Following our earlier survey on the topic, we have now returned our report on the future of ISBA conferences to the ISBA Executive Committee and Guido Consonni wrote an extensive summary of the contents of this report for the ISBA Bulleting that just appeared. This is most timely since it comes just days prior to the ISBA World Meeting in Nagoya, Japan, with a discussion session on Thursday, during lunch break, where we will present the conclusions of this report and engage in discussions with the participants. Looking forward to it!
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reporting on the future of ISBA conferences
Posted in Books, Kids, Travel, University life with tags committee work, discussion, inclusiveness, ISBA, ISBA 2026, Japan, mirror workshop, multi-hub conference, Nagoya on June 25, 2026 by xi'anInternational Day of Woman & Girls in Science
Posted in Kids, pictures, University life with tags DEIA, diversity, Engineering, gender gap, gender imbalance, inclusiveness, International day of women and girls in science, mathematics, Science, STEM, technology, UNESCO, United Nations, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization on February 11, 2026 by xi'an
keep meetings hybrid
Posted in Statistics, Travel, University life with tags ABC in Grenoble, COVID-19, diversity, Finland, Grenoble, hybrid Monte Carlo, inclusiveness, INRIA, ISBA 2022, ISBA Bulletin, Italy, Levi, mirror workshop, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Saint-Laurent, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, University of Warwick on September 30, 2022 by xi'an
I was reading the latest ISBA Bulletin and the tribune by ISBA President Sudipto Banerjee celebrating the return to the physical ISBA World meeting, along with worries about participants who caught COVID there. (Unfortunately, one good friend of mine experienced symptoms that went beyond the mild cold-like ones I zoomed through a few days ago.) This particular issue of creating a COVID cluster [during coffee breaks?!] provides [me with] one further argument for my supporting hybrid and multimodal meetings on a general basis. Which should [imho] appear in the proposals for the 2026 and 2028 World Meetings (deadline on 31 October)…(The 2024 meeting in Venezia will certainly involve hybridicity! As will BayesComp in Levi.) Discussing the topic with others in some scientific committees recently made me realise this was not such a shared perspective, from reasons varying from worrying about balancing the budget, to zoom fatigue, to the added value of informal interactions. Still, there also are reasons for hybridising our meetings, from reduced travel impact, to more inclusiveness, on geographical, diversity, affordability, seniority grounds. Holding hybrid conferences with multiple regional mirrors allows for a potentially higher degree of interaction and local input. And a minimal organisational effort.
