<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">10th Annual European DDI User Conference (EDDI18)</span><br><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">DDI - The Basis of Managing the Data Life Cycle</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="m_-685724951522798734WordSection1" style="font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt">Place</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">: Berlin, Germany</span><br><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">: December 4/5, 2018</span><br><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt">Host</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">:  SOEP (The Socio-Economic Panel) at DIW (German Institute for Economic Research), Berlin, Germany.</span><br><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt">Conference web page</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">:<span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/eddi18" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/eddi18</span></a></span><br></div></blockquote><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The draft program is available at</span><span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/eddi18/schedConf/program" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:purple"><span style="color:blue">http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/eddi18/schedConf/program</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">.</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It comprehends a keynote, 26 presentations, 2 tutorials, posters, discussion sessions, and a side meeting.</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The conference will be opened by the keynote speech on “Making Fair Data a Reality… and the Challenges of Interoperability and Reusability” by Simon Hodson (Executive Director of CODATA, the Committee on Data of the International Council for Science).</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Registration information is provided at</span><span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/EDDI18/about/registration" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:purple"><span style="color:blue">http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/ocs/index.php/eddi/EDDI18/about/registration</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">.</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The deadline for the early booking conference fee is October 25.</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Approx. 100 participants are expected for the conference.</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><br><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">EDDI18 is organized jointly by<span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><a href="https://www.diw.de/en/soep" title="German Socio-Economic Panel" style="color:purple" target="_blank">SOEP</a> - The German Socio-Economic Panel</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">,<span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.gesis.org/en/home/" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">GESIS</span></a><span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and<span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.iza.org/organization/idsc" style="color:purple" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">IDSC of IZA</span></a><span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space"> </span>- International Data Service Center of the Institute for the Study of Labor.</span><br><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The</span><span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:purple"><span style="color:blue">Data Documentation Initiative</span></a><span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">(DDI) is an international standard for describing the data produced by surveys and other observational methods in the social, behavioral, economic, and health sciences.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The meeting will bring together DDI users and professionals from all over Europe and the world. Anyone interested in developing, applying, or using DDI is invited to attend and present.</span><br><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The presentations focus on:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="m_-685724951522798734WordSection1" style="font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Case Studies</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Mature implementations</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Early Implementations</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Interplay of DDI with other standards or technologies</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Projects in early phases in which DDI is under consideration</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Critiques of DDI</span><br></div></blockquote><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The topics of the conference include:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="m_-685724951522798734WordSection1" style="font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">User Needs, Efficient Infrastructures and Improved Quality</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Official Statistics</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Reusing and Sharing Metadata</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Data Harmonization</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Open Data and Linked Open Data</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Privacy and Access Control</span><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Software / Tools</span><br></div></blockquote><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For more information about the EDDI conference series and details on the previous EDDI conferences, look at</span><span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:purple"><span style="color:blue">http://www.eddi-conferences.eu/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">.</span><br><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><br><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt">Jon Johnson and Joachim Wackerow (co-chairs)<span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><br><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt">on behalf of the EDDI1</span></b><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">8</span></b><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt"><span class="m_-685724951522798734Apple-converted-space"> </span>Program Committee</span></b><br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="m_-685724951522798734WordSection1" style="font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt"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