NOTICE: Paper submission deadline has been extended to february 29th, 2012.

The Italian Statistical Society (SIS) promotes every two years an international scientific meeting where both methodological and applied statistical research papers are welcomed. Founded in 1939, the Italian Statistical Society is a non-profit scientific society which aims to promote the development of the Statistical Sciences and their applications. It publishes an International Journal (Statistical Methods and Applications).

Today there are about one thousand members including academics and researchers from governmental and private organisations, active in statistical methodology, probability, economic statistics and demography.

The 46th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society will take place in Rome, in the period june 20, 2012 – june 22, 2012.

The conference will include 4 plenary sessions, 17 specialized sessions, 22 solicited sessions, and a number of contributed sessions. The specialized sessions include 6 sessions, organized by the Royal Statistical Society, the Société Française de Statistique, the Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, the Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística and the Deutsche Statistische Gesellschaft. See the conference overview for a list of session titles.

Submission of titles of contributed presentations is now open. See the Call for Paper in the Conference Information section for details. Additional details regading fees payment will be soon available.