Call for invited session proposals for the 2026 IMS Annual Meeting

July 6–9, 2026 in Salzburg, Austria

https://imstat.org/2026AnnualMeeting/

The 2026 IMS Annual Meeting will be held in Salzburg, Austria, July 6–9, 2026, at Salzburg Congress (https://www.salzburgcongress.at/en). The organizers (Kavita Ramanan, IMS President; Genevera Allen, Program Chair for Statistics; Remco van der Hofstad, Program Chair for Probability; and Arne Bathke, Local Chair) welcome proposals for invited sessions in probability and statistics. There are approximately 15 slots in probability and 15 in statistics to be filled as a result of this open call.

To propose an invited session, you will need a session title and a short description. You will need to provide details for the session organizer, the session chair, and three speakers. Each speaker’s talk will be 25 minutes followed by a short Q&A.

Session proposals will be judged on importance, novelty, impact and timeliness. In addition, a good session proposal, although containing talks on a common theme, will be diverse in its outlook and participant line-up. Proposal submission will close on November 15, 2025. Acceptance decisions will be made by December 1. To submit your session proposal, please complete the form at https://imstat.org/2026AnnualMeeting/Invited/.

Salzburg is renowned as the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Christian Doppler, and was the picturesque setting for The Sound of Music. As the city of music, it is the home of the Salzburg Festival, one of the most famous annual Western classical music festivals in the world, which will kick off shortly after the IMS Annual Meeting. Salzburg is also a spectacularly scenic city, with beautiful surroundings for almost any type of outdoor activity. It’s an ideal destination for a summer visit, and centrally located in Europe.

The conference will cover a broad range of topics from statistics and probability, as well as the IMS Wald lectures by Tilmann Gneiting, Medallion award lectures by Ian McKeague, Bodhisattva Sen, and Jelle Goeman, and the IMS Presidential Address by Kavita Ramanan, in addition to several other plenary, invited, and contributed presentations. Conference participants will also be treated to a classical chamber concert, by joint invitation of the Federal State of Salzburg and the City of Salzburg. Join us!