Update: 2024 Annual Oregon State Data Census Conference
PRESENTED BY THE PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY POPULATION RESEARCH CENTER AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
The Oregon 2024 Census Data Users Conference will take place remotely over two days: Thursday, October 24 and Tuesday, November 12
Format: Remote (click button below for MS Teams information)
Day 1: Thursday, October 24th

Welcome and Introductions (9:15 am 9:30 am)
Erica Gardner, Washington State (Office of Financial Management)
Ethan Sharygin, Portland State University (Population Research Center)
Brian Berman, Data Dissemination Specialist, US Census Bureau

Census Data for Emergency Preparedness and Response (
9:30am – 10:15am)
Earlene K.P. Dowell, Program Analyst, Economic Management Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Nidaal Jubran, Program Analyst, Economic Management Division/Dissemination Standards Staff, US Census Bureau

Community Resilience Estimates Demonstration/Workshop (10:15am – 11:30am)
Benjamin Gurrentz, Ph.D., Chief, Small Area Modeling and Development Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau

LUNCH BREAK (11:30am – 12:30pm)

Road to the 2030 Census for Local Governments (12:30pm – 1:45pm)
Colleen Joyce, Assistant Chief, Redistricting & Voting Rights Data Office/ADDC/HQ, U.S. Census Bureau
Linda Akers-Smith, Government Engagement Branch Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Closing Comments / State Data Center (
1:45pm – 2:00pm)
Erica Gardner, Washington State (Office of Financial Management)
Ethan Sharygin, Portland State University (Population Research Center)

ADJOURN (2:00pm)

Day 2: Tuesday, November 12

Census Research on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (10:00am - 11:00am)
COFFEE BREAK (11:00am – 11:30pm)
New Federal Standards for Race and Ethnicity Data (11:30am 1:00pm) 


The State Data Center (SDC) program is one of the Census Bureau's longest and most successful partnerships. The partnership was created to make data available locally.
The Annual Conference of the Oregon State Census Data Center is an opportunity for census data users and interested parties around Oregon to hear about program changes, explore new tools and data sources, and to ask questions from subject matter experts.
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