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tion and collaboration among researchers people, activities include oral presentations, days will consist of plenary and parallel
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in Asia and the Pacific Rim. It also will panel sessions, poster presentations, con-
sessions covering a variety of topics.
promote communication and collabora- tinuing education courses, an exhibit hall, a
OF E
Additional research and results will be
tion between researchers in this area and placement service, society and section busi-
AR
presented via poster sessions. A call for
those from other parts of the world. The ness meetings, committee meetings, social
papers is expected to be announced in
program covers topics in statistics and prob- activities, and networking opportunities.
November 2008. For more information,
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ability, presenting recent developments and For more information, visit www.amstat.
visit
www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/
the state of the art in a variety of modern org/meetings or contact Elaine Powell, 732
research topics and applications. For more North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA
symposium2009 or contact Caroline
information, visit
http://ims-aprm.org or 22314; (888) 231-3473;
jsm@amstat.org.
Rondeau, 150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway,
contact Runze Li, Department of Statistics,
R.H. Coats Building, Ottawa, Québec K1A
Penn State University, University Park, PA
16–22—International Statistical Institute
OT6, Canada;
caroline.rondeau@statcan.ca.
16802-2111; (814) 965-1555;
57th Biennial Session, Durban, South
ril4@stat.psu.edu.
Africa
This session will include meetings of
2010
the Bernoulli Society, the International
July
Association for Statistical Computing,
the International Association of Survey
May
1–3—International Conference of
Statisticians, the International Association
Computational Statistics and Data
➤ 23–26—38th Annual Meeting of the
for Official Statistics, and the International
Engineering 2009, London, United
Statistical Society of Canada, Québec City,
Association for Statistical Education. For
Kingdom
Québec
more information, visit
www.cbs.nl/isi
Held under the World Congress on
This conference will bring together academ-
or contact Shabani Mehta, 428 Prinses
Engineering and organized by the ic, government, and industrial researchers
Beatrixlaan, P.O. Box 950, Voorburg,
International Association of Engineers, this
International 2270 AZ, The Netherlands;
as well as users of statistics and probability.
meeting serves as a good platform for the
+31-70-3375737;
isi@cbs.nl.
Featured will be workshops and invited and
research community to meet and exchange
contributed sessions on all areas of statistics
ideas. For more information, visit
and probability. About 450 statisticians are
www.iaeng.org/WCE2009/ICCSDE2009.
September
expected to participate. For details, con-
html or contact William Young at
wce@iaeng.org.
21–22—6th International Meeting on
tact Thierry Duchesne, Université Laval,
Statistical Methods in Biopharmacy, Paris,
Département de mathématiques et de statis-
20–22—International Symposium France
tique, Pavillon Vachon, Québec, Quebec
in Statistics on GLLMM, St. John’s, This meeting will focus on innovative sta- G1K 7P4, Canada; (418) 656-2131, Ext.
Newfoundland tistical approaches to design and analysis of 5077;
thierry.duchesne@mat.ulaval.ca.
The objective of this symposium is to bring clinical trials, specifically missing data, flex-
together a set of speakers and discussants ible designs, multiplicity, and meta-analysis.
➤ 25–27—Joint Research Conference
to describe the latest research in GLLMM Contributed papers are welcome if they are on Statistics in Quality, Industry, and
with applications to biostatistics, econo- relevant to these areas; contributed post- Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
metrics, and ecological and environmental ers are welcome if they describe unrelated,
The Quality and Productivity Research
studies, among others. For more infor- but innovative, research on the design and
Conference and the Spring Research
mation, visit
www.iss-2009-stjohns.ca or analysis of clinical trials. For more informa-
Conference on Statistics in Industry
contact Brajendra Sutradhar, Department tion, visit
www.biopharma2009-sfds.fr or
and Technology will be held jointly at
of Mathematics and Statistics, St. John’s, contact Claude Petit, 900 Ridgebury Road,
the National Institute of Standards and
Newfoundland A1C 5S7, Canada; Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 798-4303;
7097378731;
bsutradh@math.mun.ca.
claude.petit@boehringer-ingelheim.com.
Technology (NIST). The goal of the con-
ference is to stimulate interdisciplinary
research among statisticians, engineers, and
August October
physical scientists in quality and produc-
*1–6—2009 Joint Statistical Meetings, 27–30—25th International Methodology
tivity, industrial needs, and the physical
Washington, DC Symposium, Gatineau, Québec
sciences. The conference will feature pre-
JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) is the This anniversary symposium, titled
sentations on statistical issues and research
largest gathering of statisticians held in “Longitudinal Surveys: From Design to
approaches drawn from collaborative
North America. It is held jointly with Analysis,” is for researchers with private research. For more information, contact
the American Statistical Association, the research organizations, governments, Will Guthrie, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop
International Biometric Society (ENAR and universities who are interested in
8980, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8980;
and WNAR), the Institute of Mathematical statistical or methodological issues specific
(301) 975-2854;
will.guthrie@nist.gov. n
Statistics, and the Statistical Society of to longitudinal surveys. The first day will
Canada. Attended by more than 5,500 consist of workshops, while the following
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