ISI call for papers and posters

The 57th Session of the International Statistics Institute (ISI) be hosted by South Africa at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) in August 2009.

This Session is historic, in that it will be the first to be held in sub-Saharan Africa since the inception of ISI sessions over 120 years ago. It presents Africa with an unprecedented opportunity to consolidate an agenda for an African Statistical Renaissance, placing statistics at the centre of informed and evidence-based decision-making .

The ISI Scientific Programme comprises four components:
Invited Paper Meetings (IPMs)

These meetings are largely finalised. The topics accepted are listed in the IPM Programme. For further information, including details and contact addresses of the organisers, please click on IPM.

Special Topic Contributed Paper Meetings (STCPMs) )
Each STCPM will be allocated a slot of two-and-a-quarter hours. The meeting may follow a standard format, but the format is flexible. An organsier may want to include a number of short presentations, or fewer more substantial papers, or may prefer to organise a panel discussion. There are still opportunities to organise an STCPM on a particular topic or aspect of statistics of one’s choice. We welcome innovation and look forward to your contributions! If you would like to discuss your ideas. For further details click on STCPM, and please contact Professor Tim Dunne, Chair, Local Programme Committee, by e-mail at: tim.dunne@uct.ac.za

Contributed Paper Meetings (CPMs)

Please consider submitting a contributed paper to the Durban conference. Contributors have until 13th April 2009 to submit or revise an abstract on any topic within the very broad field of statistical theory, methods, application or education. Contributed paper authors are typically offered 15 minutes for their presentation. We will attempt to group contributed papers together according to their content and this process will be assisted if each contributor can select one or more of the categories offered on the registration form which best suit the paper. Click on CPM to read more. We will aim to include as many of the contributed papers as possible, but when the CPMs slots are filled, contributors will be asked if they would be prepared to present a poster instead.

Posters

An alternative to offering a contributed paper is to submit an abstract for a poster, on a topic of one’s choice. Contributors of accepted submissions will be asked to bring the poster to Durban. Each poster will be allocated display space and a day of exhibition. A time slot will be allocated at which contributors can explain the research/work to interested participants and answer their questions. There will be several prizes for the best posters. We intend that this activity should be both a serious and a fun part of the conference. We particularly welcome contributions from students and other young statisticians. Click on Posters for more details
For Abstract Submissions click here