Dear all,

the Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting (BAYSM2021) will take place online on September 1-3, 2021.

BAYSM is the official conference of j-ISBA, the junior section of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis. It is intended for Ph.D. Students, M.S. Students, Post-Docs, Young and Junior researchers working in the field of Bayesian statistics, providing an opportunity to connect with the Bayesian community at large. Senior discussants will be present at each session, providing participants with hints, suggestions and comments to their work. Distinguished professors of the Bayesian community will also participate as keynote speakers, making an altogether exciting program.

Registration is now open https://events.stat.uconn.edu/BAYSM2021/ https://events.stat.uconn.edu/BAYSM2021/and it will be free, but mandatory. The event is also supported by ISBA and Yunnan University (Kunming, China). Young researchers interested in giving a talk or presenting a poster are invited to *submit an extended abstract by May 10, 2021* during the registration process. Notification of acceptance will be given by the end of June. *The extended abstract should be written according to the template and instructions provided on the registration page*, the template is downloadable from the button "Resources".

For organizational reasons, we kindly ask all the interested researchers to register even if they just want to attend the meeting, the deadline for registration is again May 10, 2021.

*Confirmed Keynote speakers:*

Maria De Iorio

Francesca Dominici

David Dunson

Xuanlong Nguyen

Amy Shi

Jessica Utts

*Confirmed discussants:*

Cathy WS Chen

Pierre Jacob

Rosangela Loschi

Li Ma

David Rossel

While the meeting is organized for and by junior Bayesians, attendance is open to anyone who may be interested.

For more information, please visit the conference website: https://events.stat.uconn.edu/BAYSM2021/ https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevents.stat.uconn.edu%2FBAYSM2021%2F&data=04%7C01%7Craffaele.argiento%40unicatt.it%7Cfd3774ac1a15470c82ac08d8f46576ae%7Cb94f7d7481ff44a9b5886682acc85779%7C0%7C0%7C637528064042306169%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=clZehjZbFqflNolV16FVWsw%2BOcAAuakT00QJdX8KDeU%3D&reserved=0

Or write an email to baysm.isba@gmail.com

On behalf of the BAYSM2021 organizing committee