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Baltimore
October 2010
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Riga, Latvia
June 2009
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
September 2007
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Papendal, The Netherlands
May 2006
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Gatineau, Québec
September 2004
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Copenhagen, Denmark
May 2003
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Washingtion DC, USA
September 2001
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Kinsale, Ireland
May 2000
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Lillehammer, Norway
November 1998
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Paris, France
May 1997
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Helsinki, Finland
September 1995
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London, England
October 1993
  IBUC 1992
Vorburg, The Netherlands
October 1992


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 2009 will be the 12th 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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