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THE 2007 PaSDC DATA USER CONFERENCE


Pennsylvania Data User Conference

September 13, 2007

Holiday Inn, Harrisburg/Hershey


  8:00 to 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
 
  8:30 to 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
               Sue Copella, Pennsylvania State Data Center
 
  8:45 to 9:30 a.m. Plenary Speaker
       The Need for Data in Community Planning
               Teri Ooms, Joint Urban Studies Center
 
  9:30 to 10:00 a.m. Break and Exhibits
 
10:00 to 10:50 a.m. Concurrent Session I
       Using Labor Market Information for Local Planning
               Michael Butson, Center for Workforce Information
               & Analysis
       PAMAP - Pennsylvania's Emerging Spatial Data Infrastructure
               Brady Stroh, Center for Geographic Information
               Services, Penn State Harrisburg
       Health Statistics and Community Health Assessment Resources
       on the Internet
               Jerry Orris, Pennsylvania Department of Health
       Census 2010 - What You Can Do
               Philip Lutz, U.S. Census Bureau
 
10:50 to 11:00 a.m. Break and Exhibits
 
11:00 to 11:50 a.m. Concurrent Session II
       Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System
               Sabina Deitrick, University of Pittsburgh
       Using Pennsylvania GIS data for Transportation Planning
               Sean Lawrence, Delaware Valley Regional
                   Planning Commission
               Zoe Neaderland, Delaware Valley Regional
                   Planning Commission
       Using Data to Drive Policy Decisions -
       the Keystone Healthy Zone School Campaign
               Lisa Bailey-Davis,
               Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition & Activity
       The American Community Survey
               Whittona Burrell, U.S. Census Bureau
 
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Speaker Recognition
 
  1:15 to 2:00 p.m. Keynote:
       Retail Growth By The Numbers
               Chad Deliere, Giant Foods LLC
 
  2:00 to 2:10 p.m. Break and Exhibits
 
  2:10 to 3:00 p.m. Concurrent Session III
       In the Middle: A Look at Rural Middle Income Households
               Jonathan Johnson, Center for Rural Pennsylvania
       Traffic Data: The Hows and Whys of Collection and Use
               Laine A. Heltebridle, Pennsylvania Department of
               Transportation
       Linking Data to Autism Service Delivery
               Lindsay Lawer, Center for Mental Health Policy
               and Services Research, Department of Psychiatry,
                    University of Pennsylvania
               Elizabeth Gaylor, Bureau of Autism Services,
               Office of Developmental Programs, Pennsylvania
                    Department of Public Welfare
       Detailed Pennsylvania County Population Projections
               Sue Copella, Pennsylvania State Data Center
 
  3:00 to 3:10 p.m. Break and Exhibits
 
  3:10 to 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Session IV
       The LEHD Program and the Creation of its Flagship Products
               Fredrik Andersson, U.S. Census Bureau
       PaSDC Affiliate Roundtable
               Sue Copella, Pennsylvania State Data Center
       Evaluating Population Estimates in the United States:
       Counting the Population between the Censuses
               Stephen Woods, The Pennsylvania State
               University Libraries
       PennDOT GIS: A Linear Look
               Frank DeSendi, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
 
  4:00 p.m. Collect Evaluation Forms







ABOUT US


The Pennsylvania State Data Center serves as Pennsylvania's official source of population and economic statistics. In addition to acting as Pennsylvania's liaison to the Census Bureau, the PaSDC is the state's representative to the Federal-State Cooperative Programs for Population Estimates and for Population Projections.

Each year, the PaSDC serves businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and individuals, answering more than 15,000 requests for information.

PaSDC is part of the Institute for State and Regional Affairs, a unit of Penn State Harrisburg.

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