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The MRC Biostatistics Unit are delighted to announce details of a workshop: Clinical trials in the era of precision medicine: new developments to be held on 26th - 27th March 2020 in Cambridge, UK. Precision medicine has the aim of determining which patients benefit from which treatment. Clinical trials have an important role in gathering robust evidence for enabling precision medicine. This workshop will showcase new developments in the design, conduct and analysis of precision medicine trials. It will consist of invited speakers from the UK and beyond as well as contributed talks. Confirmed invited speakers: Dr Jean Abraham, University of Cambridge Professor Jack Bowden, University of Exeter Professor Kit Roes, Radboud University, The Netherlands Dr Rowena Sharpe, University of Birmingham Dr Rebecca Turner, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL Professor Ian White, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL Professor Christina Yap, Institute of Cancer Research Dr Haiyan Zheng, Newcastle University Abstracts are invited for a contributed talk or poster, please note the closing date for abstracts is 31st January 2020. To submit an abstract or to find out more details about the event, please go to: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/workshops/clinical-trials-in-the-era-of-precision-medicine-new-developments/. Abstract submission and registration is now open. The registration fee for this workshop (including an evening reception) is: £200 for industry delegates, £150 for academics or public sector, £50 for students (please note there are a limited number of £50 places available). This workshop takes place in the same week as a two-day course ‘Statistical methods for design and analysis of precision medicine trials’ (https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/training/short-courses/statistical-methods-for-design-and-analysis-of-precision-medicine-trials/) You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.