The IMS supports professional meetings through
sponsorship or co-sponsorship. Support takes the form of advertisement,
access to members and membership lists, and IMS endorsement.
The IMS does not offer financial support
for sponsored or co-sponsored meetings. For some sponsored
meetings the IMS will share in profits/losses (see below).
Co-sponsored
meeting
Requirements:
Approval of the IMS Council
There must be IMS participation
on Program Committee
IMS members should be able to present contributed papers. Poster
sessions meet this requirement. Typically contributed papers/posters
are not subject to review.
There can be no exposure of
the IMS to financial loss.
Benefits:
The IMS
Bulletin will publish general information about
the meeting, including the call for papers, and a brief
program consisting of the invited sessions. (It is the
responsibility of the organizers to provide the necessary
information to the Bulletin in a timely fashion.)
Meeting information will
be made available on the IMS web site, and meeting announcements
are eligible for inclusion in the monthly IMS e-bulletin.
An IMS mailing list, and
address labels, are available by request from the Executive
Director.
Meeting organizers have
access to IMS membership for collaboration in program
development.
Sponsored
(Numbered) meeting
Requirements:
Approval of the IMS Council
The Program Chair (or IMS
Program Chair in the case of a joint meeting) must be
appointed or approved by the IMS Program Secretary,
in consultation with the IMS President.
There should be IMS representation
on both the Program and Local Arrangements Committees.
The meeting should include
one or more IMS invited sessions, overseen by the IMSProgram
Chair.
IMS members must be able
to present contributed papers. Typically contributed
papers are not subject to review.
Benefits:
On a case by case basis,
the IMS will participate financially in sponsored meetings,
sharing profits and losses in proportion to the attendance
of IMS members.
The IMS
Bulletin will publish full information about the
meeting, including web page links, registration forms
and the program. (It is the responsibility of the organizers
to provide the necessary information to the Bulletin
in a timely fashion.)
Meeting information will be
made available on the IMS web site, and meeting announcements
will be included in one or more of the monthly IMS e-bulletins.
An IMS mailing list, and address
labels, are available from the Executive
Director.
Meeting organizers have access
to IMS membership for collaboration in program development.
To apply for IMS Co-sponsorship
or Sponsorship, please submit a formal request, including the
following information, to the IMS
Program Secretary by electronic or regular mail.
The title, date, and location
of the meeting. The date of the meeting should not conflict
with the IMS Annual Meeting or the annual Joint Statistical
Meetings overseen by the American Statistical Association.
The names and affiliations
of the organizers, or the members of the program committee.
A short abstract of the topics
to be covered.
The IMS Executive Committee and IMS Council must approve
all applications for sponsored and co-sponsored meetings.
