The Fourth International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science: Thriving in Your Environment
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
A free, virtual, 24-hour conference, hosted by the Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science
The Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science (CWS) will host the Fourth Annual International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science on October 14, 2025—all day in UTC time—to celebrate women statisticians and data scientists around the world.
The theme this year is Thriving in Your Environment.
Women are often minorities in statistics and data science. IDWSDS highlights the pressing need for more opportunities, mentorship, and recognition. We are helping to provide a brighter future for women in these fields.
The aims of the virtual conference continue to be:
• Showcasing women and their contributions to the fields;
• Connecting women statisticians and data scientists internationally;
• Encouraging collaborations among statistical societies around the world;
• Prompting statistics and data science to become more inclusive and diverse;
• Bridging the fields of statistics and data science.
Submit your session ideas via https://www.idwsds.org/join-the-program/. As you plan your session, consider what is your environment—your location, sector, areas of application, career phase, or something else! How do you define “thriving” and how do you get the support you need from the statistics and data science community? What more is needed? We value session submissions that connect to the conference theme. The deadline for invited session proposal submissions is August 15, 2025.
Registration (the conference is free) is open at https://www.idwsds.org/registration/.
We have opportunities for sponsorship as well: https://www.idwsds.org/sponsorship/. Email idwsds@cwstat.org and follow updates on X.
We have the opportunity with Springer Nature to have a IDWSDS topical collection that will appear in the Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, with articles that are developed based on the talks presented. We will have guest editors and reviewers to help with this edition. Presenters during IDWSDS 2025 will have the opportunity to submit an outline of their paper for consideration for publication. The paper must be directly related to the IDWSDS presentation. Authors will complete their outline and papers will be submitted to the journal in March of 2026. The papers will go through peer review and will be published later that year.
By supporting IDWSDS, you become a catalyst for change—a force that amplifies the voices of women in statistics and data science. Join us as we pave the way for innovation, collaboration, and empowerment within our global community.
The Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science (CWS), the Portuguese Statistical Society (SPE), and the American Statistical Association (ASA) launched the International Day for Women in Statistics and Data Science (IDWSDS) in October 2022.
After the success of the first three events we know that this will be the annual event for the celebration of women statisticians and data scientists around the world. We are grateful to our sponsors, keynote presenters, invited speakers, volunteers, and attendees who made the previous conferences such a success.