Improving Official Statistics
Improving Official Statistics
Improving Official Statistics
Improving Official Statistics
Dear IAOS members
I am writing to tell you about a number of IAOS activities which need your attention.
1. IAOS 2025 General Assembly
The 2025 IAOS General Assembly (GA) will be held at 12:30 pm – 13:55 pm (CEST), 9 Oct 2025, during the 65th ISI World Statistics Congress (WSC), taking place in The Hague, Netherlands, from on 5 – 9 Oct, 2025
The General Assembly will be in a hybrid format, allowing colleagues unable to attend the WSC to join virtually.
If you wish to attend the General Assembly virtually, please email Angie Simms at angie.simms@stats.govt.nz to receive a registration link to join the meeting. Colleagues attending the General Assembly in person are welcome at the Antarctica Meeting Room, World Forum, The Hague.
The Agenda is currently being finalised and will be available to all members by the end of August 2025. Please also advise Angie Simms if you have items for discussion.
The updated statutes will be a key item for discussion at the General Assembly. All IAOS members will be sent the final statutes for voting early in August. It is critical that all members take the time to consider the new statutes and vote. More information on the voting process will be available in early August.
2. IAOS events at the World Statistical Congress
The IAOS has organised a number of sessions of interest to members. These include the IAOS President session (a panel discussion on the Impact of AI on the Operations of NSOs), sessions organised by IAOS members and presentations from recent Young Statistician Prize winners.
3. SJIAOS Editor in Chief – are you interested in making your mark on the SJIAOS?
We are looking for a new Editor in Chief who can build on the great work that Pietro Gennari, our current Editor in Chief has done with the journal over the last two years. If you want to make your mark on the SJIAOS, including working with the incoming EXCO to determine the most appropriate business model going forward, then send your expression of interest to Dominik Rozkrut at contactIAOS@gmail.com by 5 August. More information, including the Job Description, is on the IAOS website.
4. YSP Focal Point
As Gary Dunnet, our current YSP Focal Point will become the IAOS President 2025 – 2027, we are looking for a new YSP Focal Point. The Focal Point is responsible for liaising with the IAOS EXCO and a panel of judges to ensure that the YSP is launched and advertised, entries judged, and the results communicated There is a great team of judges, and well tested templates and operating procedures. We are ideally looking for someone from the Northern Hemisphere, who can commit for the next two years. Contact Gary Dunnet at iaosysp2025@gmail.com for more information. Expressions of interest close at the end of July.
5. IAOS 2026 conference Update
The 2026 IAOS conference will be held from May 12 to 14, 2026 preceded by training courses on May 11, 2026. in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The conference has the theme of Navigating the Data Revolution: Innovations and Impact in Modern Statistics. More information, including deadlines etc will soon be available on the IAOS website.
Looking forward to seeing many of you at the WSC in October and then again at the IAOS Conference in May 2026.
Dominik Rozkrut
IAOS President 2023-25
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