Società Italiana di Statistica

What Società Italiana di Statistica does

Società Italiana di Statistica (SIS) is an Italian nonprofit professional society that promotes the discipline of statistics and serves statisticians, researchers, academics, junior scholars, and institutional members across Italy. It is governed by a Consiglio Direttivo (Board of Directors) and is not venture-backed, publicly listed, or owned by a parent company. Its primary customers are its members (Soci SIS, Studiosi Junior, Studiosi Corrispondenti) and member organizations (Sections, Working Groups, Commissions, Schools), with revenue generated principally through annual membership dues; specific fee amounts are not publicly disclosed.

The society's core product surface is the Open SIS platform (open.sis-statistica.org), launched in 2011, which aggregates member services: an online survey service built on the open-source LimeSurvey platform, collaborative document writing (Google Docs / Zoho Docs), wiki creation (PBWorks, Wikispaces, Zoho Wiki, Google Sites), group email aliases under the sis-statistica.org domain, and a structured 'Open Projects SIS' framework for member-driven research, software, surveys, books, study groups, permanent groups, and commissions. The society also operates an annual Italian Statistics Day (Giornata Italiana della Statistica) in co-organization with ISTAT, accompanied by a Multimedia Competition with disclosed prizes of €500 / €200 / €100, and supports BarCamp-style unconferences.

Its go-to-market is community-led: an annual Call for Open Projects issued in September–October drives participation, the Open SIS blog drives top-of-funnel awareness, and member word-of-mouth inside the academic and professional statistics community drives acquisition. The society is regionally scoped to Italy, has no disclosed permanent office (a Scuola SIS training event was held at the former Convento S. Croce di Fossabanda in Pisa in September 2011), and has no disclosed headcount, revenue, or post-2011 operating data.

Name

Società Italiana di Statistica

Legal name

Società Italiana di Statistica

Website

https://open.sis-statistica.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Società Italiana di Statistica (SIS) is an Italian nonprofit professional society that serves statisticians, researchers, academics, and junior scholars through membership-based access to its Open SIS platform — providing LimeSurvey-based online surveys, collaborative documents, wikis, email aliases, and an Open Projects research collaboration framework.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (813920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Information Systems (SIS) Administration & Data Management (Non-EdTech Ops) (EDAEALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

National Statistics & Census Administration (BPAIAAAF)

Keywords

• Professional statistical society
• Membership association services
• Online survey platform
• Collaborative research platform
• Statistical open projects

Headquarters

HQ city

Pisa

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: The society operates primarily through membership fees. Members (Soci SIS, Studiosi Junior, Studiosi Corrispondenti) pay annual dues. Membership fee regularity is a prerequisite for accessing online services (email, LimeSurvey, collaborative tools).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Società Italiana di Statistica (SIS) is a nonprofit professional society that provides Italian statisticians with a member services platform (Open SIS) offering online survey tools, collaborative document writing, wiki creation, email aliases, and an Open Projects framework for joint research and knowledge production. The society coordinates an annual Italian Statistics Day event, a multimedia competition, BarCamp-style unconferences, and training programs for the Italian statistical community.

Product overview

Società Italiana di Statistica operates Open SIS, a unified member services platform offering online survey capabilities powered by LimeSurvey, collaborative project management through Open Projects SIS, and various digital collaboration tools including document writing (Google Docs/Zoho Docs), wiki creation, and BarCamp organization services. The platform serves as the digital infrastructure for SIS professional activities, including the annual Giornata Italiana della Statistica event and multimedia competitions. Services are accessible to members who maintain active membership status and pay regular dues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Open SIS Platform A member services portal providing SIS members with web-based tools for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and professional activities, including online surveys, collaborative document writing, wiki creation, project management, email aliases, and community engagement features.
• Open Projects SIS Open collaborative project framework enabling SIS members to propose and participate in research projects, software development, statistical surveys, book publications, study groups, permanent groups, and commissions under an open participation model with annual Call for Open Projects and Board oversight.
• Online Survey Service (Indagini Online) Online survey creation and management service powered by LimeSurvey, supporting over 50 languages and multiple question types (arrays, lists, multiple choice, open text, numeric). Enables questionnaire design, survey planning, data collection, quota management, results analysis, and respondent invitation management for statistical research.
• Email/Alias Service Personal email and service alias service providing members with email addresses in the format [email protected] and group email aliases for sections, groups, commissions, and schools.
• Giornata Italiana della Statistica (Italian Statistics Day) Annual Italian Statistics Day event organized by SIS to promote statistical literacy and the statistics profession in Italy, featuring presentations by multimedia competition winners and joint visibility with ISTAT.
• Scuola SIS 'Web e Statistica' Five-day educational program covering web tools for statistical production and analysis, open data topics, and technoethics, combining theoretical presentations and practical applications for SIS members and the statistical community.
• Multimedia Competition (Competizione Multimediale) Annual multimedia competition promoting statistics and the statistician profession through submissions in texts, images, audio, and video formats, with awards (€500 first place, €200 second, €100 third) presented during Italian Statistics Day.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 10 participants per discussion table, approximately 60 total participants per BarCamp event
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 October 2011SIS and ISTAT collaborate on the annual Italian Statistics Day. Winning entries from the SIS Multimedia Competition receive visibility through presentations on both the SIS website and the ISTAT website, providing national exposure across both organizations' audiences.
• LimeSurvey (Open-Source Community)coreTechnology or IntegrationSIS provides its members with access to LimeSurvey, an open-source online survey software, as the technical foundation for its online survey service. The LimeSurvey platform is used by SIS members to create, manage, and analyze statistical surveys, covering all phases from questionnaire design to data analysis.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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