The 39th American Statistical Association Quality and Productivity Research Conference will be held June 6–8, 2023, in Houston, Texas, at the University of Houston.

The Quality and Productivity Section executive committee reviews the section goals for 2023.

The Survey Research Methods Section reports on its latest business meetings and upcoming conference BigSurv23.

David Banks, chair of the Text Analysis Interest Group, talks about the work ahead for those in the text analysis field. Wendy Martinez will serve as the first chair of the section.

The Biometrics Section is seeking candidates to be voted on during the 2023 election.

The section honored Bates for contributions to statistical computing infrastructure; developments of S, R, Julia, and mixed-effects models; and their applications in statistical research and practice.

The Quality and Productivity Section held its business meeting virtually on August 1.

Chris Barker invites interested members to help develop a “data privacy toolbox” that statisticians and data scientists can use in their day-to-day work.

The Biometrics Section will sponsor a number of invited sessions and a mixer at JSM.

Proposals for JSM 2023 invited sessions are due in early September, and proposals for topic-contributed sessions are due in early December.