Friday, March 7, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
The COPAFS Quarterly Meeting will be hybrid with the in-person meeting taking place at the AERA Convening Center, 1430 K St, NW, Ste 700, Washington, DC 20005. Once in the building take the elevator to the 7th Floor.
The AERA Convening Center is conveniently located near the McPherson Sq Metro (blue/orange/silver line) stop. If taking Metro, take the 14th and I St exit, walk North on 14th St, and turn Left on K Street. The building will be on your left walking West on K St.
A Zoom link will be sent to those who register as virtual attendees.
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Welcome and COPAFS Update Paul Schroeder, Executive Director |
| 9:10 – 10:00 | Former Federal Insider Update on the Federal Statistics Bill Beach & Lynn Woodworth |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Designing Efficient Samples While Accounting for Anticipated Response Rates Jonathan Mendelson, BLS |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Introducing the 8th Edition of Principles and Practices Melissa Chiu & Jennifer Park*, CNSTAT |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:30 | PANEL: Friends of Stats Mary Jo Mitchell, Census Project Wendy Naus, Friends of Justice Research and Statistics Steve Pierson, American Statistical Association Meghan Riley, Friends of NCHS Christy Talbot, Friends of IES |
| 2:30 – 3:00 | Business Meeting |
| 3:00 | Adjourn |
* Virtual