About

ISM International Statistical Conference. ISM-V

Institute of Statistics Malaysia (ISMy) is a leading statistical society in Malaysia with a long history of  tradition since its establishment in 1984.

ISMy mission is to promote proper practice, propagation, and dissemination of statistical knowledge for the benefit of society. Our members are diverse , associated with academic institutions,  Department of Statistics Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia, various government agencies and industries.

ISMy flagship event is the biennial ISM International Statistical Conference, where participants from Malaysia and across the globe meet to exchange and explore ideas and to network. The first ISM, ISM-I was conducted in 2012 at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Other ISMy conferences were hosted previously by Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Universiti Malaya and Sunway University for the second, third and fourth series respectively. This year, the fifth installment of the statistical conference makes its way once more to Johor Bahru, where Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) play host to this important event with the theme,

Statistics in the Spotlight: Navigating the New Norm

The 5th ISM International Statistical Conference (ISM-V) is a three-day event starting from 17th August 2021. This date coincidentally marks ISMy’s 37th birthday celebration!

This year, ISM-V is collocating with another conference, thus we offer more information packed content to participants including three plenary sessions by speakers from University of Bologna, Auckland University of Technology, Microsoft and Serba Dinamik. Also two forum sessions on Post-Pandemic Lessons for Industries and Post-Pandemic Upskilling, with panelists including speakers from Scomi Transit Project, Smart City & Urban Tech, Naluri Hidup, Open Learning Limited, TalentCorp, Malaysia Bureau Labour Statistics and Cisco. 

See you then!