ISBIS is part of a family of international associations that operate under the umbrella of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and this conference is a satellite event of the 64th ISI World Statistics Congress which will be held from 5 to 9 October 2025 in The Hague (60 km from Amsterdam).

To contact the ISBIS 2025 conference team please email Inez Zwetsloot.

Conference Programme

The conference will be held on Thursday 2 October (full-day) and Friday 3 October (half-day). 

We are excited to have a keynote entitled 'Analytics for a Better World' by Professor Dick den Hertog, professor of operations research and science to impact director of Analytics for a Better World. He will showcase the transformative potential of analytics in enabling non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to make a greater impact on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Furthermore we are planning sessions on:

• Advances in Statistical Classification
• Multivariate methods in quality and process modelling
• Time series analysis and forecasting
• Statical Learning and AI for societal challenges
• ENBIS, ASMBI, ISBA and y-Bis sessions
• (Social) network analysis
• And more!

Details will follow once the programme has been finalised.

Registration

The conference registration fee includes:

• Conference Banquet diner
• Coffee, tea, drink during breaks
• Lunch

Cancellations received before 7 September will receive a refund minus a €50 cancellation fee.

Registration Categories and Fees

* Kindly see Low and middle income countries and regions (ISI) to see if your country is applicable for the reduced rate

** A full-time Student must be enrolled at an educational institution for the academic school year(s) 2024-2025

Venue

The conference will take place at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), in our brand new University Library (close to BG 14).

Travel Information

Most international flights arrive at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which is about 15 km from the Amsterdam city centre. It is well-connected by train (NS) or bus (Connexxion bus 397) to central Amsterdam. 

Please note that some flights within Europe may arrive at the smaller Rotterdam Airport or Eindhoven Airport, which are respectively 70 km and 130 km from Amsterdam. Read more about getting here and getting around and check out our list of possible hotels.

Committees

Programme committee

• Nathaniel Stevens, University of Waterloo, Canada (Chair programme committee)
• Paulo Canas Rodrigues, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
• Inez Zwetsloot, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Dan Jeske, University of California Riverside, USA
• Matilde Bini, European University of Rome, Italy
• Nalini Ravishanker, University of Connecticut, USA
• Luca Frigau, University of Cagliari, Italy
• Ozan Kocadagli, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey
• Olawale Awe, Statistical Learning Laboratory, UFBA, Brazil
• Xingdong Feng, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China
• Antonio Lapore, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Local organising committee

• Inez Zwetsloot, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Rob Goedhart, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Jiaqi Qiu, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Yungming Hui, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands