The journal Science has featured comments by ASA Executive Director Ron Wasserstein on attendance numbers at the JSM in the wake of government policy. The article featured the views of officers of several scientific societies on the implications of recent developments on researchers including foreign delegates attending scientific meetings. Other organisations who contributed opinions and discussed implications for their revenue generation efforts and financial health included the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
A link to the article is here:
https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-slump-attendance-plummets-some-science-meetings-others-hold-steady
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Dr Arun Chind
Awards Chair
Statistical Computing & Graphics (SC&G) Sections
American Statistical Association
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Physician, Economist, Statistician
Proshen Health & Risk Consulting, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom. Email: arunpeter@yahoo.com
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