The LISA 2020 Program hosted the second LISA 2020 Symposium 15-18 August 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the Impiana Hotel next to the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Symposium participants engaged in a total of six workshops during the day and social activities during the evening. During the International Statistical Institute's 62nd World Statistics Congress (WSC) 18-23 August, current members of the LISA 2020 Network shared their stat labs' best practices in several invited paper sessions. We will also hosted a Lunch Time Discussion Group about the LISA 2020 Program during the WSC. 

Schedule of the 2nd LISA 2020 Symposium

• 15 August —  Welcome dinner for all participants

• 16 August 

  • Introduction and Welcome by Eric Vance, LISA 2020 Director, University of Colorado Boulder (USA)

  • Workshop 1 —  Introduction to the ASCCR Framework for Interdisciplinary Collaboration by Eric Vance, LISA 2020 Director, University of Colorado Boulder (USA)

  • Workshop 2 —  Creating and Administering a Stat Lab by Eric Vance, LISA 2020 Director, University of Colorado Boulder (USA)

  • Workshop 3 —  Transforming Evidence to Action by Eric Vance, LISA 2020 Director, University of Colorado Boulder (USA)

• 17 August

  • Workshop 4 —  Teaching R for Data Science by Olawale Awe, Anchor University, Lagos (NIGERIA)

  • Workshop 5 —  Grant Writing

• 18 August

  • Workshop 6 —  Developing Trainings

  • Wrap-up/assessment/working session

  • Evening Opening Reception for ISI WSC

• 19-23 August — Sharing best practices via our three invited paper sessions, contributed sessions, and LISA 2020 Lunch Time Discussion Group.

  • Data Science for Renewable Energy by Bhaswati Ganguli, University of Calcutta (INDIA)

  • KNUST-LISA Trainings in Ghana KNUST-LISA Trainings in Ghana by Atinuke Adebanji, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GHANA)

  • Enhancing Election Participation in Nigeria: Project Overview by Olusanya E. Olubusoye, University of Ibadan (NIGERIA)

• Short Film on Statistical Collaboration from the University of Ibadan Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (UI-LISA) in Nigeria