I am pleased to announce that the Statistical Consulting Section has been allocated 3 invited sessions for the 2017 JSM in Baltimore, Maryland. If you have an idea that you feel would be of interest to the statistical consulting community, please consider submitting a proposal. The proposals received will be judged by the Executive Committee of the Statistical Consulting Section and the top three submissions will be selected.
The theme for JSM 2017 is "Statistics: It's Essential," but not all sessions have to adhere to this theme. Formats vary for invited sessions; however, all are 110 minutes in length and have a session chair. The sessions typically include 2–6 participants, including the chair, with two of the most popular and successful formats being 2–3 speakers with a discussant or a panel discussion of 3–5 panelists. Please reference the call for invited sessions published in Amstat News: http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2016/07/01/jsm17invited/.
Please submit the session proposal online at http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2017/submissions.cfm. The submission site will be open through Tuesday, September 6, 2016 (11:59 p.m. Eastern, 9:59 p.m. Pacific), for session proposals.
Detailed information needed to submit an invited session proposal is provided below. If you encounter any problems with the online system, please contact Naomi Friedman at naomi@amstat.org. You will need to have the following information to submit your session proposal online:
1. Session Type (invited)
2. Session Subtype (e.g., paper or panel)
3. Sponsor (Select Section on Statistical Consulting from the pull-down menu provided; organizers can select up to 3)
4. Title of Session
5. 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
6. Theme (yes or no): Designate if the session has topics relevant to the JSM theme
7. Applied (yes or no): Designate if the session has topics relevant, or will have special appeal, to applied statisticians
8. Estimated audience size: Select the estimated audience size the session will attract
9. Session organizer, including affiliation and email address
10. Session chair, including affiliation and email address
11. Discussant (if any), including affiliation and email address
Please contact potential participants before submitting a proposal, as they already may have committed to participating in another session at JSM 2017. There are participation guidelines and restrictions regarding the number of times and in what capacity one can participate in the program: http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2017/beontheprogram.cfm.
Thanks,
H. Dean Johnson