July 28, 2015
At the 60 th ISI World Statistics Congress in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Room 201C, Rio Centro Conference Center

For IAOS members,
I look forward to your active engagement.
For observers (non-members),
This will be an opportunity to learn more about IAOS. I invite you to join IAOS.
Meeting Documents
Please download from the IAOS website at http://isi.cbs.nl/iaos/ (Top page)
“Welcome”  “IAOS 2015 General Assembly”
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12:45 – 13:55
Part 1
1. Opening and Introduction
2-1. President’s Report 2013-2015
2-2. Report of SJIAOS Editor-in-Chief
Questions and Answers
Part 2
3. Inauguration of the Incoming President
4. IAOS Strategy 2015-2017
5 . 2016 IAOS Conference (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
6. Closing
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2-1. President’s Report for 2013-2015
(1) Overall View
Three Main Pillars of IAOS activities
A. Conferences
IAOS 2014 and 2016, ISI WSC, Satellite
B. Young Statisticians Prize (YSP)
YSP 2014, 2015, 2016, ISI/WB Support
C. Stat. Journal of IAOS (SJIAOS)
SJIAOS, Members Update
Management of IOAS
D. Membership, Finance, Succession
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2-1. President’s Report for 2013-2015
(2) Three Main Pillars
A. IAOS Conferences
B. Young Statisticians Prize (YSP)
C. Stat. Journal of IAOS (SJIAOS)
Success owes very much to members, governments and international organizations that provided support.
Thank you all for your support!
(IMPORTANT!!!)
YSP2016 is already opened. (Deadline: Dec. 15, 2015)
Share this information, and encourage participation.
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2-1. President’s Report for 2013-2015
(3) Management of IAOS - Membership
600
500
400
Membership peaked in mid-
1990s.
541
(1993)
IAOS Membership (1985-2014)
Membership declined, but now recovering.
343+43
(2014)
300
200
100
277+43
(2009)
0
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013
Source: 1985-2000: ISI Newsletters 2007-2014: ISI Annual Report 2014
Note: Figures may or may not include institutional members depending on the year.
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2-1. President’s Report for 2013-2015
(4) Management of IAOS - Financial Status
• Sound financial status
• More room for increase of spending
• For 2015, expenses have been increased to provide support for SJIAOS work.
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2-1. President’s Report for 2013-2015
(5) Management of IAOS - Financial Status
200
Financial Status of IAOS (2012-2014)
(000 Euros) Equity
Fund
End 2014
€200,369
150
100
50
Income
€200,369
Expenses
€23,931
Interest
€6,056
4.5 times
Expenses
Est.
Expenses
€43,000
0
2012
Actual, Year End
2013
Actual, Year End
2014
Actual, Year End
2015
Planned
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2-1. President’s Report for 2013-2015
(6) Management of IAOS - Succession
• Strategic Planning
To be presented by the Incoming President
• Documenting and Archiving
For keeping continuity and
• Effective transition from the outgoing to the incoming Executive
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2-2. Report of SJIAOS Editor-in-Chief
Prologue
1. Overall Health of the Journal
2. Continuing Strong Teaming with IOSPress
3. Transitioning to new Editor‐in‐Chief,
Dr. Kirsten West, June next year
4. Continuing support from Editorial Assistant,
Greta Cherry
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2-2. Report of SJIAOS Editor-in-Chief
5. Successful benchmarking with JOS
(Stockholm Celebration)
6. Feedback and publicity from readers on the
June/earlier issues
7. Status of the September issue (Now at the printer)
8. Efforts to increase the number and quality of Journal submissions
Epilogue
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 Please keep your questions brief to give many participants opportunities to speak.
 In case Q & A time is not sufficient, I will be happy to answer you after GA individually.
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I thank my colleagues of the Executive Committee,
Editor-in-Chief, and others who supported our activities.
Special thanks to Ms. Nancy Gordon, advisor for the
Executive Committee.
It has been my great pleasure and honor to serve the IAOS.
Thank you for giving me such a rewarding experience.
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3. Inauguration of Incoming President
President 2015-2017: Ms. Ola Awad
(President of Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics)
President-Elect: Mr. Mario Palma
(President 2017-2019)
(Vice President of the Board of Governor of INEGI, Mexico)
Executive Committee (2015-2017):
Mr. Oliver J.M. Chinganya
(Division Manager, Stat Dept., African Development Bank)
Ms. Nancy McBeth
(Consultant, GCC Stat (Oman))
Ms. Sibylle von Oppeln-Bronikowski
(Director of Strategy and Planning, German Federal Statistics Office)
Mr. Leslie Tang
(Commissioner for Census and Statistics, Hong Kong SAR, China)
Ms. Ada van Krimpen
(Ex-Officio, Director, ISI Permanent Office)
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3. Inauguration of Incoming President
SJIAOS Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Fritz Scheuren
(Senior Fellow and Vice President of NORC, 100 th President of the ASA)
IAOS 2016 Program Committee Chair:
Mr. Eric Rancourt
(Statistics Canada)
SCORUS Chair:
Ms. Teodora Brandmueller
(Eurostat)
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IAOS President 2015-2017
Ms. Ola Awad
President
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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From here on, the 2015 IAOS General Assembly is presided by President Ola Awad.
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