International Biometric Society
The International Biometric Society is an international professional and academic society promoting the development and application of statistical and mathematical theory and methods in the biosciences, including biostatistics.
It sponsors the International Biometric Conference , held every two years.History
The society was founded on September 6, 1947, at the First International Biometric Conference at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, US. Its first president was Ronald Fisher, its first secretary was Chester Ittner Bliss, and its first treasurer was J. W. Hopkins.Regions and networks
The society is organized into regions and networks, many of which also hold their own conferences.Publications
It publishes the journal Biometrics, the Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics jointly with the American Statistical Association, the quarterly newsletter Biometric Bulletin, and the regional journal Biometrical Journal.