Final Call: Submit a Late-Breaking Session Proposal to Be on JSM Program

Alexandra M. Schmidt, McGill University

The 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings will take place in Nashville, Tennessee, from August 2–7. If you are not yet part of the program, there is still one opportunity for you to get involved.

The program has room to accommodate one to two late-breaking sessions. As the name suggests, these sessions allow coverage of breaking developments of keen public interest in which statistical issues are highly relevant. A late-breaking session must cover a technical, scientific, or policy-related topic that has arisen in the one-year period prior to JSM.

The competition for late-breaking sessions is open to any organization or member of a partner society. Proposals will be judged on statistical and scientific quality, novelty and timeliness of material, potential audience appeal, and completeness. Note that, according to the participant guidelines, you can present in a late-breaking session and another session.

Submitting a Proposal

Proposals for a late-breaking session should be submitted from February 6 to April 15 to JSM 2025 Program Chair Alexandra M. Schmidt via the online submission system. A proposal for a late-breaking session should contain the following information:

• The session title
• A session description, including a summary of its statistical and scientific content, an explanation of its timeliness, and comments on the specific audiences for which it will be of principal interest
• The format of the session (e.g., paper or panel session)
• Names of the session organizer; chair; and all speakers, panelists, and discussants
• Complete affiliation and contact information (mailing address, phone, fax, email) for organizer, chair, and all participants
• A title for each presentation (if a paper session)
• Web links to relevant technical reports, if applicable

As you prepare these items, note that all prospective session participants—including the chair, speakers/panelists, and discussants—should have agreed to participate in the session before the session proposal is submitted.