The Philippine Statistical System (PSS) through the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) issues the 15th National Convention on Statistics (NCS) Bulletin No. 1 – Call for Papers for the 15th NCS. The 15th NCS, which will be held on 03 to 05 October 2022, will feature plenary sessions, invited/contributed paper sessions, panel discussions, poster sessions, statistical trainings, and the Statistical Information Management Exhibit (SIMEx).

 

Statisticians, statistical practitioners, researchers, members of the academe, students, representatives from the media, and other partners from both the government and private sectors will once again gather for this triennial event to exchange ideas and experiences in the field of statistics and discuss recent statistical developments and prevailing issues and problems of the PSS, and pronounce cooperation and support towards a more responsive statistical system

 

The PSS is now inviting interested paper presenters for the 15th NCS to submit entries on the following initial topics:

 

1. Statistical Theory and Methodology

 

a. Computational Statistics

b. Econometrics

c. Small Area Estimation

d. Spatial Analysis

e. Time Series Analysis

 

2. Statistical Applications, Innovations and Improving Business Processes

 

a. Analytics for Decision Making

b. Business Analytics

c. Business Intelligence

d. Data Revolution: Big Data, Non-Official Data, Citizen-Generated Data, Big Earth Data, Data Analytics

e. Data Science

f. Decision Analysis and Risk Management

g. Digital Transformation

h. Innovations in Collection, Dissemination, and Preservation of Official Statistics

i. Market Research

j. Utilization of Administrative Data and Registers

i. Community-Based Monitoring System

 

ii. Election Statistics

iii. Philippine Identification System

iv. Random Manual Audit

 

3. Economic Statistics

 

a. Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Statistics

b. Banking and Finance Statistics

c. Economic Progress

d. Financial Education and Financial Inclusion

e. Industry, Trade, and Investment Statistics

f. Information Society Statistics

g. Infrastructure and Transport Statistics

h. Price Statistics and Inflation

i. Science, Technology, and Innovation Statistics

j. Statistics on Color Economies: White, Black, Brown, Grey, Blue, Green

k. Statistics on New Economies: Digital, Sharing, Gig

l. Tourism Statistics

 

4. Demographic and Social Statistics

 

a. Basic Sectors (Senior Citizens, Persons with Disability, and Indigenous People)

b. Child and Youth Development Indicators

c. Civil Registration and Vital Statistics

d. Demographic and Population Statistics

e. Education Statistics (K to 12)

f. Education Statistics (Higher Education)

g. Education Statistics (TVET)

h. Food Security Statistics

i. Health and Nutrition Statistics

j. Housing Statistics

k. Informal Sector Statistics

l. Insurance Statistics

m. Labor, Employment, and Productivity Statistics

n. Migration Statistics

o. Poverty Statistics

p. Security, Justice and Peace Statistics

q. Social Protection Statistics

r. Social Security Statistics

 

5. Multi-Sectoral Statistics and Other Concerns

 

a. Careers in Statistics

b. Data Privacy, Confidentiality, and Protection

c. Gender Statistics 

d. Governance Statistics

e. Local-level Statistics

f. Statistical Indicators for Philippine Development

g. Statistical Capacity Development and Statistical Literacy

h. Statistics on Creative Industry: Sports and Entertainment Statistics

i. Statistical Quality Assurance Framework

j. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

 

6. Sustainability, Environment and Energy

 

a. Climate Change

b. Disaster Statistics

c. Energy, Gas, and Water Statistics

d. Environment and Ecosystem Statistics

e. Statistics on Environmental Sustainability

 

7. Statistical Information Management and Dissemination

 

a. Data Visualization

b. Geoinformation Systems, Mapping and Geotagging

c. Open Data

 

8. Biostatistics

 

a. COVID Statistics

b. Epidemiology

c. Statistical Methods in Genetics and Bioinformatics

 

9. International Cooperation and Partnership

 

a. ASEAN

b. BIMP-EAGA

 

10. Accomplishments of the Philippine Statistical System

 

a. Philippine Statistical System Accomplishments under RA 10625

 

 

Interested paper presenters must submit the title/s of the paper/s together with the abstract/s not later than 27 June 2022. The 15th NCS Secretariat will send the notice of acceptance/non-acceptance through email by 15 July 2022. The deadline for submission of the manuscripts is on 15 August 2022. For more information, please visit the NCS website at https://psa.gov.ph/ncs/announcement/15th.