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One of the late-breaking sessions at JSM 2018, Addressing Sexual Misconduct in the Statistics Community, featured, from left, Keegan Korthauer, Dianne Cook, Kerrie Mengersen, Leslie McClure, Lance Waller, Kristian Lum and Brian Millen.

Richard Levine, JSM 2019 Program Chair

The year 2019 has arrived and JSM Denver is in sight! JSM Program Committee members began scientific program planning back in July 2018, with the final sessions submitted and scheduled in February. Check out the online program to see what we have in store for you.

Though such a lead-time is absolutely necessary for a conference this size, we realize statistical events worthy of presenting about at JSM may occur throughout the year. We thus have the late-breaking session competition, which will add up to two sessions to the JSM program, subject to approval by the Committee on Meetings.

A late-breaking session must cover one or more technical, scientific, or policy-related topics that have arisen during the one-year period prior to JSM. These are hot statistical issues of the day and/or pressing contemporary issues in statistics.

The competition is open to any member or organization of a member society. Proposals will be judged on statistical and scientific quality, timeliness, significance and impact, potential audience appeal, and completeness.

Submitting a Proposal

Submit late-breaking session proposals to the JSM 2019 program chair, Rich Levine, with a copy to the ASA meetings department by April 15. The proposal must include the following:

• Session description, including title, summary of statistical and scientific content, explanation of the subject’s timeliness and significance, and comments about the intended target audience
• Format of the session (e.g., a chair and four panelists, 2–3 speakers and a discussant, etc.)
• Names, affiliations, and contact information for the session organizer, chair, and all participants (speakers, panelists, discussants as appropriate)
• A title for each presentation in the session
• Links to relevant technical reports or news reports, if applicable

Organizers are expected to ensure participants agree to participate before the proposal is submitted. Note that a late-breaking session does not count against the JSM “one main presentation rule.”

I thank every participant ahead of time for contributing to an excellent JSM 2019 program. We look forward to this last phase of program planning and then to #MakingAnImpact in Denver this summer!

Recent Late-Breaking Sessions

You can find details in the programs still posted on the ASA JSM websites.

2018

Addressing Sexual Misconduct in the Statistics Community

Statistical Issues in Application of Machine Learning to High-Stakes Decisions

2017

National Governments, Coerced Narratives, Creative Language, and Alternative Facts

Hindsight Is 20/20 and for 2020: Lessons from 2016 Elections

2016

Invest in What Works: First Steps Toward Establishing Evidence-Based Policymaking Clearinghouse

Data Journalism and Statistical Expertise: An Urgent Need for Writers, Bloggers, and Journalists to Be Statistically Savvy

2015

The VA Secretary Bans a Statistics Book

Meeting the Challenges of a Pandemic: The Statistical Aspects of Dealing with Ebola

2014

Statistical Science and the President’s BRAIN Initiative

Recent Concerns About Reproducibility and Replicability: The Statistical Aspects