Invited topic sessions and workshops are put together by an individual (you do not need to be a RSS Fellow), group of individuals, an organisation or a RSS committee with a panel of speakers who they invite to speak on a related topic. The session topic should ideally fit within one of the
topic streams for the conference.
The proposed session is considered by the RSS conference board for inclusion on the programme. The conference is intended to cover the full range of sectors working with statistics and data science including academia, business, industry, government and public sector.
The organisers of the 2025 Conference are currently calling for proposals for sessions with a deadline of
21 November.
Anyone wishing to submit a proposal should refer to the
guidelines for proposals before starting their submission.
Invited sessions will be a standard 80 minutes long but can take any format – two or three speakers with or without discussant, a panel discussion, workshop, consultation session, etc. The organisers welcome innovation in the format of sessions.
Please note workshops may be best placed in the professional development stream (which has a mixture of 60- and 80-minute sessions).
With any highly technical topics we would expect the session to include either an introductory talk or a discussant.
We are keen to receive proposals for sessions which cover new research and results, recent advances in statistical methodology, areas of controversy/debate, topical discussion, and informative and innovative case studies.
Session proposals should be submitted using the
official submission form. We are unable to consider proposals sent in other formats.