useR! 2011 http://www.R-project.org/useR-2011 A conference centred on the use of R for data analysis and statistical computing. August 16-18, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIALS, AUGUST 15 http://www.R-project.org/useR-2011/tutorials A range of half-day tutorials presented by R experts. INVITED SPEAKERS http://www.R-project.org/useR-2011/invited Adrian Bowman, Lee Edlefsen, Ulrike Grömping, Wolfgang Huber, Brian Ripley, Jonathan Rougier, Simon Urbanek, and Brandon Whitcher. CONTRIBUTED TALKS/POSTERS **DEADLINE APRIL 1** http://www.R-project.org/useR-2011/#Call Abstracts are invited on innovative or interesting applications of R. REGISTRATION **EARLY BIRD DEADLINE APRIL 1** http://www.R-project.org/useR-2011/registration Early bird rates are £100/£200/£300 for student/academic/other respectively. **New for useR! 2011** All participants are invited to present a Lightning Talk, for which no abstract is required. http://www.R-project.org/useR-2011/lightning These talks provide a 5-minute platform to speak on any R-related topic and should particularly appeal to R newbies. Participants wishing to give such a talk must provide an informative title on their registration form. Further details including information on accommodation and travel can be found on the conference website. Please send enquiries to: [log in to unmask] On behalf of the organizing committee: John Aston, Julia Brettschneider, David Firth, Ashley Ford, Ioannis Kosmidis, Tom Nichols, Jennifer Rogers, Elke Thönnes and Heather Turner You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.