Together Again in Texas A recap of the 2021 ISTAT Americas conference ISTAT members convened in Austin, Texas, for ISTAT Americas from 1-3 March 2020. Just over a week later, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic. Eighteen months later, from 14-16 November 2021, over 1,500 attendees returned to the Lone Star State for another ISTAT Americas conference. 14 * THE OF F I C I AL PUBL I CAT I ON OF ISTAT