The Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science (CWS) is very happy to invite you and your colleagues to the second conference celebrating the International Day for Women in Statistics and Data Science (IDWSDS). This 24-hour free online conference on October 10 celebrates women around the world. This year there are representatives from 22 countries. The conference starts at midnight UTC on October 10 and ends a little after midnight UTC October 11. The organizers hope you will join at times that are convenient for you, wherever you are in the world, and help celebrate October 10 as the International Day for Women in Statistics and Data Science.

The tentative program schedule includes the following sessions: A new class of orthogonal space-filling designs (China); Women in Statistics in Korea, WISK (Korea); Fostering diversity and inclusion in Japan’s data science landscape (Japan); Female students’ participation in statistics and data science: A reflection (Indonesia); Lessons learned: walking together towards success with collaboration! (Australia); Networking for success (Australia); Monash EBS PhD contest (Australia); Empowering insights: celebrating women in statistics and data science (India); A simulation study to explore the effect of repeated use of individual patient data in a MAIC-adjusted network meta analysis (Bangladesh); Young researchers from India (India); Panel on careers in statistics and data science across academia, government and industry (India); The profound impact of my mentor on my journey (Pakistan); Estimating international migration flows with administrative data (UK); Change starts with awareness (Italy); Portuguese contributions in statistics and data science (Portugal); Data analytics consulting in Nigeria: projects, challenges, solutions, and lessons (Nigeria); Aspects of biplots in multidimensional visualization (South Africa); Statistical models for conservation translocations (UK); Women and Big Telescopes (UK); The role of creativity and innovation in statistics and data science (USA); Collaborating as a woman in statistics (UK); Journey of early career women in the pharmaceutical industry and their paths forward (USA); Junior advances in Bayesian methods for complex data (UK); Florence Nightingale Day (USA); Recent developments in multivariate regression (USA); FENStatS women in action (Portugal/Spain); Empowering women’s position in scientific research and statistical organizations for a better world: focusing on selected European countries (Croatia); Research at NIH from women statisticians (USA); Bilinear regression models useful in the analysis of longitudinal and clustered longitudinal data (Canada); Ten simple rules for teaching data science (Canada); A historical perspective on the role of women in statistics (Argentina); Networking session (USA); Being a woman in Brazil: statistics on gender and challenges (Brazil); Exploring gender disparities in health, education, and employment in Costa Rica (Costa Rica).

See https://www.idwsds.org/ for details.