ISI 140th Anniversary Webinar: "A Tribute to the Past, Celebration of the Present, and Vision for the Future."
| Date | 24 Jun 2025 |
| Time | 12:00 CEST - 13:00 CEST |
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| Instructor |
Kerrie Mengersen
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| Registration fee | |
A Tribute to the Past
Jean-Louis Bodin – Reflecting on the history of the ISI
Celebration of the Present
Xuming He – Key highlights and challenges in today’s statistical landscape
Denise Lievesley – ISI’s global and capacity-building role
Amanda Golbeck – Women and underrepresented groups in statistics
Special Act
Antonietta Mira – A celebratory segment
Vision for the Future
Fabrizio Ruggeri – The ISI vision for 2025–2027
Renata Rojas Guerra, ISI Young Ambassador – The next generation’s voice
Moderator
Kerrie Mengersen
Host
Conchita Kleijweg
Instructors
About the instructor
Professor Kerrie Mengersen
Distinguished Professor of Statistics at QUT, ISI Vice-President
Professor Kerrie Mengersen is a globally recognised leader in statistical science. She is a Distinguished Professor at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), where she leads the QUT Centre for Data Science, and an Associate Member of the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford. She currently serves as Vice-President of the International Statistical Institute.
She holds a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from the University of New England and has held academic and industry positions at leading institutions. Her research spans Bayesian methods, complex systems modelling, and applied statistics, with practical impact in fields such as environment, health, and industry.
Professor Mengersen has published over 350 journal articles, supervised more than 30 postgraduate students, and led more than 30 major research grants. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In 2024, she received the prestigious Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture from the Australian Academy of Science. She also led the team behind the Australian Cancer Atlas 2.0, a partnership between QUT and Cancer Council Queensland, which received two Oceania Geospatial Excellence Awards.