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Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu

September 21, 2006

UNM's Bureau of Business and Economic Research Organizes Annual New Mexico Data Users Conference

The 8th annual New Mexico Data Users Conference will be held Thursday, Nov. 2 beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the University of New Mexico Continuing Education Conference Center, 1634 University Blvd., N.E. Sessions will be held in Ballroom C.

The annual event, presented by UNM's Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER), has become a valued learning experience for businesses, government agencies, service organizations, information providers and students.

This year's speakers come from a variety of organizations including BBER; the U.S. Census Bureau; the Mid-Region Council of Governments; and the Small Business Development Center, NMSU-Carlsbad.

The conference will feature a plenary session, nine breakout sessions and a luncheon presentation featuring BBER Senior Economist Larry Waldman, who will present a review of New Mexico's recent economic performance and a short-term economic outlook.

Also, included are various topics related to Census Bureau databases and programs — Census 2010, the American Community Survey, the 2002 Economic Census, the American FactFinder Web site, Local Employment Dynamics, and use of census data for grant-writing and for small business research.

Additional sessions will address the economic impacts of the Federal government in New Mexico, and of the arts and cultural industries in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, GIS applications in population estimates and forecasts, small area forecasting with a land use model, and an update of BBER's population estimates program.

The conference will also provide information about complex socioeconomic databases and a sense of how these data are applied in practical situations.

Registration is $45 per person and includes all conference materials, continental breakfast, beverage breaks and a luncheon buffet. For more information and a registration form visit BBER's Web site at: www.unm.edu/~bber/conference.htm .

Interested individuals may also register by calling Kevin Kargacin at (505) 277-3038 or via e-mail: kargacin@unm.edu; and or Karma Shore at (505) 277-8300 or via e-mail at kshore@unm.edu .

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