Digital Transformation
of National Statistical
Systems

Official opening of the forum

• A. Irgaliyev
• K.E. Laikam
• Julien Dupont
• Sarangoo Radnaaragchaa
• Sally Axworthy
• A. Mikhnev
• Utsav Kumar

1. A. Irgaliyev - Chairman of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2. K.E. Laikam - Chairman of the CIS Statistical Committee
3. Julien Dupont - Representative of the OECD Directorate for Statistics and Data
4. Sarangoo Radnaaragchaa - UN Resident Coordinator
5. Sally Axworthy - British Ambassador to Kazakhstan
6. A. Mikhnev - World Bank Representative in Kazakhstan
7. Utsav Kumar - Representative Office of the Asian Development Bank in Kazakhstan

Plenary session

Digital transformation of national statistical systems

moderator, UNECE Regional Adviser on Statistics, Taeke Gjaltema

• Taeke Gjaltema
• M.K. Turlubaev
• Gogita Todradze
• Dr. Áron Kincses
• Sonny Harry Budiutomo Harmadi
• K.E. Laikam
• Ms. Tiina Luige

1. "Transformation of the Bureau of National Statistics: formation of a digital ecosystem of data" - M.K. Turlubaev, Head of the Bureau of National Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2. "Georgia's transformation path in 105 years of official statistics production" - Gogita Todradze, Director of the National Statistical Office of Georgia
3. "Statistics at a crossroads – on the way to digital data management" - Dr. Áron Kincses, President of the Central Statistical Office of Hungary
4. "Modern statistics, significant impact: The history of the transformation of BPS Statistics Indonesia" - Sonny Harry Budiutomo Harmadi, Deputy Chief Statistician at Indonesia's National Statistics Agency (BPS)
5. "Innovative trends in digital transformation of CIS statistics" - K.E. Laikam, Chairman of the CIS Interstate Statistical Committee
6. "Challenges for official statistics in the current information environment " - Ms. Tiina Luige, Director of UNECE Statistical Division

Panel session

Data quality and its growing value in the modern world (data value chain)

moderator, Chairman of the CIS Interstate Statistical Committee, K.E. Laikam

• K.E. Laikam
• Baktybek Kudaibergenov
• Anahit Safyan
• Dominika Rogalinska
• T.P. Zhyharau
• Toghrul Adjalov
• I.A. Mazayskaya
• Abdulhamit Ozturk

1. "Digital transformation of statistics as an element of data quality assurance" - Baktybek Kudaibergenov, Chairman of the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic
2. "Applying the modernization tools in Armstat" - Anahit Safyan, Deputy President of the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia
3. "Data Quality in the Era of Big Data: Unlocking value at all stages of the data creation chain" - Dominika Rogalinska, Vice President of IT at the Central Statistical Office of Poland
4. "An inclusive approach in statistics in Belarus: stakeholder engagement as a factor of data quality" - T.P. Zhyharau, First Deputy Chairman of the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus
5. "Data Quality in the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan" - Toghrul Adjalov, Head of the Department for Coordination of Statistical Works and Strategic Planning, State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
6. "Data Hub metadata of the CIS - from incompatibility to comparability" - I.A. Mazayskaya, Deputy Chairman of the CIS Statistical Committee
7. "Data quality in the modern information environment: ideas and experiences of the OIC Member Countries" - Abdulhamit Ozturk, Coordinator of Statistical Outreach Section, Center for Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)

Panel session

Harnessing the potential of "big data" in Official statistics

moderator, Representative Office of the Asian Development Bank in Kazakhstan, Utsav Kumar

• Utsav Kumar
• O.A. Tuleuov
• Zhang Jiapei
• Vasile Bujor
• Madina Kabzhalyalova
• Gertu Pilsas
• Sergey Avetisyan

1. "Harnessing the Potential of Big Data in Official Statistics: The Experience of Kazakhstan" - O.A. Tuleuov, Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2. "Applying new data sources to Chinese Household Surveys" - Zhang Jiapei, Deputy Director, Division of Income and Expenditure Survey, Department of Household Surveys, National Bureau of Statistics of China
3. "Moldova’s Experience in Integrating Alternative Data Sources into Official Statistics" - Vasile Bujor, Head of the Application Development Department of the General Directorate of Information Technologies, National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova
4. "Digital transformation of macroeconomic forecasts: from classical models to neural network solutions" - Madina Kabzhalyalova, Head of the Analytical Center, "Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan" JSC
5. "The way forward: Using mobile positioning data for official statistics and beyond" - Gertu Pilsas, CEO of Positium (Estonia)
6. "Using mobile operator data to estimate the population" - Sergey Avetisyan, General Director of "Infonet Mobile" LLC