19 August 2024
The MICS programme is organising the “Children's Lives: International Conference on Children and their Families, Using the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys” in collaboration with the Bristol Poverty Institute. The conference will take place on September 2nd and 3rd, 2024, at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
In 2004, an international conference on MICS was organised by UNICEF in collaboration with the Graduate Program on International Affairs at the New School. Twenty years later, UNICEF is collaborating with the Bristol Poverty Institute to organise a second international MICS conference, with a broader set of themes and a larger number of contributions from academia, government, NGOs, UN agencies and household survey experts.
The conference will celebrate 30 years of MICS implementation around the world, with presentations based on analyses of MICS microdata in developing and developed country contexts, emergency situations and fragile states, and presentations on household survey methodology – all across a wide range of themes related to children.
The conference has a hybrid format on both days (2nd and 3rd of September), with plenaries and presentation sessions in Bristol and online. Online participation in the sessions in Bristol will also be possible.
Conference Programme and Registration
The conference programme and abstracts of all presentations are available in the Download section at the bottom of this page.
On both days of the conference, multiple parallel sessions will be held. Hybrid sessions in Bristol are designated as B1 and B2 in the conference programme, while online-only sessions are designated as O1 and O2.
Both in-person and online participation require registration. Participation is free of charge.
Joining the hybrid sessions in Bristol (B1 and B2)
If you are planning to attend B1 and B2 in person or join these sessions online, you need to register and obtain your tickets. This applies to both presenters and all other participants.
When you register to join online, you will receive a Zoom Events email with the connection link at the email address you provided. When you click the link, you will need to sign in with your email on Zoom to participate.
Please use the button below to register for sessions in Bristol in-person or online.
Note that in-person participation will be capped at 100 individuals, and priority will be given to presenters.
For in-person attendance, please find an information note for travel, accommodation and other logistical details in the Download section at the bottom of this page. The organisers regret that financial support will not be provided to presenters/participants planning to travel to Bristol. However, coffee breaks and a light lunch will be provided.
Joining online-only sessions
If you are planning to join online sessions (O1 and O2) on either day of the conference, you need to register to receive Microsoft Teams links.
Please use the links provided in the table below to register for O1 and O2 sessions on Monday and Tuesday, depending on which session(s) you are interested in attending online.
| Monday, 2 September | Tuesday, 3 September | |
| O1 Sessions | ||
| O2 Sessions |
However, if you are a presenter or co-author of any online session (O1 or O2):
- You will have already received a Microsoft Teams link for the day of your presentation.
- If you are interested in joining any other online session, please follow the instructions above.
Contact
If you have any questions or queries, please contact mics
unicef.org (mics[at]unicef[dot]org) or bpi-conference-2024bristol.ac.uk (bpi-conference-2024[at]bristol[dot]ac[dot]uk).
