The 2013 Nonclinical Biostatistics Conference will take place October 15–17.

The Society of Actuaries International Living to 100 Symposium is scheduled for January 8–10, 2014, at the Walt Disney World Swan Resort in Orlando, Florida.

The 36th Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop with the theme “Sharing Statistical Solutions,” will be held at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, May 20–22 at the alumni center.

The National Institute of Justice and National Science Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes a framework for a partnership to leverage their respective strengths and resources. Under this memorandum, the two agencies will coordinate workshops and other educational and networking opportunities for their staffs and for researchers and practitioners in the field.

This year the Indian Statistical Association’s Journal of the Indian Statistical Association (JISA) turns 50 and to celebrate the event a special Golden Jubilee volume of the journal is being published.

The museum and exhibits committee of Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 is holding an open source exhibition of virtual modules competition. Submissions are due by May 15.

The department of mathematics and statistics and the department of biostatistics at Boston University are hosting the 26th New England Statistics Symposium (NESS) on April 21.

Rajshahi University Statistics Department held the Golden Jubilee Celebrations on December 23-24, 2011 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the department.

The ASA has joined other leading statistical societies to declare 2013 the International Year of Statistics in order to promote the importance of statistics to the broader scientific community, business and government data users, media, policymakers, employers, students, and the general public. Here, ASA Executive Director Ron Wasserstein describes the focus of the event.

A special August issue of the Journal of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics features a festschrift for Prem Narain, who is celebrating his 75th birthday.