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News: TheuseR! 2026conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland, July 7-9.
The R Foundation actively supports two conference series, organizedregularly by members from the R community:
- useR!, a forum for the R user community.
- DSC, a platform for developers of statistical software.
A rough outline of the format for the respective conferences is givenbelow; both conference formats were developed by theAustrian Association forStatistical Computing (AASC) in cooperation with theR Foundation forStatistical Computing.
The R Foundation alsoendorses a smallnumber of conferences for special events or to encourage thedevelopment of the local R community in under-supported regions.
Conference-related activities are co-ordinated by the“RFoundation Conference Committee” (RFCC) currently consisting ofJulie Josse (Ecole Polytechnique),Heather Turner andAchim Zeileis (UniversitätInnsbruck) plus ex officiosecretaryand treasurer of the R Foundation. The RFCC can be contacted byemail atR-conferences@r-project.org.
The R Foundation has apolicyrequiring acode of conduct at Rconferences.
useR! — International RUser Conference
TheuseR!2026 conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland, July7-9.
For regular updates followuseR_conf@mastodon.socialon Mastodon,user-conf onLinkedIn, oruser-conf onBluesky.
Calls for proposals to organize useR! will be announced on this page,and the R Foundation social media accounts:R_Foundation@fosstodon.orgon Mastodon,the-r-foundation-for-statistical-computingon LinkedIn, andr-foundationon Bluesky.
Major announcements regarding useR! (e.g. call for abstracts, callfor proposals to host useR!) are also made on the low-volumeR-Announcemailing list (posts to R-Announce go to theR-help mailinglist as well).
useR! is the main meeting of the R user and developer community, itsprogram consists of both invited and user-contributed presentations:
- The invited keynote lectures cover a broad spectrum of topicsranging from technical and R-related computing issues to generalstatistical topics of current interest.
- The user-contributed presentations are submitted as abstracts priorto the conference and may be related to (virtually) any R-related topic.The presentations are typically organized in sessions of regular talks,lightning talks, and poster presentations.
- The RFCC welcomes expressions of interest from potential localorganisers. Groups thinking about hosting a useR! conference are welcometo contact the RFCC by email atR-conferences@r-project.org.
Usually, no proceedings are published for useR! conferences, thoughslides and videos are often available on the conference websites. From2022, videos can be found on theuseR! YouTubechannel.
TheuseR!Knowledgebase provides a guide for anyone involved in organizinguseR!, while theuseR!Infoboard provides data on past useR! conferences. These resourcesare maintained by useR! organizers past and present.
useR! 2026. Warsaw,Poland.
useR! 2025, Durham,NC, USA.
useR! 2024,Salzburg, Austria. (localcopy).
useR! 2022, online.(localcopy).
useR! 2021, online.(localcopy).
useR! 2020, online.(localcopy).
useR! 2019,Toulouse, France. (localcopy).
useR! 2018,Brisbane, Australia. (localcopy).
useR! 2016,Stanford, CA, USA. (localcopy).
useR! 2015, Aalborg,Denmark. (localcopy).
useR! 2014, LosAngeles, CA, USA. (localcopy).
useR! 2013,Albacete, Spain (localcopy).
useR! 2011,Coventry, UK (localcopy).
useR! 2010, Gaithersburg, MD,USA. (localcopy).
DSC — Directions inStatistical Computing
DSC is a conference for the developers of statistical software andresearchers in statistical computing which is somewhat focused on butnot exclusively devoted to R. It aims at providing a platform forexchanging ideas about developments in statistical computing (ratherthan `only’ the usage of statistical software for applications).
DSC has had two different incarnations. The first was a biennialconference series from 1999 to 2009 with open registration, an open callfor papers and peer-reviewed conference proceedings. After a 5 yearhiatus, DSC resumed in 2014 as an annual conference coinciding with theGeneral Assembly of the R Foundation.
DSC 2020, St Louis, MO, USA.
DSC 2019, Stanford, CA, USA.
DSC 2018, Stanford, CA, USA.
DSC 2017, Brussels, Belgium.
DSC 2016, Stanford, USA.
R Summit 2015, Copenhagen, (localcopy).
DSC 2007,Auckland, New Zealand (local copy,proceedings have been published as issue24/2of Computational Statistics).
DSC 2005, Seattle, USA (localcopy).
DSC2003, Vienna, Austria (local copy,proceedings).
DSC2001, Vienna, Austria (local copy,proceedings).
OtherConferences Endorsed by The R Foundation
Special Events
- useR! Regional 2023
- R/Basel2023, Friday 21 July, Basel, Switzerland.
- SummeR Bay Area R Meetup, San José State University, San Francisco.
- GoodSoftware Engineering Practice for R Packages workshop, Thursday 20July.
- Dayconference, Friday 21 July.
- celebRation28-29 February 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark. A two-day celebration ofworkshops and invited talks to mark the 20th anniversary of the releaseof R version 1.0.0.
Events in under-supportedregions
Selected conferences are endorsed by the R Foundation to encouragethe development of useR!-like meetings in regions currently beyond thereach of useR!. The aim is to strengthen the local useR community,particularly in academic and scientific research. These meetings mayhave official languages other than English.