ESTP course:
"Demetra+ for advanced users"
Draft Agenda
Location / Eurostat, Luxembourg, 15 to 17 November 2011, Room A2/45
Course organizer / Dario Buono (Eurostat, Unit B2 Methodology and Research)
Lecturers / Robert Kirchner (National Bank of Germany)
Jean Palate (National Bank of Belgium)
Alpay Kocak (TUIK)
Attal-Toubert Ketty (INSEE)
Dario Buono (Eurostat)
Logistics / Georgios Xenellis (Eurostat, Unit A3 Learning and development)
Required Reading / ·  Any intermediate/advanced textbook on time series analysis and, in particular, on ARIMA models, such as, for example, Mills, T.C. (1990), Time-Series Techniques for Economists, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; Peña D., Tiao G.C. and Tsay, R.S. (2001), A Course in Time-Series Analysis, New York: J. Wiley and Sons; Time-Series Analysis by James D. Hamilton, Princeton University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-691-04289-6
·  Eurostat, ESS guidelines on Seasonal Adjustment available here
Suggested Readings / ·  Demetra+ User Manual
15 of November, Tuesday
9.30-9.45 / Presentation of the course, tour de table (by Xenellis, Eurostat and Buono, Eurostat)
9.45-11.00 / Methodological aspects of the ESS guidelines on SA (by Kirchner, National Bank of Germany)
11.00-11.15 / coffee-break
11.15-12.30 / Methodological aspects of the ESS guidelines on SA (by Kirchner, National Bank of Germany)
12.30-14.00 / Lunch break
14.00-15.15 / Using Demetra+ to implement the ESS guidelines on SA (by Kirchner, National Bank of Germany)
15.15-15.30 / coffee-break
15.30-16.15 / Using Demetra+ to implement the ESS guidelines on SA (by Kirchner, National Bank of Germany)
16.15-16.30 / Question time for face-to face discussion with the trainer
16 of November, Wednesday
9.30-11.00 / Demetra+ toolkits (by Jean Palate, National Bank of Belgium)
·  DemetraUI Advanced uses.
·  WSACruncher
11.00-11.15 / coffee-break
11.15-12.30 / Demetra+ toolkits (by Jean Palate, National Bank of Belgium)
·  Programming use of Demetra+ (overview).
·  JDemetra's Perspectives
12.30-14.00 / Lunch break
14.00-15.15 / Demetra+ for X12 in daily work (by Attal-Toubert Ketty, INSEE)
15.15-15.30 / coffee-break
15.30-16.15 / Demetra+ for X12 in daily work (by Attal-Toubert Ketty, INSEE)
16.15-16.30 / Question time for face-to face discussion with the trainer
Evening / Social event: optional course dinner
17 of November, Thursday
9.30-11.00 / Demetra+ for TRAMO/SEATS in daily work (by Alpay Kocak, TUIK)
11.00-11.15 / coffee-break
11.15-12.30 / Demetra+ for TRAMO/SEATS in daily work (by Alpay Kocak, TUIK)
12.30-14.00 / Lunch break
14.00-15.30 / Using Demetra+: show and tell exercise by the participants
15.30-15.45 / coffee-break
15.45-16.30 / Conclusions and evaluation of the course (Xenellis, Buono)