5th Nordic-Baltic Biometric Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 8-10, 2015 We are pleased to welcome you to the 5th Nordic-Baltic Biometric Conference (NBBC15) that will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland (www.visiticeland.com), on June 8-10, 2015. The abstract deadline has been extended to March 1, 2015. Registration and abstract submission are open at: https://events.artegis.com/event/NBBC2015 The conference is hosted by the University of Iceland: http://english.hi.is/ The venue is Hilton Reykjavik Nordica: http://www.hiltonreykjavik.com/ General information on NBBC15 can be found under: https://notendur.hi.is/~birgirhr/nbbc15.htm The keynote speakers are: - Odd Aalen, SJS invited speaker (Norway) - Daniel Gudbjartsson (Iceland) - John Hinde (Ireland) (IBS President) The invited sessions are: *Registry-based research * High-throughput data analysis * Modeling forest structure and dynamics * Statistical methods in fisheries and ecology * Causal inference * Modern statistical methods for the analysis of psychiatric data Two Pre-Conference Courses will be offered on Sunday, June 7, 2015. See program details at: https://notendur.hi.is/~birgirhr/nbbc15_program.htm Please distribute to your colleagues. On behalf of the local organizing committee and the scientific program committee of NBBC15, Birgir Hrafnkelsson Birgir Hrafnkelsson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Statistics Department of Mathematics Faculty of Physical Sciences School of Engineering and Natural Sciences University of Iceland You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.