Invited topic sessions and workshops are put together by an individual, group of individuals, an organisation, or a RSS group or committee. You do not need to be a RSS member to propose a session.
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.
With any highly technical topics we would expect the session to include either an introductory talk or a discussant.
The session topic should ideally fit within one of the topic streams for the conference.
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 2027 Conference are currently calling for proposals for sessions with a deadline of 21 November.
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.
Anyone wishing to submit a proposal should refer to the guidelines for proposals before starting their submission.
Please note workshops may be best placed in the professional development stream (which has a mixture of 60- and 80-minute sessions). Proposals for extended workshops can also be submitted and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Session proposals should be submitted using the official submission form. We are unable to consider proposals sent in other formats or after the advertised deadline.