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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">[Apologies for any cross posting]</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">11th Annual European DDI User Conference (EDDI19)<br>
</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">DDI - The Basis of Managing the Data Life Cycle</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Place</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">: Tampere, Finland</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Date</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">: December 3/4, 2019</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Host</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">: Finnish Social Science Data Archive, Tampere University and Statistics Finland</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Conference web page</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">:
<a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/eddi19" id="LPlnk299123">http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/eddi19</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">The draft program is available at <a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/eddi19/schedConf/program." id="LPlnk526699">http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/eddi19/schedConf/program.</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">Registration information is provided at
<a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/EDDI18/about/registration">
<span style="color:blue"></span></a><a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/EDDI19/about/registration" id="LPlnk880116">http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/EDDI19/about/registration</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">The deadline for the early booking conference fee is 27.10.2019.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">Approx. 80 participants are expected for the conference.</span></p>
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EDDI19 is organized jointly by the Finnish Social Science Data Archive, Tampere University, Statistics Finland, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and IDSC of IZA - International Data Service Center of the Institute for the Study of Labor.<br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">The <a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/">
<span style="color:blue">Data Documentation Initiative</span></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="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">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="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">The presentations focus on:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Case Studies</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Mature implementations</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Early Implementations</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Interplay of DDI with other standards or technologies</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Projects in early phases in which DDI is under consideration</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Critiques of DDI</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">The topics of the conference include:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">User Needs, Efficient Infrastructures and Improved Quality</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Official Statistics</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Reusing and Sharing Metadata</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Data Harmonization</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Open Data and Linked Open Data</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Privacy and Access Control</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";color:black">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Software / Tools</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">For more information about the EDDI conference series and details on the previous EDDI conferences, look at
<a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">Welcome to Tampere!</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB"><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB">Mari Kleemola and Jon Johnson (co-chairs)
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on behalf of the EDDI1</span>9<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black" lang="EN-GB"> Program Committee</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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