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The 20th Italian Stata Conference will take place on 17 September 2026 in Milan. There will also be an optional workshop on 18 September.
Meet researchers from different disciplines, discover new applications highlighting Stata’s potential capabilities for applied research, exchange new community-contributed commands developed for Stata, and interact directly with statisticians from StataCorp.
The scientific committee is especially interested in presentations about community-contributed commands focused on the following:
Applied studies exploiting the latest methodologies introduced in Stata 19 are also welcome.
For examples of past presentations, view the proceedings page.
If you are interested in presenting, submit your abstract to the scientific committee. Please include a short, informative title, and indicate whether you wish to give
Include your name, affiliation, and phone number. If your presentation has multiple authors, please identify the presenter.
The deadline for submissions is 15 July 2026.
Scott Cunningham, PhD
18 September 2026
Visit the official workshop page for more information.
Di Liu
Di Liu is a Principal Econometrician in the econometric development team at StataCorp LLC. Di is fascinated by writing statistical software for researchers and doing research in both theoretical and applied econometrics. He is the primary developer of some Stata features, including heterogeneous DID, instrumental-variables quantile regression, treatment-effects estimation using lasso, lasso for prediction, lasso for inference, spatial autoregressive models, heckpoisson, and betareg. He also published research articles in Canadian Journal of Economics, Econometrics Reviews, Empirical Economics, Econometrics and Statistics, and the Stata Journal. Di has a PhD degree in economics from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada; an engineer's degree in software engineering and statistics from Polytech'Lille in Lille, France; and master's and bachelor's degrees in computer science from Hohai University in Nanjing, China.
Kristin MacDonald
Kristin MacDonald is the Executive Director of Statistical Services at StataCorp LLC. Kristin has been with Stata since 2006. Her primary responsibilities include Stata documentation, statistical aspects of marketing, and coordination of Stata training. She also collaborates with Stata developers, especially in design and documentation of commands for structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, item response theory, and causal inference. Kristin holds a master's degree in statistics from Texas A&M University.
Participants are asked to travel at their own expense. Conference fees include breaks, lunch, course materials, and a temporary Stata license for those attending the workshop.
| Conference fees (VAT not incl.) |
Student | Other |
|---|---|---|
| Conference only | € 60 | € 110 |
| Conference + workshop | € 195 | € 420 |
Registration deadline is 10 September 2026.
Visit the official conference page for more information.
TStat is delighted to sponsor, via our project “Investing in Young Researchers”, two full-time PhD students from any of the countries for which TStat is the official Stata distributor. Sponsorship covers both the first day of the conference and the workshop (including the bed and breakfast accommodation). Travel expenses are to be paid for the participant. To apply for sponsorship, please send your curriculum vitae to [email protected].
The logistics organizer for the 2026 Italian Stata Conference is TStat S.r.l., the official distributor of Stata for Italy, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
View the proceedings of previous Stata Conferences and Users Group meetings.
