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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">[Apologies for any cross posting]</span><span style="color:black"></span>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D"> </span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">The deadline for Submissions has been EXTENDED to 10 September 2017</span></b></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">CALL FOR PAPERS</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">9th Annual European DDI User Conference (EDDI17) DDI - The Basis of Managing the Data Life Cycle</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Submission Deadline</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: September 10, 2017</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Place</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: Lausanne, Switzerland</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Date</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: December 5/6, 2017</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Host</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: FORS - Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Conference web page: <a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/eddi17" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" id="LPlnk300263" previewremoved="true">
http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/eddi17</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">EDDI17 is organized jointly by
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FORS</a> - Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences, <a href="http://www.gesis.org/en/home/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
GESIS</a> - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and <a href="https://www.iza.org/organization/idsc" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
IDSC of IZA</a> - International Data Service Center of the Institute for the Study of Labor.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">The <a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
Data Documentation Initiative</a> (DDI) is an international standard for describing the data produced by surveys and other observational methods in the social, behavioral, economic, and health sciences.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">The meeting will bring together DDI users and professionals from all over Europe and the world. Anyone interested in developing, applying, or using DDI is invited to attend and present.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Call for Papers</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">We are seeking presentations, talks, papers, posters on all things DDI:</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Case Studies</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mature implementations</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Early Implementations</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Interplay of DDI with other standards or technologies</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Projects in early phases in which DDI is under consideration</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Critiques of DDI</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to:</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">User Needs, Efficient Infrastructures and Improved Quality</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Official Statistics</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Reusing and Sharing Metadata</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Data Harmonization</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Incentives to Document Data</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Open Data and Linked Open Data</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Privacy and Access Control</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Metadata versus Data and Related Ethics</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Software / Tools</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Submission</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Proposals are welcome for multiple content types and presentation forms.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Content Types</span></i><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Scientific Method</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Impact for the Community</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Project Report</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
<p><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Presentation Forms</span></i><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Full Paper</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Communications</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Regular Presentation</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Short Presentation</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Poster/Software Demonstration</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Complete Session</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
<p><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Other Submission Types</span></i><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tutorial or Workshop</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Side Meeting</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please have a look at the
<a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/EDDI17/about/submissions" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
overview on submissions</a> and use the <a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/eddi17/author/submit" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
online submission system</a> of the conference. </span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The deadline for submissions is September 10, 2017.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please have a look at the<a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/eddi17/schedConf/cfp" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"> Call for Paper</a> page for further details.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please consider to indicate the availability as reviewer as well.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">General Information</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">For more information about the conference, see the conference web site at
<a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/eddi17" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/eddi17</a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The<i><a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/eddi17/about/organizingTeam" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"> Program Committee</a></i> strategically develops, creates and organizes the program.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <i><a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/eddi17/about/organizingTeam" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Organization Committee</a></i> coordinates the onsite work.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">For questions or any other correspondence regarding the Call for Papers of EDDI17, please send an email to
<a href="mailto:eddi17-prog@googlegroups.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
eddi17-prog@googlegroups.com</a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Last year's presentations and posters are available at the
<a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/eddi16/schedConf/program" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
EDDI16 website</a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">For more information about the EDDI conference series and details on the previous EDDI conferences, look at
<a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">
http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/</a>.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Jon Johnson and Joachim Wackerow (co-chairs)
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">on behalf of the EDDI1</span></strong></span></b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">7</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">
Program Committee</span></strong><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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