Re: Submission of Invited Sessions at 2013 JSM (ASA Section on Statistical Consulting)
Hope you had a good time in San Diego if you went to the tremendous JSM this year.
This is Nan Hu, the section prgram chair for the coming year. As you probably know, the 2013 JSM program committe is soliciting proposal and ideas for invited sessions at JSM next year in Montreal, Canada. Our section will have 3 allocated invited sessions and also have chance to participate the ASA sections competition for 19 a
dditional invited sessions at JSM 2013 (each section can submit up to two session proposals for competition).
The theme of the 2013 <st1:PersonName w:st="on">JSM</st1:PersonName> is "Celebrating the International Year of Statistics," a secondary theme is "Big Data". Formats may vary for invited sessions, but all are 110 minutes in length and have a session chair. The sessions in previous years typically included two - six participants, including the chair, with two of the most popular and successful formats being two-three speakers with a discussant or a panel discussion of three - five panelists. Please reference the Call for Invited Sessions article for more information about invited sessions at <st1:PersonName w:st="on">JSM</st1:PersonName> 2013. http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2012/07/01/jsm2013invited/
please submit your session proposals online at http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2013/invitedsessions.cfm.
The submission due on September 6, 2012 (11:59pm Eastern, 9:59pm Pacific).
Detailed information needed to submit an invited session proposal (sponsored by us) is provided below:
1. Session Type (Invited)
2. Session Sub-type (e.g., paper or panel)
3. Classification (allocated) - I will contact the runners-up to see if they are interested in the ASA sections competition for the additional 19 invited sessions.
Sessions entered as "allocated" will require a password (quebec)
4. Primary Sponsor (Select Section on Statistical Consulting from the pull-down menu provided)
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 <st1:PersonName w:st="on">JSM</st1:PersonName> theme
8. Applied (yes or no): Designate if the session has topics relevant, 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
Please contact potential participants before submitting a proposal as they already may have committed to participating in another session at the 2013 <st1:PersonName w:st="on">JSM</st1:PersonName>. There are participation guidelines and restrictions regarding number of times and in what capacity one can participate in the program http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2013/guidelines.cfm (the guidelines will remain the same for 2013).
If you have any ideas, suggestions and concerns regarding our 2013 JSM invited sessions, please contact me at nan.hu@hci.utah.edu. I hope to hear from you with a submission by September 6, 2012 -------------------------------------------
Nan Hu
University of Utah
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