The Biometrics Section begins 2012 with an introduction to this year’s executive committee.

The Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop (MBSW) will be hosted by Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, from May 21–23 for the 35th consecutive year. MBSW was created to meet the needs of U.S. pharmaceutical industry statisticians in the Midwest, but continues to welcome attendees from across the country and around the world.

Proposals for JSM late-breaking sessions should be submitted by April 13. Also, the section’s newsletter editors give 10 reasons why everyone should read the SRMS newsletter.

The Statistics and the Environment Section announces a short course, Introduction to Analysis of Extremes: Univariate and Multivariate Cases.

More than 210 statisticians, methodologists, and health policy experts gathered from October 5–7, 2011, at The Ritz Carlton in Cleveland, Ohio, for the ninth International Conference on Health Policy Statistics.

Each year, the Myrto Lefkopoulou lectureship is awarded to a promising biostatistical scientist who has made contributions to either collaborative or methodologic research in the applications of statistical methods to biology or medicine and/or excellence in the teaching of biostatistics. Find out how you can submit your nomination.

The 29th ASA Quality and Productivity Research Conference will be held at the Long Beach, California, campus of California State University from June 5–7. The goal of the conference is to stimulate interdisciplinary research among statisticians, scientists, and engineers in quality and productivity, industrial needs, and the physical and engineering sciences.

News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the February issue. For a complete listing of news and information about members of the ASA, click here.

John Czajka outlines the activities the Survey Research Methods Section has lined up for 2012.

It looks as if 2012 will be an exciting year, with a number of conferences slated and new webinars on the horizon.