The ISI World Statistics Congress 2019 (ISI WSC 2019) will take place from 18 to 23 August 2019. This biennial event in its 62nd edition is jointly organised by the International Statistical Institute (ISI) in collaboration with the Department of Statistics, Malaysia (DOSM), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Malaysia Institute of Statistics (ISM). It will represent a prestigious opportunity which brings together about 2,500 delegates, comprising statistical researchers, academia, industry practitioners, analysts and policymakers, from all over the world to share insights on development in statistical science and to advance application of statistics for discovery, innovation and decision making.

ISI WSC 2019 will feature a fruitful and varied scientific programme of Invited and Special Invited Paper Sessions, Special Topic Sessions, Contributed Paper Sessions and Posters. Within the Invited Paper Sessions MAKSWELL will be present in the Invited Paper Session (IPS) 234 “Big data and small areas in monitoring sustainable development goals”, organized by the partner University of Pisa which will have as discussant Ray Chambers from NIASRA. The invited talks are by Ralf Münnich (UniTrier), Stefano Marchetti (Dagum Centre) Angela Luna (UniSouthampton)

Also in the IPS 264: “Intra-Country Comparisons of Poverty and Living Consitions: Influence Factors, Statistical Methods and Applications” the invited talk on Makswell topic by Gaia Bertarelli (MAKSWELL partner University of Pisa) is scheduled, which is entitled “Definition estimation and use of poverty lines: do local thresholds make a difference?”. The organiser of this session is Luigi Biggeri from Dagum Centre, University of Florence with discussant Tiziana Laureti from Dagum Centre, University of Tuscia.

During both sessions the project’s partners University of Southampton, University of Trier, CBS Statistics Netherlands and University of Pisa present and discuss  MAKSWELL results and its more relevant research activities.

Attachment         Scientific Programme available here 

                                ISI WSC 2019 List of Invited Paper Sessions_MAKSWELL

* Scientific Programme is updated as of 10^th July 2019 – be aware that it is subject to change