Network of Economic Statisticians

7:00 am - 7:10 am

Session 1: Introduction, welcome remarks, and scene-setting

Stefan Schweinfest, Director of United Nations Statistics Division

7:10 am - 7:40 am

Session 2: What is the challenge Beyond GDP is trying to tackle?

This session overviews the key issues facing economic statisticians.

Presenters: Ehsan Masood - author of The Great Invention: The Story of GDP and the Making and Unmaking of the Modern World
        Rutger Hoekstra - author of Replacing GDP by 2030

7:40 am - 8:15 am

Session 3: Summaries of previous sessions

This session overviews the work of the sprint thus far.

The outcomes of the 1st Sprint on Measuring Modern Capitals
Presenter: Richard Heys, UK Office for National Statistics
Presentation: Modern Capital – Summary Slides
The outcomes of the 2nd and 3rd sprints on Distributional Accounts
Presenter: Erich Strassner, US Bureau of Economic Analysis
Presentation: Outcomes from Sessions on Distributional Accounts and on Well-being initiatives Associated with and that extend the System of National Accounts
The outcomes of the 4th sprint on Socio-demographic disaggregation of National Accounts
Presenter: Tim Miller, United Nations Population Division
Presentation: Takeaways and next steps from the 4th Sprint
The outcomes of the 5th sprint on Mapping Beyond GDP Indexes, Indicator Frameworks, Wealth, and Health Approaches
Presenter: Richard Heys, UK Office for National Statistics
Presentation: Mapping Beyond GDP Indexes, Indicator Frameworks, Wealth, and Health Approaches – Summary Slides

8:15 am - 8:25 am

Break

8:25 am - 9:50 am

Session 4: Plenary Discussion

This session will provide speakers of previous Beyond GDP Sprint meetings and other attendees to share their views against the following questions:

• • What are the most important lessons learnt from the sprint?
• • What are the key take-away messages from this sprint?
• • What are the key next steps for future sprints to prioritize?
• • Are there any key gaps in topics or attendees we need to address in future sprints?

The plenary will be structured around the following themes and introductions:

• • Modern capitals: Josh Martin, Imperial College
• • Composite indexes: Fabrice Murtin, OECD WISE and Pedro Conceição, UNDP HDO
• • Disaggregated national accounts (by age, gender, income, wellbeing, and other socio-economic characteristics): Martin Weale , Kings College and Jon Samuels, US BEA
• • Multidimensional indicator frameworks: Jan Pieter Smits. Statistics Netherlands and Professor measuring sustainability, Eindhoven University
• • Inclusive and comprehensive wealth: Grzegorz Peszko and Jim Cust, World Bank
• • Time-use surveys: Francesca Grum , UNSD
• • Health-related measures: Ritu Sadana, Maksym Obrizan and Steve McFeely, WHO tbc
• • SG's Common Agenda: Anu Peltola, UNCTAD

9:50 am - 10:00 am

Session 5: Next steps, and closing remarks

This session will deliver an opportunity for Stefan Schweinfest to formally close the sprint and lay out a brief outline of the next steps

10:00 am

Adjourn

Related Documentations

Download all available presentations for the sixth meeting of the beyond GDP sprint
Beyond GDP sprint sixth meeting slide pack