IV CIS International Statistical Forum “New Methods and Technologies in Statistics” was held on October 1–2, 2026, in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia. 
At the opening of the Forum, speeches were delivered by Denis A. TREFILOV, CIS Deputy Secretary General; Konstantin E. LAYKAM, Chairman of CIS-Stat; Stepan L. MNATSAKANYAN, President of Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia; Graciela MÁRQUEZ COLÍN, Chair of UN Statistical Commission, President of National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico; and Tiina LUIGE, Director of UNECE Statistics and Data Division. 
More than 160 participants took part in the Forum, both in person and online – heads and experts from national statistical services of CIS countries and other countries around the world, representatives of international organizations, as well as a wide range of users representing government bodies and the experts’ community.
The Forum’s discussions covered such topics as: the perspectives of producers and users on the modern statistics development; the use of administrative registers and big data for official statistics; and the prospects for applying artificial intelligence in official statistics.