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: Cultural Vitality: Investing in Creativity Maria Rosario Jackson, senior research associate, The Urban Institute Artists and the Economic Recession Judilee Reed, executive director, Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) Teaching Artists Research Project Nick Rabkin, Teaching Artists Research Project, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago Strategic National Arts Alumni Project Steven Tepper, associate director, the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, Vanderbilt University