Professional Skills Development

Effective communication, collaboration, career planning, and leadership are critical to the impact of individual contributions and the visibility of our profession. Ongoing professional skills development add valuable insights on how to improve, change, or advance in our careers.

Communication: Speaking, presenting, consulting, listening, and writing
Collaboration: Creating value for colleagues and clients, teamwork, and understanding research/business goals and how your work contributes to achieving them
Career Planning: Finding a challenging and rewarding position, goal-setting, career advancement, negotiation, and strategic planning
Leadership: Influence, conflict resolution, and creative problem-solving

Key Dates

    Attend
  • May 1, 2019 11:00 AM
    Registration and housing open
  • May 31, 2019
    Early registration deadline
  • June 1, 2019 12:01 AM - July 1, 2019 11:59 PM
    Regular registration (increased fees apply)
  • July 2, 2019 12:01 AM - August 1, 2019 11:59 PM
    Late Registration (increased fees apply)
  • July 3, 2019
    Housing deadline
  • July 27, 2019 - August 1, 2019
    2019 Joint Statistical Meetings
  • Program Participants
  • July 18, 2018 - September 6, 2018 11:59 PM
    Online submission of invited session proposals open
  • September 30, 2018
    Online submission of Continuing Education course proposals deadline
  • October 10, 2018 - October 29, 2018 11:59 PM
    Online submission of invited session abstracts open
  • November 12, 2018 12:01 AM - December 12, 2018 11:59 PM
    Online submission of topic-contributed session proposals
  • December 3, 2018 12:01 AM - February 4, 2019 11:59 PM
    Online submission of abstracts (all except invited papers and panels)
  • January 15, 2019
    Online submission of Computer Technology Workshop (CTW) proposals deadline
  • January 23, 2019 - April 3, 2019 11:59 PM
    Online submission of JSM Meeting & Event Requests
  • January 25, 2019
    Deadline to request registration extension for government agencies
  • April 1, 2019 - April 18, 2019 11:59 PM
    Online abstract editing open
  • May 17, 2019
    Draft manuscript deadline