The Belgian Region of the International Biometric Society is hosting the
second Channel Network Conference, to take place from April 6-8, 2009,
in Gent, at the conference centre Het Pand
(http://www.ugent.be/nl/voorzieningen/cultuur/hetpand/historiek.htm).
The Channel Network Steering Group identified the following three broad
themes as the invited programme:
*Biological versus Statistical Interactions *
Invited speakers: Sir David Cox (Oxford University, U.K.), Anders
Skrondal (Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway), Tyler
VanderWeele (University of Chicago, U.S.A.)
*Mixture Models and Growth Curves *
Invited speakers: Mario Cortina Borja (University College London, U.K.),
Richard Silverwood (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
U.K.), Stef van Buuren (TNO Quality of Life, The Netherlands)
*Multivariate Survival Analysis *
Invited speakers: Alioum Ahmadou (Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux II,
France), Robin Henderson (Newcastle University, U.K.), Hans van
Houwelingen (LUMC, The Netherlands)
The conference will start on Monday, April 6 (9h to 12h30) with an
optional `Crash Course on P-splines' given by Paul Eilers (University of
Utrecht, The Netherlands) and close with a keynote lecture given by
Thomas Schiex, (INRA, France).
You are invited to submit an abstract for a contributed oral/poster
presentation through the conference website
_http://www.cvstat.ugent.be/ibs_. Contributions may cover a wide range
of topics, but contributions devoted to one of the topics of the invited
sessions are particularly encouraged. Deadine for abstracts submission
is: January 15, 2009.
Online registration for this conference is possible before March 15,
2009 through the conference website _http://www.cvstat.ugent.be/ibs_.
The deadline for early bird registration is February 15, 2009.
Registration for the short course will be opened from mid January onwards.
Participants should arrange their own accommodation, e.g. through the
website: _http://www.visitgent.be/_ for hotels or
_http://www.bedandbreakfast-gent.be/_en/home.php_ for bed and breakfast
facilities. Because the conference takes place during the mid term
holiday, early booking is strongly encouraged. A list of hotels in the
city center (i.e. around the shopping street `Veldstraat', which is 100
meters away from the conference center) and in the neighborhood of the
train station `Gent Sint Pieters' (which has a fast tram connection with
the city center) will also soon be provided on the conference website.
I look forward to welcoming you at the next Channel Network Conference!
Stijn Vansteelandt
Chair organizing committee
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