The ISBA Program Council and the committee of Named Lectures for the 2026 ISBA World Meeting, are pleased to announce a call for nominations for lecturers of the Bruno De Finetti and Susie Bayarri Lectures. The deadline to submit nominations for these lectures is Sunday, April 15th, 2025.
The Bruno de Finetti Lecture is delivered at the ISBA World Meetings by an outstanding scholar who has provided significant contributions to the advancement of Bayesian Statistics. The lecture was created to honor de Finetti’s influential work and is funded by an endowment created by numerous scholars and Italian institutions to mark the 30th anniversary of his death in 2015. For details and past lecturers, please see https://bayesian.org/project/de-finetti-lecture/
The Susie Bayarri Lecture is delivered at the ISBA World Meetings by an outstanding young researcher who has received a terminal degree in a statistically related field no more than ten years prior to the award’s calendar year. Eligibility extensions will be permitted under the following circumstances, which should be outlined in the nomination letter: parental-leave; long-term illness; military, public or civil service; care for a dependent; bereavement. The lecture is named to honor the memory of lifetime member M. J. Susie Bayarri. For details and past lectures, please see https://bayesian.org/project/susie-bayarri-lecture/
Nominations may be made by any ISBA member and should include a nomination support letter. For the Susie Bayarri Lecture nominations should also include the nominee’s CV, specifying the year their terminal degree was awarded. All nominations should be prepared in a single pdf file and sent to the Program Council at program-council@bayesian.org.