Contributed Sessions

Contributed sessions include papers, posters, and speed presentations. You simply submit a presentation abstract online from December 2, 2025, to February 2, 2026, for the JSM Program Committee to review for appropriate placement on the program.

Contributed sessions can be one of the following:

  • Paper: Seven participants (each presenting for 15 minutes) are grouped by the JSM Program Committee.
  • Speed: A hybrid of a poster and oral presentation, a speed session consists of 20 oral presentations of four minutes each, with five minutes of break after the first set of 10 talks. The short oral presentations are then followed by an e-poster (offered on a 42” LCD display in the landscape position) session later the same day.
  • Poster: Presentations are grouped by a JSM partner society or ASA section.

Key Dates

  • July 16, 2025 - September 3, 2025
    Online submission of invited session proposals
  • September 30, 2025
    Online submission of Continuing Education (CE) course proposals deadline
  • November 13, 2025 - December 10, 2025
    Online submission of topic-contributed session proposals
  • December 2, 2025 - February 2, 2026
    Online submission of abstracts (all except invited papers and panels)
  • January 15, 2026
    Computer Technology Workshop (CTW) proposal deadline
  • January 22, 2026 - April 2, 2026
    Online submission of JSM Meeting & Event Requests
  • January 27, 2026
    Deadline to request registration extension for government agencies
  • May 1, 2026
    Registration and housing open
  • June 1, 2026
    Draft manuscript deadline
  • June 1, 2026
    Early registration deadline
  • June 1, 2026
    Speaker registration deadline
  • June 2, 2026
    Regular registration (increased fees apply)
  • June 30, 2026
    Regular registration deadline
  • July 1, 2026
    Late registration (increased fees apply)
  • July 2, 2026
    Housing deadline
  • August 1, 2026 - August 6, 2026
    2026 Joint Statistical Meetings