Invited Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Roberto Benedetti, Professor, University of Chieti-Pescara

Federica Piersimoni, Dr, Senior researcher, Italian National Statistical Institute

Main title: Spatial Sampling for Agricultural and Environmental Surveys

Specific presentations titles:

1. Some existing Agricultural and Environmental surveys based on Area, Point or Multiple Frames (F. Piersimoni)

2. Review on Sampling Dependent Spatial Units Algorithms (F. Piersimoni & R. Benedetti) + Tutorial on R Packages (F. Pantalone)

3. Spatially balanced design with probability function proportional to the within sample distance (R. Benedetti & F. Piersimoni)  + Tutorial on the R Package “Spbsampling: Spatially Balanced Sampling” (F. Pantalone)

Invited Speakers

Esa Läärä, Professor, University of Oulu
Title: Uses of sampling methodology in epidemiologic research

Vera Toepoel, Dr, Assistant professor, University of Utrecht
Title: Mobile surveys and sensor data

Peter van der Heijden, Professor, Utrecht University
Title: An Overview of Population Size Estimation where Linking Registers Results in Incomplete Covariates, with an Application to Mode of Transport of Serious Road Casualities

Susie Jentoft, Senior advisor, Statistics Norway
Title: Using integrated geospatial data in official statistics

Risto Lehtonen, Professor, University of Helsinki
Title: On balanced sampling and calibration estimation in survey sampling

Danutė Krapavickaitė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Title: Application of Bayesian Analysis

Imbi Traat, Docent, University of Tartu
Title: An Alternative Nonresponse Adjustment Estimator