission         [Download]
  • Overview to the KEI project by the co-ordinator of the KEI project Dr. Ralf Münnich, University of Tübingen     [Download]
  • Data Quality and Indicators August Götzfried, EUROSTAT     [Download]

14.30h Welcome reception hosted by the Rector of the University of Tübingen

15.15h Session I: Indicators for the Knowledge Economy

Chair: Mikael Åkerblom, Statistics Finland

16.15h Coffee break

16.30h Session II: Other projects in the KEI area

Chair: Professor Dr. Giuseppe Munda, University of Barcelona and Joint Research Center, ISPRA

  • EU-Klems  Dr. Bart Los, University of Groningen    [Download]
  • NESIS Mikael Åkerblom, Statistics Finland            [Download]

17.45h End of first day

19.30h Conference dinner

4 March:

9.00h Session III: State-of the-art on composite indicators

Chair: Andrea Saltelli, Joint Research Center, ISPRA

  • State-of-the-art on composite indicators Dr. Stefano Tarantola, Joint Research Center, ISPRA   [Download]
  • Discussant Hans-Olof Hagén, Statistics Sweden [Download]

10.00h Coffee break

10.30h Session IV: Indicator methodology

Chair: Dr. Ralf Münnich, University of Tübingen

  • On displaying indicators and their accuracy Dr. Beat Hulliger, Swiss Federal Statistical Office      [Download] 
  • Indicators on regional levels Professor Dr. Daniela Cocchi, University of Bologna [Download] 
  • Handling missing data for indicators PD Dr. Susanne Rässler, IAB Nuremberg [Download] 
  • Discussant PD Dr. Siegfried Gabler, ZUMA Mannheim

12.30h End of the workshop