Session 5 - Utilization of Administrative Data and Partnership with New Sources

  • Oliver FISCHER Chief, International Programs Center, U.S. Census Bureau Oliver Fischer is chief of the Census Bureau’s International Programs Center. In this role, he sets the strategic direction, manages sponsor relations, and oversees the human and financial resources of the Center. This includes guiding the Center’s efforts in strengthening national population data systems and developing tools to facilitate the census and survey-taking process. He directs the planning and preparation of international demographic, geospatial, health, climate, and economic data products utilizing census, survey, and registration data.
  • Afsaneh YAZDANI Statistician, Statistics Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Afsaneh Yazdani is a statistician with the Population and Social Statistics Section of the ESCAP Statistics Division. She leads regional initiatives to improve the use of administrative data for population censuses and data integration. Before joining ESCAP in 2018, she spent over 20 years at the Statistical Centre of Iran, working in different capacities and specializing in survey methodology, censuses, and register-based statistics.
  • Sovannaroth TEY Associate Statistician, Statistics Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Sovannaroth Tey is an Associate Statistician at the Statistics Division, ESCAP, where he contributes to the management and delivery of technical assistance and knowledge management programmes on civil registration and vital statistics, data integration, census, administrative data, and big data. Prior to joining ESCAP, he was a Senior Programme Manager at Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, managing the Government of Australia's bilateral development programmes and budgets advancing renewable energy, clean water, climate-resilient roads, and public financial management improvements in Cambodia.
  • Victoria VELKOFF Associate Director for Demographic Programs and Chief Demographer, Demographic Directorate, U.S. Census Bureau Dr. Victoria (Tori) Velkoff is the Census Bureau’s Associate Director for Demographic Programs and Chief Demographer. She has worked at the Census Bureau for over 30 years, serving in several key leadership positions. As head of the Demographic Programs Directorate, she is responsible for providing relevant and accurate information on the size, distribution, and characteristics of the nation’s population, income and poverty, and housing. Demographic programs bridge the gap between censuses, providing information for policy decisions to promote the economic and social well-being of the United States.
  • Miyoung KIM Deputy Director, Population Census Division, Survey Management Bureau, Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) Miyoung Kim is a Deputy Director in the Population Census Division at Statistics Korea. She has been in charge of improving the survey items and work process of the 2025 Population and Housing Census and preparing the 32nd Population Census Conference.

Session 6 - National Perspective on Recent Population Censuses

  • Minerva Eloisa P. ESQUIVIAS Deputy National Statistician,Censuses and Technical Coordination Office, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Minerva Eloisa P. Esquivias is the Assistant National Statistician and Officer-in-Charge, Deputy National Statistician for Censuses and Technical Coordination at the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). She oversees census operations and technical coordination, ensuring high-quality statistical data. She actively participates in local and international technical expert groups, focusing on standards, classification systems, population, social statistics, and official statistics. She holds a bachelor's degree in Statistics and a master's degree in Public Management, combining technical and managerial expertise in her role.
  • Kok Ann BOON Assistant Director, Household Surveys and Expenditure Division, Singapore Department of Statistics Boon Kok Ann is a statistician at Singapore’s Department of Statistics Household Surveys and Expenditure Division, where he works on the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of the Household Expenditure Survey and Census data. He began his career in data in 2020 after completing his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Economics from the Nanyang Technological University.
  • Etibar KHALILOV Chief Adviser, Department of Population Statistics, State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Etibar Khalilov is chief advisor of Population statistics department in State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He has been working at the Population statistics department since November 2016. He is responsible for statistical reports on population statistics and the production of vital statistics, gender statistics, migration statistics and other population-related statistics.

Session 7 - Utilization of Censuses: Policy Development and Research

  • Olivier DUPRIEZ Deputy Chief Statistician, Office of the Chief Statistician, Development Data Group, World Bank Olivier Dupriez is the Deputy Chief Statistician with the World Bank’s Development Data Group. He is an advisor to the Data Group on issues related to data management and analytics, and data quality assurance. Recently, Olivier has been leading a work program focusing on exploiting metadata standards, machine learning, and natural language processing models to improve data and knowledge discoverability. He is also a contributor to the development of software applications for data documentation, anonymization, and dissemination.
  • Oliver FISCHER Chief, International Programs Center, U.S. Census Bureau Oliver Fischer is chief of the Census Bureau’s International Programs Center. In this role, he sets the strategic direction, manages sponsor relations, and oversees the human and financial resources of the Center. This includes guiding the Center’s efforts in strengthening national population data systems and developing tools to facilitate the census and survey-taking process. He directs the planning and preparation of international demographic, geospatial, health, climate, and economic data products utilizing census, survey, and registration data.
  • Sula SARKAR Senior Research Scientist, IPUMS Center for Data Integration, University of Minnesota, USA Sula Sarkar holds a PhD is Geography from the University of Minnesota. She is currently working as a Senior Research Scientist at the IPUMS Center for Data Integration at the University of Minnesota. Her current responsibilities include overseeing and working with spatial information in the International IPUMS projects that include census and health survey datasets. Her work includes the creation of consistent geographical boundaries across time, producing GIS maps, and creating indices that study the social and environmental impacts on people and place and their associated health impacts.

Session 8 - Research Applications of Census Data: Insights from Mongolia

  • Hye-Kyung LEE Project Manager/Senior Researcher, Korea Statistics Promotion Institute (KSPI) Hye-Kyung Lee is the Project Manager the International Population Statistics cooperation Project (KOSTAT) and the honorary professor at Pai Chai University, South Korea. Since she got her Ph.D. degree in Sociology at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1988, she has published many papers on migration and transnational communities, gender and work. She has served an advisory committee member for the Korean National Statistical Office, the Ministry of Gender Equality & Family, the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Immigration Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, and the Immigration Policy Commission. She was the President of Korea International Migration Studies Association (KIMSA) from January 2009 to December 2010. In addition, she was the President of the Population Association of Korea from January 2018 to December 2019.
  • Solongo ALGAA Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia Solongo ALGAA is proficient in both quantitative and qualitative research and has 30 years of experience in social research. She has a solid experience of national and international consultancy in the formulation and evaluation of social and gender impacts of the projects, programmes and policies.
  • Otgontugs BANZRAGCH Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia Otgontugs BANZRAGCH is a professor in econometric analysis of education and gender and specialist in survey administration. Considerable experience in education, gender, equity, and labor studies, conducting survey-based field work in rural and urban environments, and working with bi-lateral and multi-lateral international donors.