b' TRAINING AND EDUCATIONISTA Workshop on Statistics for Young@ISTA April 2025, Saint Louis, USAKirk Remund1 and Dr Jean-Louis Laffont21Bayer Crop Science, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA2JLL Stat Consulting, Grezels, FranceWorkshop participants with their certificates: (back row, left to right) Karen Richard, Lara Figueroa, Aurore Philibert, Xuemei Si, Kirk Remund; (front row, left to right) Thomas Michelon, Pablo Gonzalez, Jean-Louis Laffont, Nick SyringYoung@ISTA statistics workshop participants at Bayer Crop Science in April 2025 The future is bright for the ISTA Statistics Committee with Young@ISTA statistics workshop participantsIN EARLY APRIL 2025, ISTA SPONSOREDthe ISTA Statistics Committee. Together, theythe legacy of Dr Jean-Louis Laffont, Kirk Remund, A YOUNG@ISTA STATISTICS BESTshared key statistical methodologies developedDr Sylvain Grgoire, and many other leaders of PRACTICES WORKSHOP at the Bayerfor ISTA over the past two decades, ensuringthe Committee through its rich history.Crop Science campus in Saint Louis, Missouri.accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility in Talented and emerging industry statisticiansseed physiology, genetic and seed health testingThe three-day training workshop was a from seed organisations in Argentina, Brazil,methods. Additionally, they discussed statisticalresounding success and will pay dividends France, Uruguay and the USA travelled to Saintmethods for evaluating seed testing laboratoryto ISTA for years to come. As one enthusiastic Louis to participate in this workshop. proficiency and sampling techniques. participant from Uruguay shared on LinkedIn, The event was brilliantly led by Kirk Remund and Dr Amanuel Ghebretinsae, Bayer Crop ScienceThe primary objective of this workshop wasDr Jean-Louis Laffont over three days of intense USA, opened the workshop with encouragingto provide seed testing technical tools for theand inspiring activity. They showcased the words for the participants. The workshop was ledYoung@ISTA Statistics Committee members. Thisincredible work theyve accomplished in recent by Dr Jean-Louis Laffont, Vice-Chair of the ISTAstatistical theoretical and practical groundingyears, developing innovative methodologies Statistics Committee alongside Kirk Remund,will enable the participants to become the futurefor seed testing analysis and outlining exciting Bayer Crop Science statistician and Chair ofleaders of the Statistics Committee, building oncollaborative projects for new members.SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL OCTOBER 2025 79'