Voorburg Group Meeting Washington DC 2021
Agenda and Documents
The meeting will be held as a week-long virtual Webex meeting from Monday September 20th to Thursday September 23rd 2021. Each day has a half-day agenda. The times are given in American Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4).
Full Agenda (PDF) (4 pp. 101KB)
Time (EDT, UTC-4) |
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07:00-07:10 AM |
Opening Remarks |
Voorburg Group co-chairs: Marcus Fridén (Sweden) / Bonnie Murphy (US, BLS) |
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07:10-07:40 AM |
Session: Completed papers for submission of progress to UN |
Session: Revisited Sector Paper – ISIC 52.10 Warehousing and storage (Paper, PDF, 1.15MB) |
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Christian Puchter (Austria) (Presentation, PDF, 536KB) |
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Session: Revisited Sector Paper – ISIC Renting and leasing of motor vehicles |
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Emelia D'Silva-Parker (UK) (Paper, PDF, 328KB) (Presentation, PDF, 450KB) |
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07:40-08:10 AM |
Session: Cross cutting topic (1) - Information needed from Voorburg meeting participants |
Voorburg Group Co-chairs |
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08:10-09:00 AM |
Session: National Accounts – New Developments in Costa Rica and the UK Deflator Gateway |
Riikka-Maria Korhonen and Craig Taylor (UK)
(Presentation, PDF, 1375KB)
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09:00-09:15 AM |
Break |
09:15-10:15 AM |
Session: Cross cutting topic (2) - Lessons learned in dealing with shocks |
Session leader: Christian Stock (Austria) (Presentation, PDF, 791KB) |
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Ruth Vizner (Israel) (Presentation, PDF, 1MB) |
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Jonathan Weinhagen (US, BLS) (Paper, PDF, 329KB) (Presentation, PDF, 6MB) |
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Discussant: Rohan Draper (Sweden) (Presentation, PDF, 192KB) |
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10:15-10:30 AM |
Presentation of new Voorburg Group Strategic Plan |
Marcus Fridén (Sweden) / Bonnie Murphy (US, BLS) / Craig Taylor (UK) (Presentation, PDF, 1.1MB) |
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10:30-11:00 AM |
Discussions and input to future Voorburg Group meetings |
Time (EDT, UTC-4) |
Item |
07:00-08:30 AM |
Session: Industry presentations - ISIC 77.30 Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods |
Session leader: Melanie Santiago (US, BLS) |
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Output: |
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Mariah Nilsson (Sweden) (Paper, PDF, 327KB) (Presentation, PDF, 567KB) |
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Mathieu Thomassin (Canada) (Paper, PDF, 558KB) (Presentation, PDF, 1MB) |
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Prices: |
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Stephanie Depil and Anna Simon (France) (Paper, PDF, 1.0MB) (Presentation, PDF, 328KB) |
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Eveli Šokman (Estonia) (Paper, PDF, 829KB) (Presentation, PDF, 247KB) |
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Ildiko Hamvainé Holocsy (Hungary) (Paper, PDF, 1.6MB) (Presentation, PDF, 1.6MB) |
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08:30-08:45 AM |
Break |
08:45-09:15 AM |
Small group break out room discussions on ISIC 77.30 Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods |
Melanie Santiago (US, BLS) |
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09:15-10:30 AM |
Session: Cross cutting topic (3) - International trade in services by mode |
Session leader: Erika Barrera (Chile) |
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Agnieska Matulska-Bachura (Poland) (Paper, PDF, 758KB) (Presentation, PDF, 435KB) |
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Ram Singh and Rupa Dutta (India) (Paper, PDF, 802KB) (Presentation, PDF, 1.2MB) |
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Steen Wettstein (WTO-OMC) (Paper, PDF, 957KB) (Presentation, PDF, 279KB) |
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Mariagrazia Moschetta/Sandra Maresca (Italy) (Paper, PDF, 1.46MB) (Presentation, PDF, 909KB) |
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10:30-10:45 AM |
Discussions on Cross cutting topic (3) - International trade in services by mode
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Time (EDT, UTC-4) |
Item |
07:00-08:00 AM |
Session: Cross cutting topic (4) - Innovative methods for capturing quality change |
Sahoko Furuta (Japan) (Paper, PDF, 675KB) (Presentation, PDF, 666KB) |
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Claire O'Bryan (US, BLS) (Article, HTML) (Presentation, PDF, 721KB) |
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Discussant: Ana Aizcorbe (US, BEA) |
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08:00-08:30 AM |
Session: IMF collaboration - Comparison of unit value and transaction pricing in Accommodation |
Andrew Baer (IMF), India, Japan, UK (Presentation, PDF, 3MB) |
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08:30-09:00 AM |
Presentation of results from the Voorburg Group Alternative Data Survey (Survey Results, XLSX, 1MB) |
| Dragos Ifrim - Voorburg Group Secretary, Statistics Canada (Presentation, PDF, 1.1MB) | |
09:00-09:15 AM |
Break |
09:15-10:00 AM |
Session: Cross cutting topic (5) - SPPI and CPI Task Force presentation |
Session leader: Nicklas Elversøe (Denmark) and Rohan Draper (Sweden) (Paper, PDF, 1.6MB)
(Presentation, PDF, 1.2MB)
(Spreadsheet, XLSX, 50KB)
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10:00-10:15 AM |
Discussions and decision on SPPI and CPI Task Force results |
10:15-11:00 AM |
Session: Cross cutting topic (6) - New techniques in measurement of intangibles |
Jean-Philippe Tardif (Canada) (Paper, PDF, 585KB) (Presentation, PDF, 2.1MB) |
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Melanie Lewis (UK) (Presentation, PDF, 739KB) |
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Discussant: Francisco Moris, SBE/ NCSES National Science Foundation (Presentation, PDF, 695KB) |
Time (EDT, UTC-4) |
Item |
07:00-08:30 AM |
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Session: Cross cutting topic (7) - Poster session in break out rooms |
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Session leader: Ville Auno (Finland) |
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Rebecca Hutchinson (US Census Bureau) (Paper, PDF, 328KB) (Poster, PDF, 872KB) |
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Scott Kilbey and Craig Taylor (UK) (Paper, PDF, 455KB) (Poster, PDF, 226KB) |
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Kyle Virgin (Canada) (Poster, PDF, 617KB) |
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08:30-09:15 AM |
Session: VG 2022 meeting planning (Presentation, PDF, 1.2MB) |
Session leader: Voorburg Group co-chairs |
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VG Governance and Bureau Representation |
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Future Agenda |
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Assignment of Sector Papers |
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Designation of Industries and Assignments for VG 2022 |
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Designation of Papers on Cross-cutting topics for VG 2022 |
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Task Force assignments (if applicable) |
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09:15-09:30 AM |
Break |
09:30-10:00 AM |
Sign up for 2022 Contributions |
10:00-10:30 AM |
Conclude VG 2022 meeting plan |
Designation of Assignments for VG 2022 |
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Meeting Arrangements for next year |
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Closing remarks |
Updated Voorburg Glossary |
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Francisco Moris - National Science Foundation (Voorburg Glossary, PDF, 1MB) |
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