PSI are pleased to announce that registration for the 2017 Conference is now OPEN. Please

click here to confirm your place now and take advantage of the discounted Early Bird Rate.

The conference will be held on 14th - 17th May 2017 at the Grange Hotel, London and the theme will be "Celebrating 40 years of promoting statistical insight".

We are pleased to have already announced our two keynote speakers Richard Stephens, who will focus on a patient perspective and David Spiegelhalter who will speak on "Engaging without manipulating: the balanced communication of statistics". To find out more please visit:http://psiweb.eventsweb.co.uk/events/2017-conference/keynote-speakers

We also have a number of other plenary and parallel sessions which include: estimands, toxicology, biosimilars, quantifying effect sizes, soft skills training, animated data, regulatory hot topics and many more with speakers from industry, academia and regulatory agencies, including Lisa LaVange (Director of the Office of Biostatistics in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the USA FDA). A draft agenda will be released later this year along with the 2017 Conference app. Please see the registration brochure for more information about sessions, speakers and prices.

Due to popular demand, we are increasing the number of oral presentations from contributed abstracts and this year we will be offering a 10% discount to the 3 day conference price, for anyone selected for an oral presentation. Please note the earlier deadlines:

Oral Abstract: 18th November 2016
Poster Abstract: 27th February 2017

We welcome abstracts on any subject but would be particularly interested in the following:

Innovative Approaches to Rare Diseases
Bayesian Topics Within Early or Late Phase
Examples of Utilizing Big Data
Case Studies Involving Innovative Designs/Methodology
Advances in Early Phase Development
Case Studies Applying Estimands
Challenges in Combination Trials (any disease area)
Approaches to Development in China or Japan
Case Studies Involving Translational Research
Consideration in Cancer Immunotherapy
Applications of the New ICH E17 Guideline to Plan/Design Multi-Regional Trials

In order to submit an abstract, please download a form from

http://psiweb.eventsweb.co.uk/events/2017-conference/2017---conference which must be completed and sent to [log in to unmask]com

We will also be holding two pre-conference training courses on the afternoon of Sunday 14th May 2017:

Issues in Early Phase Drug Development
Sample Size, Power, and Adaptive Trial Design for Late Stage Studies

Please keep an eye on the Events page of the PSI website as we will add more information of Conference activities as they become available.

Finally, sponsorship and exhibition opportunities will be announced shortly. Should your company be interested please contact Nigel Howitt ([log in to unmask]) or Chris Watton on ([log in to unmask]).