News

Dear colleagues,

It is with deep personal regret that I deliver to you today the news of the death of our colleague and friend, Ian Maclean: assiduous attendant to our conferences and supporter of IAOS. On behalf of all of us here at the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS), I would like to send out to his family, our most heartfelt condolences and sympathy. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time.

Special Meeting

“NSOs Professional Independence: Threats and Responses”

Tuesday 18, September 2018

Paris, France

2018 IAOS – OECD Young Scholars for Better Statistics Award

Announcement of winners

“Better Statistics for Better Lives”

Statement in Support for Andreas Georgiou.

Earlier this month, IAOS was one of the 47 US and international scientific organizations and professional societies who sent a letter to Puerto Rico Governor, Ricardo Rosselló, urging him to keep the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics (PRIS) autonomous and independent.

ISI–World Bank Fund Support for Attending the

IAOS-OECD 2018 Conference

“Better Statistics for Better Lives”

Paris, France, 19-21 September 2018

Submissions for the 2018 IAOS Young Statistician Prize have now closed.

The Scientific Programme Committee of the 2018 Conference, jointly organised by Statistics Poland (GUS), the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) Standing Committee of Regional and Urban Statistics (SCORUS) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has selected three themes for the GUS – SCORUS Conference “NEW SCALE – NEW NEEDS – NEW STATISTICS”, to be hosted by GUS in Warsaw, Poland in June 6-8, 2018.

The ASA have created the Links Lecture Award to honor the contributions of Constance Citro, Robert Groves, and Fritz Scheuren and to contribute to advancement of work in official statistics through the statistical use of administrative records and alternative data sources.

We would like to invite all IAOS members to present proposals for Invited Paper Sessions (IPS) for the 62nd ISI World Statistics Congress (ISI WSC 2019), to be held on 18-23 August 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.