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Guillaume Daudin was very happy to participate to the international conference:Transport statistics in pre- and early industrial economic history: The challenges and opportunities of Sound Toll Registers Online in Leipzig on October 26th to 28th.&#160;Here is Guillaume's presentation :daudin-stro-toflitHere is the program:Wednesday 26.10.2016 (seminar building, room 420)18:15 – 18:25Prof. Dr. Manfred Rudersdorf, Dean of the Faculty of History, Art and Oriental Studies (Universität Leipzig)18:25 – 18:30Prof. Dr. Markus A. Denzel, Chair of Social and Economic History (Universität Leipzig)18:30 – 19:30 hrsKeynote on The Baltic Sea as Realm of MemoryProf. Dr. Michael North (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität, Greifswald, Germany)19:30 -DinnerThursday 27.10.2016 (GWZ, room 3.215) Introduction09:00 – 09:45 hrsThe electronic database of the Sound Toll Registers: current state and future potentialDr. Jan Willem Veluwenkamp (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)09:45 – 10:00 hrs&#160;Coffee breakSection 1: 10:00 – 11:30 hrs: Theoretical and methodological issuesDiscussant: Dr. Jan Willem Veluwenkamp10:00 – 10:45 hrsGenerating transport statistics based on pre- and early industrial shipping registers: a methodological outline using the example of the Sound Toll Registers OnlineDr. Werner Scheltjens (Universität Leipzig, Germany)10:45 – 11:30 hrs&#160;The role of transportation in pre- and early industrial commercial history: some theoretical considerationsProf. Dr. Markus A. Denzel (Universität Leipzig, Germany)Section 2: 11:45 – 13:15 hrs: Regional patterns of integration through transport and tradeDiscussant: Prof Dr. Gelina Harlaftis11:45 – 12:30 hrs Long-distance circular trade between Northern and Southern EuropeDr. Magnus Ressel (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany)&#160;12:30 – 13:15 hrs The emergence of Finnish long-distance transport (1700-1850)Prof. Dr. Jari Ojala (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) 13:15 – 14:45 hrs LunchSection 3: 15:00 – 17:15 hrs: STRO and the British industrial revolutionDiscussant: Prof. Dr. Jari Ojala15:00 – 15:45 hrsBritish shipping to the Baltic seen from London and ElsinoreProf. Dr. Peter Solar (Free University of Brussels, Belgium)15:45 – 16:30 hrs„Ghost acreage“ calculations based on STRO and their contribution to the Great Divergence-DebateDr. Klas Rönnback (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Dimitrios Theodoridis MA (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)16:30 – 17:15 hrs&#160;&#160;Hemp and Flax exports from the Baltic and their role in the British industrial revolutionDr. Arne Solli (University of Bergen, Norway)Roundtable discussion17:15 – 18:00 hrs The aims and purposes of a scientific committee for promoting STRO- based researchProf. Dr. Markus A. Denzel &#38; Dr. Werner Scheltjens 19:00 - DinnerFriday 28 October 2016 (GWZ, room 1.416)Section 4: 09:30 – 11:45 hrs: STRO and historical database projects: common issues, shared opportunities (1)Discussant: Dr. Werner Scheltjens09:30 – 10:15 hrsGreek shipping statistics and the Sound Toll Registers Online: A comparative analysis of issues and chances of ‘manipulating’ historical maritime data setsProf. Dr. Gelina Harlaftis (Ionian University, Greece)10:15 – 11:00 hrsThe contribution of STRO to the database of French external trade statistics (1716-1821)Prof. Dr. Guillaume Daudin (Université Dauphine, France)11:00 – 11:45 hrsDanube Customs Registers and STRO: A Comparative Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges of Online DatabasesDr. Peter Rauscher (Universität Wien, Austria) &#38; Mag. Andrea Serles (Universität Wien, Austria)11:45 – 12:00 hrsShort coffee breakClosing discussion12:00 – 12:45 hrsDr. Werner Scheltjens