Exhibitor

The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians. The ASA supports excellence in the development, application, and dissemination of statistical science through meetings, publications, membership services, education, accreditation, and advocacy. Our members serve in industry, government, and academia in more than 90 countries, advancing research and promoting sound statistical practice to inform public policy and improve human welfare.  The learn more about the ASA visit us at www.amstat.org.

DevInfo

UNICEF promotes dissemination of evidence-based data for planning and advocacy. A key element of this strategy is DevInfo, a powerful database system that tracks progress towards the MDGs and monitors commitments to sustained human development. It is a user-friendly tool that quickly generates tables, graphs and maps. Learn more at www.devinfo.org.

IPUMS-International

IPUMS-International is a global collaboratory of university researchers and national statistical offices.  Our goals are to preserve, harmonize, and disseminate census data and documentation to qualified researchers world-wide, free of charge.  The database currently contains data from 55 countries with 159 census samples and over 326 million person records available. 

SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine. An independent company, SAGE has principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC. www.sagepub.co.uk

Statistical Solutions designs, develops and distributes unique statistical software applications for statisticians, clinical researchers and data analysts. Statistical Solutions is the global exclusive distributor of nQuery Advisor, the world’s leading sample size calculation and power determination software. Other applications include, SOLAS for Missing Data Analysis, BMDP Statistical Software and EquivTest.

Chapman & Hall/CRC Press – Taylor & Francis Group is a premier statistics books and journals publisher.  Our products include a range of books and journals that cover many areas from biostatistics to theory and methods.  Our books will be available at 20% discount throughout the conference, with selected titles at half price. There is also a post-conference discount that runs for one month, so don’t forget to take an order form from our booth as well as a FREE journal sample.

UNICEF

UNICEF is the lead UN agency responsible for the global monitoring of the child-related MDGs. UNICEF supports data collection through its Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys—MICS. It develops new methodologies for tracking estimates in priority issues. UNICEF maintains and updates a series of global databases on key indicators that are found on www.childinfo.org.

The Royal Statistical Society is one of the world’s premier statistical societies. Its membership comprises statisticians in government, industry, commerce, education and research; professional statistics users; and those with a general interest in the subject. The Society promotes public understanding of statistics and supports its members’ interests.

The 59^th World Statistics Congress (WSC) will be hosted in Hong Kong by the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in August 2013.  Being the Asia’s world city, Hong Kong is committed to rendering the highest level of professional competence and efficiency in making the 59^th WSC a successful and memorable event for all of you.  Hope to see you in Hong Kong in the 59^th WSC.  More information can be found at www.isi2013.hk.