On November 20, 2009, academics, foundation professionals, and service organization representatives, along with NEA senior staff and discipline directors, met in Washington to discuss improving the collection and reporting of statistics about arts and cultural workers, and to develop future research agendas and approaches. Speakers/Topics: Artists in the Greater Cultural Economy Ann Markusen, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Creative Class: Who's in, Who's out? Tom Bradshaw, NEA Research Officer American Community Survey: An Emerging Data Set Jennifer Day, assistant division chief, Employment Characteristics of the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, United States Census Bureau