The SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED AND BUSINESS DEMOGRAPHY will be held from September 1921, 1996 inBowling Green, Ohio. The conference will have paper sessions, poster sessions, demonstration of software, panel discussions, workshops, and exhibition area. Session and workshop proposals and individual paper abstracts are invited on any topics/areas that use demographics in their study. Some of the areas specifically identified for the 1996 conference include: Demographic analysis of retirement plans, spatial analysis, emerging consumer markets, internet resources, GIS Technology, training needs, population estimates and projections, demonstration of software, merging traditional and nontraditional data sources, immigration (legal and illegal), health care reform and minority health, aging populations, mortality and morbidity issues. Send a one page abstract of your proposed presentation by April 2,1996 to: K.V. Rao, Conference Director,Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403. Phone: 419-372-7240; Fax: 419-372-8306; Email: adconf96@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu .
SOUTHERN DEMOGRAPHIC
ASSOCIATION 1996 ANNUAL MEETING
The Southern Demographic Association invites
submissions of session proposals and abstracts of
papers for its 1996 annual meeting, to be held
October 17-19, 1996 at the Peabody Hotel in
Memphis, Tennessee. Applied and basic
contributions are welcome, as are works from
social, economic, geographic, political,
psychological, formal, and other demographic
points of view. Please send one-page abstracts,
session proposals, and/or other expressions of
interest by June 1, 1996 to: Jack Marcum, SDA
Program Chair, Research Services, Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.), 100 Witherspoon Street,
Louisville, KY 40202-1396; Phone: 502-569-5161;
Fax: 502-569-5501;
Email:
john_marcum@pcusa.org
A SUMMER SEMINAR IN U.S. STUDIES for Latin American and Caribbean scholars who want to do research on the United States will be held at the University of California San Diego, June 24-August 2. There are a limited number of awards, and the absolute deadline for applications is March 15. For information: Graciela Platero, Center for US-Mexican Studies, UCSD, La Jolla CA 92903-0510. Phone: 619-534-4503; Fax: 619-534-6447; Email: usmex@weber.ucsd.edu
The EIGHTH ANNUAL FEDERAL FORECASTERS CONFERENCE (FFC 96) will be held in Washington, D.C. on May 2, 1996. FFC96 will look at the world 10 years from now as seen by the various fields, industries, and perspectives studied by federal forecasters. Anyone interested in attending should contact Debra Gerald at the National Center for Education Statistics ( Debra_Gerald@ed.gov or 202-219-1581), while those interested in presenting a paper should contact Karen Hamrick at the Economic Research Service ( Khamrick@econ.ag.gov or 202- 219-0789). Sponsors of this year s conference are the Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Health Professionals, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Veterans Affairs, Economic Research Service, Energy Information Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Education Statistics, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
The European Science Foundation will hold a CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY, May 31-June 5, Mt. Ste. Odile, France. For information contact: J. Hendekovic, 1 quai Lezay-Marnesia, 67080 Strausbourg Cedex, France. Phone: 33-88-76-71- 35; Fax: 33-88-36-69-87; Email: euresco@esf.org
IAAS/IOAS SATELLITE MEETING ON LONGITUDINAL STUDIES will be held in Jerusalem August 27-29, 1996 following the ISI session in Istanbul. For the call for papers or more information: Gad Nathan, Central Bureau of Statistics, 91905 Jerusalem Israel; Fax: 972-2- 6553-319; Email: gad@olive.mscc.huji.ac.il
EAST-WEST CENTER'S TWENTY- SEVENTH SUMMER SEMINAR ON POPULATION will be held May 30-July 13. There are four workshops on independent schedules as follows:
For application form and further details, contact Peter Xenos at the East-West Center Program on Population ( xenosp@hawaii.edu ), Phone: 808-944- 7410; Fax: 808-944-7490. Deadline is March 15.