[CTPP] ANNOUNCEMENT: ABAG/MTC Census Research Conference - June 23rd

ANNOUNCING a FULL-DAY CENSUS CONFERENCE - Thursday, June 23rd, MetroCenter Auditorium, Oakland, California Measuring Metropolis: The San Francisco Bay Area A Census-Related Research Conference A free conference for the planning community, co-sponsored by: Association of Bay Area Governments Metropolitan Transportation Commission Thursday, June 23, 2005, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Auditorium, Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, 101 Eighth Street, Oakland The conference is designed primarily for local, regional, and state planners. Its goal is to inform planners about available, but sometimes less known census data resources. ABAG and MTC will also be reporting some of their interesting research using census data. Agenda Welcome & Introductions Census 2000 Digital Atlas for the Bay Area PUMS DVD Demo: How to do it Yourself Advanced Query System: A New Way to Get Census Data National Historical GIS: Comparable Data from 1940-2000 Journey-to-Work: Analysis for the Bay Area Migration Patterns in the Bay Area American Community Survey Modeling and Predicting the Bay Area's Housing Market Registration is limited to the first 100 registrants because seating is limited. Handouts will only be made available to those in attendance. You must register online at: http://www.abag.ca.gov/abag/events/metropolis/index.html If you register AND if you are unable to attend, please contact the Association of Bay Area Governments at 510-464-7957 or the Metropolitan Transportation Commission at 510-464-7839 to cancel your registration. NOTE: No Registration Fee -- Lunch on your own from Noon to 1 p.m. The only announcement of this conference is by email. There will be no printed brochure. PLEASE FORWARD this e-mail to interested parties. For more information on this conference, please contact Patricia Perry (patriciap(a)abag.ca.gov) or Brian Kirking (briank(a)abag.ca.gov) at ABAG; and/or Chuck Purvis (cpurvis(a)mtc.ca.gov) or Shimon Israel (sisrael(a)mtc.ca.gov) at MTC. ************************************************************** Charles L. Purvis, AICP Principal Transportation Planner/Analyst Metropolitan Transportation Commission 101 Eighth Street Oakland, CA 94607-4700 (510) 464-7731 (office) (510) 464-7848 (fax) www: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/ Census WWW: http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/ **************************************************************