A two-day conference on Social Statistics honoring the scientific contributions of Professor Emeritus David J. Bartholomew is organized by the Department of Statistics at the London School of Economics. The conference will take place on the 12-13th of December 2011 at the London School of Economics, UK. Confirmed Invited Speakers Ian Deary, University of Edinburgh Ian Diamond, University of Aberdeen Harvey Goldstein, University of Bristol David Hand, Imperial College Jouni Kuha, London School of Economics Shing On Leung, University of Macau Colm O’Muircheartaign, University of Chicago Chris Skinner, London School of Economics Fiona Steele, University of Bristol The conference schedule as well as registration details soon to be announced on the conference's website: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/statistics/events/Special%20Events%20and%20Conferences/2011conference.aspx You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.