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From July 12-16, the 2026 International Biometric Conference in Seoul welcomed nearly 1,000 registrants and an estimated 955 attendees to one of the most well-attended conferences in the Society's history. "The scientific community came out to support their colleagues and a very deserving conference host this year," said Executive Director Peter Doherty, read more

As part of the annual Irish Statistical Association’s form, CASI (11 th -13 th May), which this year took place in Trinity College Dublin, a BIR contributed session was held. The session was organized so that at least an author/ co-author is member of the BIR or a member of the Biometric society in general. The speakers and their titles are detailed read more

The British and Irish Region held a meeting at King’s College London on 23 April 2026. Marking the Centenary of RA Fisher’s landmark paper “The Arrangement of Field Experiments”, the meeting focussed on the design of experiments in modern biometrics. Fisher (1926) introduced, at least in outline form, many of the methods that are still being extended read more

The Annual Young-ISA Webinar ran from 12:00 until 14:30 on April 15th 2026 and focused on “The Role of Statisticians in Reproducibility”. This was a joint event with the British and Irish Region of the International Biometric Society. There were four invited speakers: Prof. Anne-Laure Boulesteix (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich), Dr. Isabella Gollini read more

The IBS-BIR genomics event took place online on 25 February 2026 and featured presentations on methods for interpreting genetic variants associated with breast cancer risk, focusing particularly on BRCA1 and BRCA2. Kyriaki Michailidou , Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Biostatistics at The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics read more