The online portal for JSM 2020 invited session proposals is now open for submissions. While it is still early in the process, it doesn't hurt to start planning, especially since the process is competitive due to the limited number of slots.The theme for JSM 2020 is "Everyone Counts: Data for the Public Good," 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: https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2019/07/01/jsm2020/.To get session information into the early planning stages for JSM 2020, please submit the session proposal online at www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2020/submissions.cfm. The submission site will be open from Thursday, July 18, through Thursday, September 5, 2019 (11:59 p.m. Eastern, 9:59 p.m. Pacific), for session proposals.
Submissions that indicate Text Analysis Interest Group as the primary sponsor will enter competition with proposals from other interest groups as well as ASA Committees. I do not know that well how this competition works; the invited session proposals that go to
sections typically face a fierce competition: some sections have ~20 proposals for ~4 slots. Please bring your ideas to the TAIG JSM meeting on Tuesday!
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Stanislav Kolenikov
Principal Scientist
Abt Associates
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