The 3rd Congress of Polish Statistics

The 3^rd Congress of Polish Statistics, organized by Statistics Poland and the Polish Statistical Association, will take place from 26 to 28 April 2022 in Krakow. This year's edition of the Congress will commemorate the 110^th anniversary of the Polish Statistical Association.

The 3^rd Congress of Polish Statistics is addressed to both national and international academics, scientists, experts, stakeholders of official statistics as well as to representatives of public institutions and media.

Its aim is to strengthen multi-dimensional cooperation of Statistics Poland with the scientific community as regards constant development of methodology of statistical research which founds professional and independent official statistics.

The Congress of Polish Statistics is one of the most important scientific events organized by Statistics Poland and the Polish Statistical Association. It follows a tradition of joint meetings aiming at deepening the dialogue between official statistics and scientific community.

Danny Pfeffermann is the National Statistician and Director General of Israel's CBS. He is Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Southampton.

His main research areas are: Analytic inference from complex sample surveys; Seasonal adjustment and trend estimation; Small area estimation; Inference under informative sampling and nonresponse and more recetly; Mode effects and Proxy surveys. 

Professor Pfeffermann published about 80 articles in leading statistical journals and co-edited the two-volume handbook on Sample Surveys. He is Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), and recipient of several international awards.

Partha Lahiri is a professor of Survey Methodology and Mathematics at the University of Maryland College Park and an adjunct research professor at the Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.   His areas of research interest include data linkages, Bayesian statistics, survey sampling and small-area estimation.  Dr. Lahiri served on the editorial board of a number of international journals and on many advisory committees, including the U.S. Census Advisory committee and U.S. National Academy panel.  He also served as an advisor or consultant for various international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank.  He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. Dr. Lahiri is the recipient of the 2020 SAE award for his outstanding contribution to the research, application, and education of small area estimation.