Panel Session:  «Impact of globalization on socioeconomic development and regional integration: do we have the right numbers?»  Date and time: 24 May, 2012, 14.30-18.00 PM Venue: Astana, Independence palace, 1st floor, Ceremonial hall
Chairman of the Panel Session: Ms. Lidia Bratanova, Director, Statistical Division of UN Economic Commission for Europe Rapporteur of the session: Mr. Gabriel Gamez, Regional Adviser, Statistical Division of UN Economic Commission for Europe
Session I "Globalization and official statistics: global and regional challenges" Moderator -  Ms. Lidia Bratanova, Director, UNECE Statistical Division
14.30-14.45	Opening speech of the Chairman of the session  Ms. Lidia Bratanova
14.45-15.45	Mr. Douglas Brooks, Assistant Chief Economist and director of the Development Indicators and Policy Research Division at the Asian Development Bank (topic to be confirmed)
	Mr. Brian Pink, Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics (pending)
	Mr. A. Smailov, Chairman of the Agency on Statistics of Kazakhstan, “Key Challenges and prospects for development of national statistical offices in the context of globalization on example of Kazakhstan”
	Mr. Mohammed El Qorchi, Chief of the Data Dissemination and Review Division, and Regional Manager for the Middle East and Central Asia, IMF Statistics Department «Statistical Implications of the Ongoing Global Crisis»
	Dr. Savac Alpay, The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), Director general "Challenges of Statistical Capacity Development”
15.45-16.00	Questions from the audience and discussion
16.00-16.30	Coffee-break
Session II   “Measuring  globalization - do we have the right numbers?" Moderator - Mr. Vladimir Sokolin, Chairman of the CISSTAT
16.30-17.30	Mr. Mustafa Dinc,  Senior economist and statistician of the World bank “Globalization, localization and statistics”
	Mr. Dieter Sarreither, Deputy President, Federal Statistical Office of Germany "Globalization and its consequences for the future of International trade statistics"?
	Mr. K. Laikam, Vice chairman of Federal State Statistical service (ROSSTAT) “The measurement of social progress in a globalized world: the evolution of institutions and practices”
	Mr. D. Akishev, Deputy Chairman of the National bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan(topic to be confirmed)
17.30-17.45	Questions from the audience and discussion
17.45-18.00	Conclusions