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        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The call for
        abstracts for the 2021 NTTS conference is soon closing!</span></p>
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        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The New Techniques
        and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS) is an international
        biennial scientific conference series,
        <span class="SpellE">organised</span> by Eurostat, on new
        techniques and methods for official statistics and the impact of
        new technologies on statistical collection, production and
        dissemination systems. The NTTS 2021 conference will take place
        from 9 to 11 March 2021 in Brussels (with satellite events
        taking place on 8 and 12 March).</span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The purpose of the
        conference is both to allow the presentation of results from
        currently ongoing research and innovation projects in official
        statistics, and to stimulate and facilitate the preparation of
        new innovative projects. The conference encourages the exchange
        of views and co-operation between researchers - including the
        possible building of research consortia with the aim of
        enhancing the quality and usefulness of official statistics.</span></p>
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        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The NTTS 2021 is
        free of charge, offering publication possibilities after the
        successful acceptance of the abstract.</span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">This edition's
        tracks cover new approaches in data collection, trusted smart
        statistics, data analytics, privacy preserving technologies, AI
        in statistics, dissemination, data reuse and sharing, software,
        innovative tools and more. The complete list of tracks and
        topics is available <a
href="https://www.conference-service.com/NTTS2021/documents/NTTS%202021%20topics_final.pdf">here</a>.</span></p>
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        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Submissions <u>must</u> be
        done through our <a
          href="https://www.conference-service.com/NTTS2021/access.html"
          target="_blank"><span
            style="color:#009AFF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">online
            submission system</span></a></span><span
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        lang="EN-US">,
      </span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">in the
        format of the proposed templates:</span><span
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        lang="EN-US">  </span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
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          target="_blank"><span
            style="color:#009AFF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Word
            template</span></a></span><span
        style="color:#212529;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
        lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
        lang="EN-US">and</span><span
        style="color:#212529;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
        lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="SpellE"><span
          style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><a
href="https://www.conference-service.com/NTTS2021/documents/NTTS2021abstract_template.tex"
            target="_blank"><span
              style="color:#009AFF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">LaTeX</span><span
              style="color:#009AFF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> template</span></a></span></span><span
style="color:#212529;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
        lang="EN-US">.
      </span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Submitted
        abstracts should be between 2 and 4 pages.</span><span
        style="color:#212529;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
        lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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      <b><span
          style="color:#212529;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-US">Abstract submission deadline: 15 October 2020</span></b><span
style="color:#212529;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
        lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">All abstracts
        received will undergo a double-blinded peer review by the NTTS
        2021 Scientific Committee. All submissions will be notified of
        their outcome by
      </span><b><span
          style="color:#212529;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-US">16 November 2020.</span></b></p>
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          lang="EN-US">For more info about the conference, please visit:
        </span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><a
          href="https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/NTTS2021_en"><b><span
              style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/NTTS2021_en</span></b></a></span><span
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      <b><span
          style="color:#212529;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-US">or contact:</span></b><span style="color:#212529"></span></p>
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            style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
            lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:Estat-ntts@ec.europa.eu">Estat-ntts@ec.europa.eu</a></span></b></span><b><span
style="color:#212529;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-US"></span></b></p>
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style="color:#212529;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-US">NB: If circumstances do not permit on-site
          attendance to the conference in Brussels, the speakers will
          have the possibility to either present remotely or prepare a
          pre-recorded video, which will highlight their presentation.
          Either option will be followed by Q&As from participants
          (virtual and physical) in real time.</span></i><span
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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Monica Pratesi
Full Professor of Statistics
holder of the Jean Monnet Chair
Small Area methods for Multidimensional Poverty and living conditions 
SAMPIEU - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sampieuchair.ec.unipi.it">http://sampieuchair.ec.unipi.it</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://people.unipi.it/monica_pratesi">https://people.unipi.it/monica_pratesi</a>

Department of Economics and Management
University of Pisa
tel: +39 (0)50 2216 252
fax: +39 (0)50 2216 375
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