With apologies for cross-posting.
This is a reminder of the upcoming deadline for abstract submissions for the
inaugural International Choice Modelling Conference to be held at the
Barceló Majestic Hotel in Harrogate in the North of England from 30 March
2009 to 1 April 2009.
Abstracts (up to 500 words) should be submitted via the conference website
www.jocm.org.uk/conference by 20 October 2008. The abstracts will be
reviewed by the academic committee for the conference, and a decision on
acceptance will be made by the end of October 2008, with full papers due by
31 December 2008.
Delegates are also encouraged to book their accommodation as early as
possible with rooms in the conference hotel being allocated on a first come
first served basis. To take advantage of promotional rates for the
conference hotel, visit the Travel/Accommodation section of the conference
website (www.jocm.org.uk/conference).
We are excited to already give some details on the conference programme. The
highlight of the conference will be a presentation by Professor Daniel
McFadden from the University of California at Berkeley, Nobel Prize laureate
in Economics and chief architect of random utility modelling.
We are similarly delighted to announce that five other leading choice
modellers have agreed to give keynote presentations at this conference.
These are:
- Professor Moshe Ben-Akiva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Professor Chandra Bhat, University of Texas at Austin
- Professor Michel Bierlaire, EPFL Lausanne
- Professor David Hensher, University of Sydney
- Professor Riccardo Scarpa, Waikato University
This conference will bring together leading researchers and practitioners
from across the many different areas in which choice modelling is a key
technique for understanding behaviour and evaluating policy. Presentations
will look both at state-of-the-art methodology as well as innovative
real-world applications of choice models. We are aiming at putting together
a high quality programme with a limited number of parallel sessions and
ample time for presentations and discussions.
We are also pleased to announce that five highly regarded international
organisations in the field of choice modelling, MVA Consultancy, Peter
Davidson Consultancy, Rand Europe, Resource Systems Group Inc. and
Significance, have agreed to sponsor this event.
We look forward to seeing you in Yorkshire in Spring 2009.
Conference organiser: Stephane Hess
Conference chair: Andrew Daly
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Dr Stephane Hess
Principal Research Fellow
Institute for Transport Studies
University of Leeds
Tel: +44 (0)113 34 36611
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http://www.stephanehess.me.uk
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