Increasing connectivity and ubiquitous computing are transforming the ways we live and work. The digital economy offers tremendous opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovation, but it also created numerous challenges for business, governments, and individuals. After an overview of main developments in the digital economy we will explore the four technological trends that will drive further innovation (Internet of Things, big data analytics, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence) and their implications for skills, workforce development, and lifelong learning. We will discuss the main challenges and opportunities faced by the private and public sector in harnessing the benefits of advanced digital technologies. Digital transformation is seen as a dynamic process with the goal to reach digital maturity. We will look at technological, managerial, and political factors that influence the ability of communities and nations to succeed in the digital economy. Currently, only limited and inconsistent data is available on the digital economy and the digital transformation of businesses. The sessions will also promote discussions around a framework for measuring the digital economy more consistently and a system of indicators that will allow better documentation of the extent and effects of the digital transformation. Key concepts and options will be explored in group discussions and hands-on exercises with the goal to empower participants to implement next steps toward digital maturity.
More and more people are joining the global information society and digital economy, and are benefiting from the opportunities they offer. In parallel, higher levels of disposable incomes, urbanization, and industrialization in many developing countries are leading to growing amounts of electrical and electronic equipment consumption and, consequently, to higher amounts of e-waste at end-of-life.
We will provide an overview of the world's fastest growing waste problem: e-waste. We will cover global problems related to the unsafe collection,disposal of e-waste,impact on the health and environment and e-waste illegal shipment to developing countries. We will introduce global and national main drivers for the generation of e-waste and for relevant global and national data. Further, the core indicators for e-waste statistics will be illustrated as well as the importance of developing nationally produced data that is internationally harmonized. Participants will be further provided with an information on how to collect data on e-waste, both challenges and examples will be discussed. During the sessions, the "UNU E-waste calculation tool" will be briefly introduced, an integral part of the methodologies for the calculation of the weight of electrical and electronic equipment. In conclusion, there will be a room for group discussion where challenges, future actions and possible solutions to the e-waste issue will be discussed. An active discussion among different bodies and institutions is expected.
Participants are expected to gain knowledge pertaining to the challenges of the e-waste problem, its consequences for health and the environment, and a knowledge of e-waste statistics including the guidelines and tools to collect data on e-waste. This opportunity will also allow discussions on possible solutions to improve the e-waste situation in southern America.
All the Ways to Test and Evaluate Survey Questions
Testing your questionnaire is an essential step in ensuring a high quality survey. There has been a large proliferation of testing methods (both new methods and variations of existing methods). This course covers 19 different testing methods (plus their variations) and combines information from the survey methodological literature with practical advice and hand’s on practice. More specifically, this course covers (1) methods for testing interview questionnaires - standard pilot, interviewer rating form and variations, and behaviour coding (classical, sequence-based and shortened); (2) methods for testing interview or self-completion questionnaires – such as, expert review, systematic form appraisal (including two online programmes), respondent debriefing (including vignettes and web probing), cognitive interviewing (very short intro), focus groups, split ballot tests, and usability testing; (3) a session on analysis methods (latent class, multi-trait-multi-method, and item response theory) and (4) a discussion of new and unusual techniques such as computational linguistics and crowd sourcing as well as traditional procedures such as examination of item nonresponse, response distributions, and tests of reliability and validity.
All the Ways to Test and Evaluate Survey Questions
Testing your questionnaire is an essential step in ensuring a high quality survey. There has been a large proliferation of testing methods (both new methods and variations of existing methods). This course covers 19 different testing methods (plus their variations) and combines information from the survey methodological literature with practical advice and hand’s on practice. More specifically, this course covers (1) methods for testing interview questionnaires - standard pilot, interviewer rating form and variations, and behaviour coding (classical, sequence-based and shortened); (2) methods for testing interview or self-completion questionnaires – such as, expert review, systematic form appraisal (including two online programmes), respondent debriefing (including vignettes and web probing), cognitive interviewing (very short intro), focus groups, split ballot tests, and usability testing; (3) a session on analysis methods (latent class, multi-trait-multi-method, and item response theory) and (4) a discussion of new and unusual techniques such as computational linguistics and crowd sourcing as well as traditional procedures such as examination of item nonresponse, response distributions, and tests of reliability and validity.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Benjamin Dean
Benjamin C. Dean works at the intersection of technology, economics and public policy. Mr. Dean presently contributes to an initiative to develop business digital risk management metrics at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Working Party on Security and Privacy in the Digital Economy. He recently contributed a paper to inform the European Parliament on the economic implications of EU-US cooperation in cybersecurity and cybercrime. Through Iconoclast Tech LLC, Mr. Dean develops cyber risk models for clients in the insurance and reinsurance industry. He is on the Advisory Board for Enterprises intangible Risk Management via Economic models based on simulation of modern cyber attacks (Hermeneut), which is a European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation project focusing on economics of cyber security. He is also a Fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington DC. Previously, Mr. Dean was a fellow for cybersecurity at Columbia University and a policy analyst at the OECD. Mr. Dean completed a MA International Affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He is also a graduate of the University of Sydney with a BA Economics and Social Sciences (Hons.)
Demi Getschko holds BSc, MSc, and PhD, degrees in Electronic Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. He is an advisor to the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), CEO of the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br) and an Associate Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) by the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO).
In April 2014 he was an inductee at the Internet Hall of Fame under the category "Global Connectors", in a ceremony held in Hong Kong. In July of the same year, he was awarded with the “Cristina Tavares" prize of the Brazilian Computer Society. In December, on the day of the Engineer, he received from the Engineers Union, in the State of São Paulo, the "Personality of Technology 2014" award, under the category "Internet." In May 2016 he was admitted to the Order of Merit of Communications, at the "Officer s Degree" as a form of recognition of his services to Communications.
Johannes M. Bauer is the Chairperson of the Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University (MSU). He is trained as an engineer and social scientist with MA and PhD degrees from the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. Since he joined MSU in 1990, he held several extended visiting professorships, including at the Technical University of Delft, Netherlands (2000-2001), the University of Konstanz, Germany (Summer 2010), and most recently the University of Zurich, Switzerland (2012). His research covers a wide range of issues related to digital entrepreneurship, innovation in information and communication technology (ICT)industries, business models of national and global players, as well as the challenges of harnessing next-generation ICTs for society. Dr. Bauer is a frequent speaker at international conferences and has served as an advisor to public and private sector organizations in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. His most recent book, the Handbook on the Economics of the Internet (co-edited with Professor Michael Latzer at the University of Zurich), was published in 2016 by Edward Elgar.
Maria Alexandra Cunha holds a Doctorate degree in Business Administration from São Paulo University (USP) and she is professor at Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (Sao Paulo Business School), Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), where her line of research is information technology management. She has been leading academic research and professional projects in ICT governance, e-government, e-governance and e-democracy, and on models for administering computerization in governments. More recently, her research interests are ICT for development, smart cities and smart governance. Alexandra is the author of several articles, technical reports, researches, chapters and books, and she is member of the editorial board of Brazilian academic journals in Business Administration.
Dr. Pamela Campanelli is a Survey Methods Trainer / Consultant and U.K. Chartered Statistician, Chartered Scientist and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences having worked in the field of Survey Research since 1982. She received her Ph.D. in statistics from the London School of Economics and an M.A. in survey methodology and B.A. in psychology from the University of Michigan. Prior to becoming an independent consultant in 2001, she was a Research Director at the National Centre for Social Research, London, Chief Research Officer at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Survey Statistician at the US Census Bureau and Research Associate II at the University of Michigan. In addition to her consultancy work, she regularly teaches short courses on all aspects of the survey process, but particularly enjoys questionnaire related topics like testing survey questions. She provides courses both in the UK and internationally for government departments, survey research companies, universities, as well as for various other businesses and institutions (see www.thesurveycoach.com). This will be her 5th time of contributing to the NIC.br Annual Workshop on Survey Methodology.
Vanessa Forti recently joined the SCYCLE Programme hosted by United Nations University (UNU), Vice-Rectorate in Europe, to work on e-waste related research projects, which aim to quantify both global and regional e-waste amounts and problems. She is recently involved in conducting capacity building workshops in developing countries on e-waste management and statistics in cooperation with key international organizations or United Nations institutes. Prior to this position, Vanessa worked on various projects aimed to solve the waste problems in developing countries. Vanessa is graduated with a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Università di Bologna (Italy) with a background in Civil Engineering too.
