Dear Colleagues, For those that are attending, hope everyone is enjoying the start of JSM in Montreal. I know some of the other sections have already sent out similar emails about 2014 invited session proposals, so what follows is a highly plagiarized email for the
Section on Statistical Consulting. It is already time to start thinking
about invited session proposals for JSM 2014 to be held in Boston, MA from August 2nd through the 7th, 2014. The Section on Statistical Consulting is soliciting proposals and suggestions for proposals for invited sessions for JSM 2014. The theme of JSM 2014 is "Statistics: Global Impact - Past, Present, and Future," but not all sessions need to adhere to this theme. Formats vary for invited sessions, but all are 110 minutes in length and have a session chair. The sessions typically include 2-6 participants, including the chair, with the more popular formats being 3-4 speakers with a discussant or a panel discussion of 3-5 panelists. Please reference the Call for Invited Sessions article for more information about invited sessions at JSM 2014:http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2013/07/01/2014invite/. Please keep in mind that the selection of invited session proposals is a competitive process due a limited amount of allocated slots for each section.
The deadline for submitting invited session proposals is midnight EST, Thursday, September 5, 2013. Detailed information needed to submit an invited session proposal is provided below but feel free to contact me earlier in the submission process. Please contact me at npajewsk@wakehealth.edu if you are interested in organizing an invited session or have suggestions for an invited session. I will need to have the following information from you as a part of your session proposal:
1. Session Type (invited)
2. Session Subtype (e.g., paper or panel)
3. Classification (competition)
4. Primary Sponsor (Section on Statistical Consulting)
5. Title of Session
6. Session Description - please provide the following information in this field:
@ Short description of session, including focus, content, timeliness, and appeal
@ Invited speakers/panelists, including affiliation and email address for each participant and tentative title for each presentation
@ Format of session (e.g., chair, three speakers, and discussant)
@ No abstracts are required for submission at this time
7. Theme (yes or no): Designate if the session has topics relevant to the JSM theme
8. Applied (yes or no): Designate if the session has topics relevance, or will have special appeal, to applied statisticians
9. Estimated audience size: Select the estimated audience size the session will attract
10. Session organizer, including affiliation and email address
11. Session chair, including affiliation and email address
12. Discussant (if any), including affiliation and email address
Thank you in advance for considering organizing an invited session, I look forward to hearing from you. -------------------------------------------
Nicholas Pajewski
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
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