*** NBBC09 - The Second Nordic-Baltic Biometric Conference ***
in Tartu, Estonia, 10 to 12 June 2009
The deadline for abstract submission is extended to 10 April, 2009
For details, see: http://www.ms.ut.ee/NBBC09
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Programme:
Keynote lectures:
Martyn Plummer (IARC, Lyon, France) "Bayesian hierarchical modelling
with JAGS"
Nanny Wermuth (Chalmers/Gothenburg University) "What does indirect
confounding imply for meta-analyses?"
Eric Renshaw (University of Strathclyde, Scotland, U.K.) "Stochastic
Growth/Interaction Strategies for Simulating Spatial-Temporal Marked
Point Processes"
Invited sessions:
Causal inference in genetics (Stijn Vansteelandt, Carlo Berzuini;
discussant: Claus Ekstrøm)
Demography & statistics (Juha Alho, Ene-Margit Tiit; discussant: Niels
Keiding)
Spatial statistics (Geir Aamodt, Aki Vehtari; discussant: Jun Yu)
Life course epidemiology (Mervi Eerola, Sven Ove Samuelsen;
discussant: Kristiina Rajaleid)
Bioinformatics (Daniel Gudbjartsson, Timo Koski, discussant: Jukka
Corander)
A pre-conference course on "Causal Inference" will be given on 9 to 10
June, 2009, by Stijn Vansteelandt (Ghent, Belgium)
Call for abstracts:
We welcome contributed papers (oral presentations as well as posters) on
a broad range of topics related to biometric research.
Deadline for abstract submission: EXTENDED TO 10 April, 2009
See details on the web: http://www.ms.ut.ee/NBBC09/abstract.html
Registration:
Early registration fees, until April 15, 2009: 250/280 EUR for IBS
members/non-members
Late registration fees: 300/330 EUR
Pre-conference course: 100 EUR
See http://www.ms.ut.ee/NBBC09/registration.html for details and
registration form.
For more information see http://www.ms.ut.ee/NBBC09
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