CSIRO, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Statistical Society of Australia Inc. (NSW) are hosting a one-day symposium on data confidentiality.
National Statistical Agencies and other data custodian agencies and organisations currently face a challenge in balancing access and use of data for research and policy development with privacy and confidentiality protection.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is experiencing both a high level of user demand and increasing interest from researchers in more detail, more datasets and more flexibility of access.
At the same time, there are a growing number of initiatives seeking to provide Australian researchers with access to linkable, de-identified data from a wide range of data sources.
In this context, privacy and confidentiality methods and technologies are set to become increasingly important.
This symposium aims to provide an overview of data confidentiality issues and an introduction to current and emerging approaches. Topics to be covered will include:
- an overview of current, large-scale successful initiatives in Australia which make health and other personal data available for research
- a review of techniques designed to confidentialise data before release to researchers
- a review of the role of synthetic data methods
- a discussion of the role and design of remote access in future systems for balancing data access with confidentiality protection.
Keynote Speakers - Professor Don Rubin (Harvard University)
- Dr J rg Drechsler (Institute for Employment Research, N rnberg) to be confirmed
- Ms Melissa Gare (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
- Ms Victoria Leaver (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
- Mr Tim Hawkes (Statistics New Zealand)
- Dr Christine O Keefe (CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics)
Draft program The draft program, which is subject to change based on speaker availability, is available here.
Who Should AttendResearchers and information managers interested in the issue of balancing access and use of data for research and policy development with privacy and confidentiality protection. This would include staff of CSIRO, ABS and other agencies and organisations, researchers and students.
CostThe Symposium is free of charge to registered participants.
Registration is essential as places are limited.
