Lectures and Presentations

Invited Lectures, 2013 to Present

Invited Lecture, ‘Managing an Evolving Data Ecosystem: Governance, Stewardship, and the changing role of National Statistical Office’, at the 17th Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Office in Asia and the Pacific, Chiba, Japan, 14 December 2022

Invited Lecture, ‘Why Statistical Modernization is so difficult? How to make it work?’, at World Bank Summer School, 11 July 2021

Panel presentation ‘The Data Agenda’, at IAOS-World Bank seminar on Building Strong Integrated National Data System to transform people’s lives. Online, 15 June 2020

Invited Lecture, “Reimaging National Statistical Systems: Risk and Opportunities for Official Statistics in the Public Data Agenda”. A special lecture organized by the World Bank, December 16, 2020

Invited Lecture, “Data Management and Smart City Development”, ASEAN-Japan Workshop on Smart City, organized by Global Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Interior and Communication, 4 July 2019, Tokyo, Japan

Invited Lecture, “From Data to Policy: The logic of Evidence-based Public Policy and Decision Making”, International Postgraduate Summer School, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, 24 June 2019, Hong Kong

Invited Lecture, “Purpose and management of Data: Challenges in Integrating Data for Decision Support”, Big Data Statistics Forum, China International Big Data Industry Expo, 26 May 2019, Guiyang, China

Invited Lecture, "Design and Governance of National Statistical Systems: How to Improve System Effectiveness?" A special lecture organized by the China National Bureau of Statistics, 29 April 2019

Invited Lecture, “Challenges in Development of Official Statistics” A special meeting "Servicing the Statistical Commission: Past, Present and Future" organized by the United Nations Statistics Division at the margin of the 50th UN Statistical Commission, 5 March 2019, New York

Invited Lecture, “Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Digital Economy, and the National Statistical System”. A special lecture delivered at the Statistics Office of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC-Stat), 5 September 2018 Muscat, Oman

Invited Lecture, “Statistics: From Counting to Big Data”, a special lecture delivered at the opening ceremony of Big Data Research Center, jointly organized by China National Statistics Bureau and the Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, 27 May 2018 Guiyang, China

Invited Lecture, "Disruptive Technology, Population Well-being and the New Economy: Implications for Official Statistics", a special lecture organized by the China National Bureau of Statistics, at the margin of the meeting of National Statistical Experts Advisory Committee, 29 January, 2018, Beijing, China

Invited Lecture, "Disruptive Technology, Population Ageing and The Future of Social Services", a special forum "Sustainable Society for Healthy and Active Aging" organized by Juntendo University, 18 December 2017, Tokyo, Japan

Keynote Lecture, "Digital Disruption and Social Change: Implications for Social Work", International Seminar on Global Social Work, organized by the Global Institute of Social Work at the Singapore Social Service Institute, 23 November 2017, Singapore

Welcome Address, "Innovative Approaches in Community and Institutional Rehabilitation of Offenders", Social Service Research Centre - Next Age Institute Conference 2017, organized by the Social Service Research Centre and the Next Age Institute at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 27 July 2017, Singapore

Invited Lecture, "Evolving a National Data Policy and Infrastructure in the Era of Big Data (在大数据時代,中国国家数据政策和基础结构的发展)", a special lecture organized by the National Bureau of Statistics, China, 23 March 2017, Beijing, China

Invited Lecture, "Redesigning the Institutional Arrangement of Malaysian Statistical System", a special lecture in the seminar on Malaysian Statistical System organized by the World Bank, 26 January 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Invited Lecture, "Population Ageing in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)", a special seminar organized by Japan National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), 20 December 2016, Japan

Invited Lecture, "Applications of Geospatial information on Ageing Populations for Sustainable Development: The Role of National Geospatial Information Authorities", a special seminar organized by Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, 19 December 2016, Japan

Invited Lecture, "Towards a Sustainable Society: Population Ageing and Demographic Future of East Asian Countries", Symposium organized by Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University and Center of Innovation Project Unit, 17 December 2016, Japan

Invited Lecture, "Population Ageing and Replacement Migration: Perspectives from Singapore", International Seminar on Domestic and International Migration in East Asian Ageing Countries, organized by Department of International Research and Cooperation at the National Institute of Population and Social Security (IPSS), 16 December 2016, Japan

Invited Lecture, "The Future of Official Statistics in the Era of Big Data and Sustainable Development", a special seminar organized by Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ), 14 December 2016, Japan

Keynote Lecture, "Making Cities Smarter through Information Integration: Policy and Methodological Considerations", H-City Conference on Geographies of Health and Living in Cities, organized by the Department of Geography and Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong University, 21 June 2016, Hong Kong

Keynote Lecture, "Changing Global Demographics: Implications for Social Work in Health and Mental Health", 8th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, organized by the Singapore Association of Social Workers and the Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore, 19 June 2016, Singapore

Invited Lecture, “National Strategy for the Development of Statistics”, organised by the Myanmar Statistical Organisation, 16 May 2016, Myanmar

Invited Keynote Lecture, “Making Cities Smarter: Integrating Information for Better Policies”, organized by the China National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 29 March 2016, China

Keynote Lecture, “The Demographic Future of Hong Kong and Singapore”, organized by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 27 October 2015, Hong Kong

Plenary Presentation, 13th South East Asian Survey Congress: Expanding the Geospatial Future, organized by Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers, 28 July 2015, Singapore

Invited Lecture, “Innovations in Official Statistics: Trends and Challenges”, organized by the Laos Statistical Bureau, 23 May 2015, Laos

Seminar, "Transforming Social Services through Community Analytics: Can this be done in Singapore?", Social Service Research Centre Seminar Series, organised by the Social Service Research Centre (SSRC) at the National University of Singapore, 24 March 2015, Singapore

Invited Keynote Lecture, Symposium on Application of Geospatial Technology in Urban Disaster Management: Urban Hazard Maps and Community Analytics, organized by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) and the International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM), 13 March 2015, Japan

Invited Keynote Lecture, "Integrating Official Statistics, Big Data, and Geoinformation for Better Planning in Smart Cities: Emerging Perspectives", ESRI Asia Pacific User Conference, organized by ESRI, 22 January 2015, Hong Kong

Invited Keynote Lecture, "Re-Balancing the Demographics: Reflections on New Directions in Population Policy", CSC-ANU Conference on Social Policy in an Era of Globalisation: Changes, Shifts and Transformation, organized by Singapore Civil Service College (CSC) and the Australian National University (ANU) Crawford School of Public Policy, 9 September 2014, Singapore

Invited Keynote Lecture, "Using Location Information for Better Planning and Decision Support: Integrating Big Data, Official Statistics and Geospatial information", Global Forum on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information, organized by the United Nations Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), 4-5 August 2014, New York, USA

Invited Keynote Lecture, "Using Location Information For Better Planning and Decision Support: Integrating Big Data, Official Statistics, Geo-information",International Workshop on Integrating Geospatial and Statistical Information, organized by United Nations Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), 9-12 June 2014, Beijing, China

Invited Keynote Lecture, "Using Location Information for Better Planning and Decision Support: Integrating Big Data, Official Statistics and Geoinformation. 精進規劃與決策: 談巨量資料、政府統計及地理資訊之整合.", 20 May 2014, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Special Lecture, "Using Location Information for Better Planning: Issues and Challenges", Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore, 16 January 2014, Singapore

Invited Keynote Lecture, "Location Information Frameworks for Borderlands", ISPRS/IGU/ICA Joint Workshop on Borderlands: Modelling and Understanding for Global Sustainability, organized by Peking, Beijing Normal, and Lanzhou Universities, and the National Geomatics Center of China, 5-6 December 2013, Beijing, China

Invited Keynote Lecture, "Measuring National Wellbeing: Issues and Challenges", organized by China National Bureau of Statistics, 4 December 2013, Beijing, China

Panel Presentation, "Are Granddaddy Research Designs Still Relevant in the Era of Big Data?", IPS-SSP Workshop on Doing Social Research in Singapore: Survey Fieldwork and Panel Studies, organized by Institute of Policy Studies and the Faculty of Arts and Social Science of National University of Singapore, 29 November 2013, Singapore

Invited Keynote Lecture, “Managing Global Geospatial Information and the Future of Global Map: Issues, Challenges and the Role of United Nations”, Japan Geospatial Expo 2013, organized by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, 15 November 2013, Japan

Invited Keynote Lecture, "Challenges in the Modernization of Statistical Production Process", International Seminar on Modernizing Official Statistics: Meeting Productivity and New Data Challenges, 24-26 October 2013, Tianjin, China

Opening Statement, International Workshop on DDI Metadata Standard and ISHN Microdata Management Toolkits, organized by UNSD and NBS, China, 17-20 June 2013, Beijing, China

Invited Keynote Lecture, “Prospect for a Global Quality Assurance Framework: The Role of United Nations GGIM Initiative”, 8th International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality, 30 May- 1 June 2013, Hong Kong

Invited Keynote Lecture, “Modernization of official Statistics: Towards a New Information Infrastructure”, International Conference on ’20 Years of Russian Statistics’ Modernization: Experiences and Perspectives, 23-24 May 2013, Moscow, Russia

Invited Keynote Lecture, “Monitoring Wellbeing in a Modern City: New Teipei City’, Conference on Statistical Development, 15 March 2013, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Statements and Lectures Presented as Director of United Nations 2004-2012

Special Lecture, “Integrating Information for Sustain Development: Location Analytics, Big Data, and Sustainable Development Goals”, Special Lecture organized by University of Shenzhen on the occasion of appointment as Distinguished Visiting Professor, 16 November, 2012, Shenzhen, China

Special Lecture, “Big Data, Official Statistics, and Social Science Research: Emerging Data Challenges”, Special University-wide Lecture organized by the University of Hong Kong (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science), 14 November, Hong Kong SAR

Opening Statement, 19th UN Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific, 29 October, 2012, Bangkok, Thailand

Keynote Address, “Global Coordination of Population and Housing Censuses”, International Conference on the Final Results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census in Kosovo, 21 September, Pristina, Kosovo

Keynote Address, “UN Initiatives on Global Geospatial Information Management: The Way Forward’, 2012 General Assembly of Eurogeographics, 4 September, Helsinki, Finland

Special Lecture, “Big Data, Social Surveys, and Official Statistics: Meeting New Data Challenges”, National Bureau of Statistics Special Seminar, 23 August, Beijing, China

Statement, “Statistical Development in China”, 60th Anniversary seminar on China’s new national statistical system, 22 August, Beijing, China

Plenary Presentation, “Polygons, Matrices, and the Future of Information Integration: Perspectives form the United Nations”, Senior Executive Seminar, Esri International Users Conference, 22 July 2012, San Diego, USA

Statement, International Workshop on Millennium Development Goals Monitoring: 2015 and Beyond, 9-13 July 2012, Bangkok, Thailand

Statement, International Workshop on Data Dissemination and Communication, 20-22 June 2012, Manila, the Philippines

Statement, Hangzhou Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management, 24-25 May 2012, Hangzhou, China

Plenary Presentation, “UN-GGIM and the Geospatial industry: working together to advance a global agenda”, Geospatial World Forum, 24 April 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Presentation, “Statistics and Society”, Public Forum organized by the Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics, 19 April, Ramallah, Palestine

Statement, Fourth Global Forum on Gender Statistics, 27 March 2012, Dead Sea, Jordan

Programme Statement, 43rd Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission, 2 March 2012, New York, USA

Statement, Twenty-first Inter-Agency and Expert Group Meeting on Millennium Development Goals Indicators, 22 February 2012, New York, USA

Statement, UNRCC-PCGIAP International Symposium on Spatially Enabled Government and Society, 15 February 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Presentation, “Inequality in Singapore”, Institute of Policy Studies Close Door Dialogue, Singapore, 19 January 2012, Singapore

Lecture, “7 Billion Population: What do the stats tell us” Institute of Policy Studies Meeting of Corporate Associates, Singapore, 18 January 2012, Singapore

Presentation, "Singapore's Income Growth and Distribution: Issues and Challenges", Singapore Perspectives Conference 2012 - Singapore Inclusive: Bridging Divides, 16 January 2012, Singapore

Lecture, “Statistics and Society: Emerging Trends in Official Statistics”, Public Lecture, Hong Kong University 100th year anniversary seminar series, 15 November 2011, Hong Kong

Statement, Regional Seminar on International Trade Statistics, 24 October 2011, Beijing, China

Statement, International Conference on the MDGs Statistics, 19 October 2011, Manila, Philippines

Presentation, “Measuring Well-Being in Developing Countries: Beyond the Millennium Development Goal Indicators”, Two years after the release of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission report: what new well-being and sustainability measures?, 12 October 2011, Paris, France

Statement, Inter-agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics, 4 October 2011, New York, USA

Statement, International Forum on Monitoring National Development: Issues and Challenges, 27 September 2011, Beijing, China

Statement, Advisory Committee Meeting of the China International Statistical Training Centre, 26 September 2011, Beijing, China

Statement, International Seminar on Green Economy and Official Statistics, 6 July 2011, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Keynote Address, “UN Initiative on Global Geospatial Information: the Vision”, 2011 Cambridge Conference, ‘Mapping for a Fairer and Safer World’, 27 June 2011, Winchester, United Kingdom

Statement, Expert Group Meeting on International Standards for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System, 27 June 2011, New York, USA

Statement, International Conference “Russian State Statistics and Challenges of the XXI Century” on the occasion of 200th anniversary of the Russian statistics, 23 June 2011, Moscow, Russia

Keynote Address, “Input-Output Analysis and Contemporary Official Statistics”, 19th International Input-Output Conference of the International Input-Output Association, 13 June 2011, Alexandria, USA

Lecture, “Moving Ahead: Critical Developments in Official Statistics”, High Level Forum organized by Statistical Center of Abu Dhabi, 9 June 2011, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Presentation, SDMX Conference, the World Bank, 3 May 2011, Washington, DC, USA

Statement, International Workshop on Measuring GDP by Final Demand Approach, 25 April 2011, Shenzhen, China

Statement, 1st Session of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Statistical Commission Meeting, 11 April 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

Programme Statement, 42nd Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission, 25 February 2011, New York, USA

Statement, 19th Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators, 16 February 2011, New York, USA

Statement, 2nd session of the Committee on Statistics of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 15 December 2010, Bangkok, Thailand

Statement, Inauguration of the General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments 2010, 10-12 December 2010, Muscat, Oman

Statement, 3rd International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle Indicators, 17 November 2010, Moscow, Russia

Presentation, "Global Trends, National Development, and Official Statistics", High level workshop for undersecretaries of different ministries “Importance of Statistics”, 7-11 November 2010, Muscat, Oman

Statement, Workshop on International Merchandise Trade Statistics, 1 November 2010, Lusaka, Zambia

Statement, World Statistics Day, 20 October 2010, New York, USA

Statement, Global Forum on Gender Statistics, 11 October 2010, Manila, the Philippines

Keynote Speech, NatStats 2010 Conference "Measuring what counts: economic development, wellbeing and progress in 21st century Australia", 17 September 2010, Sydney, Australia

Statement, Celebration of 40th Anniversary of SIAP and 9th Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Offices in Asia and the Pacific, 31 August 2010, Tokyo, Japan

Keynote Address, 1st Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration, 13 August 2010, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Statement, International Seminar on Information and Communication Technology Statistics, 19 July 2010, Seoul, ROK

Presentation, “Global census activities and overview of UNSD's role in the global statistical system”, High Level Forum organized by IGBE, 14-15 June 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Presentation, 58th plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians of UNECE, 8-10 June 2010, Paris, France

Statement, National Seminar on the Regional project on Census Data Analysis and Dissemination, 17 May 2010, Cairo, Egypt

Programme Statement, 41st Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission, 26 February 2010, New York, USA

Presentation, International Housing Conference on the occasion of the Singapore Housing and Development Board's 50th Anniversary celebration, 28 January 2010, Singapore

Statement, International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle Indicators, 14 December 2009, Scheveningen, The Netherlands

Statement, 18th United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific, 26 October 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

Keynote Speech, Annual Corporate Planning Seminar of the Ministry of National Development of Singapore, 9 October 2009, Singapore

Presentations, Gulf Cooperation Council Statistical Strategy Workshop, 5-7 October 2009, Muscat, Oman

Statement, Expert Group Meeting on International Economic and Social Classifications, 1 September 2009, New York, USA

Statement, 2nd International Workshop on Economic Census, 6 July 2009, Seoul, ROK

Keynote Address, Commemorative Conference of the 60th Anniversary of the Malaysia Department of Statistics “Department of Statistics, Malaysia: 60 Years Generating National Statistics”, 16 June 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Statement, International Workshop on From Data to Accounts: Measuring Production in National Accounting, 8 June 2009, Beijing, China

Statement, International Seminar on Timeliness, Methodology and Comparability of Rapid Estimates of Economic Trends, 27 May 2009, Ottawa, Canada

Keynote Address, 5th UNWTO International Conference on Tourism Statistics - Tourism: an Engine for Employment Creation, 30 March 2009, Bali, Indonesia

Programme Statement, 40th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission, 27 February 2009, New York, USA

Statement, 1st session of ESCAP Committee on Statistics, 4 February 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

Statement, Global Forum on Gender Statistics, 26 January 2009, Accra, Ghana

Statement, Conference on Climate Change, Development and Official Statistics in the Asia-Pacific Region, 11 December 2008, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Statement, 33rd Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians, 27 October 2008, Barbados

Plenary Address, IAOS Conference on Reshaping Official Statistics, 16 October 2008, Shanghai, China

Keynote Address, 7th Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Offices in Asia and the Pacific, 13 October 2008, Shanghai, China

Presentation, “Global Statistical System”, Corporate Seminar, 12 August 2008, Statistical Analysis System (SAS), Cary, USA

Keynote Address, Census Summit, GIS for Census and Statistical Agencies, 2 August 2008, San Diego, USA

Lecture, “UN initiatives on the Global Spatial Data Initiative (GSDI) and UNSD projects”, Global Forum Mapping 2008, 5 June 2008, Tokyo, Japan

Statement, 2008 Global Event on Measuring the Information Society, 27 May 2008, Geneva, Switzerland

Keynote Address, Joint UNSD- Eurostat Conference on "International Outreach and Coordination in National Accounts for Sustainable Growth and Development", 6 May 2008, Luxembourg

Statement, Conference on Climate Change and Official Statistics, 14 April 2008, Oslo, Norway

Statement, United Nations Expert Group Meeting to Review the Handbook on Geographic Databases and Census Mapping, 7 April 2008, New York, USA

Statement, Stakeholders Workshop on Statistical Capacity Building, 20 March 2008, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Statement, Stakeholders Workshop on Statistical Capacity Building, 17 March 2008, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Programme Statement, 39th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission, 29 February 2008, New York, USA

Statement, Global Forum on Gender Statistics, 10 December 2007, Rome, Italy

Keynote Address, “The Evolution of National Statistical Systems: What Lessons Can We Learn?”, International Symposium on the Development of Official Statistics, 27 November 2007, Tokyo, Japan

Statement, United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Measuring the Economically Active Population in Censuses, 5 November 2007, New York, USA

Statement, 4th International Conference on Agriculture Statistics (ICAS-4), 22 October 2007, Beijing, China

Presentation, Conference on “Solving Problems in Society: Ideas of People” on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Joint Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science - University of Michigan, 12 October 2007, Michigan, USA

Keynote Address, Joint Opening Ceremony of the 18th National Statistics Month, 10th National Convention on Statistics and International Conference on the Millennium Development Goals Statistics, 1 October 2007, Manila, Philippines

Statement, A Global Assembly on Measuring Civil Society and Volunteering, 25 September 2007, Bonn, Germany

Presentations, 56th Session of the International Statistical Institute, 23 August 2007, Lisbon, Portugal

Statement, 24th Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, 20 August 2007, New York, USA

Statement, Joint Opening Session of Expert Group Meetings on Industrial Statistics and Distributive Trade Statistics, 16 July 2007, New York, USA

Statement, 5th Meeting of the Advisory Expert Group on National Accounts, 19 March 2007, New York, USA

Programme Statement, 38th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission on the occasion of its 60th Anniversary, 2 March 2007, New York, USA

Presentation, “The 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses”, 3rd International Roundtable on Managing for Development Results, 7 February 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam

Presentation, East Asia Expert meeting on Manufacturing Statistics, 22 January 2007, Tokyo, Japan

Presentation, “Strengthening National Systems of Environment statistics”, Launch of the UNDP Publication "Making Progress on Environmental Sustainability: lessons and recommendations from a review of over 150 MDG country experiences", 15 December 2006, New York, USA

Statement, Interagency and Expert Group Meeting on the Development of Gender Statistics, 12 December 2006, New York, USA

Statement, United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Measuring International Migration: Concepts and Methods, 4 December 2006, New York, USA

Statement, Workshop on Ecosystems and Natural Capital Accounting, 30 November 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark

Presentation, 11th Meeting of the Heads of National Statistical Offices of East Asian Countries, 7 November 2006, Tokyo, Japan

Presentation, 2nd Session of the Governing Council of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific, 2-3 November 2006, Chiba, Japan

Presentation, 2006/2007 Bureau of the Conference of European Statisticians, 19-20 October 2006, Washington DC, USA

Lecture, “The 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Census”, 3 October 2006, University of Michigan (Population Studies Center), Michigan, USA

Keynote Address, 17th UN Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific, 18-19 September 2006, Bangkok, Thailand

Statement, 4th meeting of the Steering Committee of the UNSD-ECOWAS Statistics Project, 28 August 2006, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Keynote Address, Workshop on strategic planning of statistical activities, 29-30 August 2006, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Statement, International Workshop on Tourism Statistics, 17 July 2006, Madrid, Spain

Presentation, Symposium on Statistics for Development: A Dialogue between Users and Producers of Statistics, 5-7 June 2006, Doha, Qatar

Opening Statement, User-Producer Conference on Water Accounting for Integrated Water Resource Management, 22 May 2006, Voorburg, the Netherlands

Keynote Address, High-Level Symposium on Official Statistics, 19 May 2006, Bangkok, Thailand

Keynote Address, Symposium on “Designing of Official Statistics of Japan”, 15 May 2006, Tokyo, Japan

Statement, 23rd Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, 28 March 2006, Vienna, Austria

Presentation, "Measuring the progress of Societies: A Key Policy Challenge”, 21 March 2006, Bellagio, Italy

Programme Statement, 37th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission, 10 March 2006, New York, USA

Statement, The 2006 Africa Symposium on Statistical Development: The 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses, 30 January 2006, Cape Town, South Africa

Statement, Latin America and the Caribbean Conference on Environmental Information and Decision Making, 28 November 2005, Cancun, Mexico

Presentation, International Workshop on the Strategy of Reform and Development of the Statistical System in China, 21-22 November 2005, Beijing, China

Statement, Expert Group Meeting on Industrial Statistics, 19 September 2005, New York, USA

Presentation, 14th Conference of Commonwealth Statisticians: "Millennium + 5: Managing Statistics for more Equitable Societies, 5 September 2005, Cape Town, South Africa

Statement, Preliminary Meeting of the United Nations Committee on Environmental-Economic Accounting, 29 August 2005, New York, USA

Statement, United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Distributive Trade Statistics, 22 August 2005, New York, USA

Statement, United Nations Expert Group Meeting on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses, 22 August 2005, New York, USA

Statement, International Workshop on Economic Census, 26 July 2005, Beijing, China

Statement, Workshop on New Alternatives for Population and Housing Census, 4 July 2005, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Statement, 8th United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas, 27 June 2005, New York, USA

Statement, Work Session on Water Statistics, 20 June 2005, Vienna, Austria

Statement, Meeting of the Expert Group on International Economic and Social Classifications, 20 June 2005, New York, USA

Statement, Ad-hoc Energy Group Meeting, 23 May 2005, New York, USA

Presentation, International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) Meeting on "Issues for Official Statistics from Small Economies", 1 April 2005, Noumea, New Caledonia

Statement, International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) Meeting on "Issues for Official Statistics from Small Economies", 31 March 2005, Sydney, Australia

Lecture, “International statistical issues”, Forum organized by Singapore Department of Statistics, 28 March 2005, Singapore

Presentation, 22nd Population Census Conference, 7 March 2005, Seattle, USA

Programme Statement, 36th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission, 4 March 2005, New York, USA

Presentation, Session 2 - Forum for Asia/Pacific Statisticians (APEX 1), 3 February 2005, Bangkok, Thailand

Presentation, “The United Nations Statistics Division activities in distributive trade statistics: An outline”, Session 3 - Forum for Asia/Pacific Statisticians (APEX 1), 4 February 2005, Bangkok, Thailand

Presentation, OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, 10 – 13 November 2004, Palermo, Italy

Statement, UN, FIG, PC IDEA Inter-regional Special Forum on The Building of Land Information Policies in the Americas, 26 October 2004, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Presentation, Meeting of the Household Survey Network, 27 September 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

Lecture, “UNSD's collaboration and working relationship with NSOs and regional institutions”, High level Forum organized by Statistical Institute for Asia and Pacific, 2 August 2004, SIAP, Tokyo, Japan