The 6th annual New Mexico Data Users conference will occur on Wednesday, November 17 at 7:30 a.m. at the University of New Mexico Continuing Education Conference Center, 1634 University Blvd. NE. Sessions will be held in Ballroom C.
The New Mexico State Data Center/Business and Industry Data Center (SDC/BIDC) Program sponsors the annual event which is organized by UNM’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER), a coordinator in the SDC/BIDC network.
This year’s speakers are from a variety of organizations, including several UNM departments—BBER, the Institute for Public Health, Earth Data Analysis Center, and Division of Government Research; the U.S. Census Bureau; New Mexico Dept. of Labor; New Mexico Dept. of Health; and other state and local agencies.
Included in this year’s conference are sessions related to the decennial census—2010 planning; the American Community Survey; the American FactFinder web site, and key decennial concepts and geography; sessions that explore uses of census data—in grant writing, and in profiling the aging population; sessions that discuss economic data—the 2002 Economic Census, N.M. Dept. of Labor occupation projections and web sites, and measures of personal income from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce; and special topics sessions—key databases for public health research, on-line mapping initiatives, geocoding in New Mexico, and a new population estimates program at BBER.
Dr. Larry Waldman, BBER senior economist, will be the luncheon speaker, presenting a review of New Mexico’s recent economic performance and a short-term economic outlook.
The annual Data Users Conference has become a valued learning experience for businesses, government agencies, service organizations and students.
Registration is $40 per person and includes all conference materials, continental breakfast, beverage breaks and a luncheon buffet. For more information and a registration form go to BBER’s web site at www.unm.edu/~bber/conference.htm.
Contacts: Karma Shore, (505) 277-8300; Kevin Kargacin, (505) 277-3038; or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821