The 2010 International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society will take place in Brighton from 13-17 September. This annual conference seeks to bring together statisticians, researchers, analysts and other users of statistics from across the UK and around the world to hear, digest and discuss the latest research and developments in the world of statistics. Topics for the 2010 Conference include: - Climate change modelling - Building trust in statistics - Financial Statistics - Measuring progress - Scientific analysis in policy making - Performance indicators - Adaptive clinical trials - Risk - Genetics - Composite likelihood - Recent advances in MCMC - Statistical literacy For a full list please see http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=3168 Submissions are now open for contributed sessions, talks and posters on any of the conference topics or any other topic or area of interest related to the study and use of statistics. Submissions from statisticians and users of statistics in the early stages of their careers are positively encouraged. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 31 March. Full details about submitting an abstract can be found here: http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=3167 Paul Gentry Theme Manager, Meetings & Conferences Royal Statistical Society Direct Tel. (020) 7614 3918 Fax. (020) 7614 3905 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.