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  an independent organization open to all Blaise users from around the world
  IBUC 2012
London, UK
  IBUC 2010
Baltimore, USA
  IBUC 2009
Riga, Latvia
  IBUC 2007
Annapolis, USA
  IBUC 2006
Papendal, The Netherlands
  IBUC 2004
Gatineau, Québec, Canada
  IBUC 2003
Copenhagen, Denmark
  IBUC 2001
Washingtion DC, USA
  IBUC 2000
Kinsale, Ireland
  IBUC 1998
Lillehammer, Norway
  IBUC 1997
Paris, France
  IBUC 1995
Helsinki, Finland
  IBUC 1993
London, England
  IBUC 1992
Vorburg, The Netherlands


IBUG - International Blaise Users Group

The International Blaise User Group (IBUG) is an informal group that brings together people and organisations who use Blaise software in survey data collection and data processing. The purpose of IBUG is to promote the use of the Blaise software and to serve as a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas and experiences. IBUG has a chairman but no other officials. The IBUG was founded at the first International Blaise User Conference (IBUC) in 1992 where Tony Manners (ONS, UK) was selected as the first chairman. The second chairman was Vesa Kuusela of Statistics Finland 2001-2009. The current person chairing the group is Hilde Degerdal of Statistics Norway.

The most visible activity of IBUG is a conference which is organised roughly every 18 months and which currently alternates between Europe and North America. The meeting in 2012 will be the 14th such conference. The first IBUC was held in Voorburg, The Netherlands, in 1992.


Mark Pierzchala (Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.), Lon Hofman (Statistics Netherlands), and Vesa Kuusela (Statistics Finland) have attended all twelve International Blaise Users Conferences.

 

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