Call for Invited Session Proposals ICSA and ISBS Joint Statistical Conference

Call for Invited Session Proposals ICSA and ISBS Joint Statistical Conference Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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The International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) and the International Society for Biopharmaceutical Statistics (ISBS) are pleased to announce the Joint Statistics Conference to be held from Sunday, June 9 to Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, in the outskirts of the US Capital, Washington DC. The theme of this joint conference is Globalization of Statistical Applications, in recognition of the International Year of Statistics 2013.

& m6 j2 O7 q2 n" v2 fThe Program Committee is now soliciting proposals for invited paper sessions for the conference. The submission deadline for formal invited session (both oral and poster) proposals is February 1, 2013. Proposals reflecting the theme of the conference are particularly encouraged. Invited sessions will be selected by the Program Committee from those submitted.

Invited sessions typically have 4 speakers (25 minutes each) or 4 speakers plus adiscussant (20 minutes each).  Formal invited session proposals should be submitted to one of the program co-chairs: Aiyi Liu (liua@mail.nih.gov) and Yi Tsong (tsong@cder.fda.gov) for ICSA submissions; Frank Bretz (frank.bretz@novartis.com) and Mark Chang (mchang@amagpharma.com) for ISBS submissions.
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4 p; ?8 p3 a! q2 Q: vThe formal proposal should include the following information:
1 d! n# j+ r2 t+ b5 D3 q9 n7 b' h# t1.        Session title
2.        Brief (1-2 paragraphs) description of session
* B- w3 ~# k( [( C3.        Organizer name, affiliation, telephone, and e-mail address
7 P/ C  z& x+ R( V. w  p8 {4.        Session chair name, affiliation, telephone, and e-mail address
" R6 q, D+ V0 Z3 n+ @5 R5.        Speaker information
6 D2 ]; z6 @1 ]- `) u4 V, L1.        Name, affiliation, and e-mail/telephone
% e. }6 A, U9 B2 j( t; K/ Y. A2.        Talk title
9 B: S) J; j: u+ c6 f3.        Indication of whether the speaker has agreed to attend the conference if session is selected
, o& h. ?! z' V. k7 T! n4.        Indication of any conflicts the speaker might have with meeting dates
: i8 l+ P- i8 s: K  q, t# g6.        Preferred order of presentations
7.        If not selected, whether the session can be moved to invited poster sessions.
For more information, visit the ICSA website at http://www.icsa.org/meetings.htm

Joint Conference by the International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) and the International Society for Biopharmaceutical Statistics (ISBS)
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The International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) and the International Society for Biopharmaceutical Statistics (ISBS) are pleased to announce the 2013 Joint Statistics Conference to be held from Sunday, June 9 to Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, in the outskirts of the US Capital, Washington DC.  This will be the 22nd annual symposium for ICSA, and the 3rd international symposium for ISBS. The theme of this joint conference is Globalization of Statistical Applications, in recognition of the celebration of the International Year of Statistics 2013. We envision that this joint meeting will allow us to attract industrial statisticians and many international statisticians as well as statisticians working in government and academia. 
Keynote speakers include Prof. Marie Davidian, North Carolina State University and the 2013 President of the American Statistical Association (ASA); Dr.  Nancy Geller, Director of Office of Biostatistics Research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, and past President of the American Statistical Association (ASA); Dr. Rob Hemmings, Statistics Unit Head at the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and Chair of the Scientific Advice Working Party (SAWP); Dr. Lisa LaVange, Director of Office of Biostatistics, CDER, Food and Drug Administration. We are also delighted to confirm Prof. Xiao-Li Meng, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University as the conference banquet speaker.     
. N/ O4 a# u. FThere will be short courses, invited sessions, contributed sessions, and poster presentations. Details will be announced on our website http://www.icsa.org/2013/ and http://www.isbiostat.org/main/.
$ I- S1 W9 b- a# u8 s# g; ~) Z8 VWe at ICSA and ISBS join the strengths and efforts to make this conference a unique and memorable learning experience. We sincerely welcome all ICSA and ISBS members, and all people interested in application of statistics to participate, organize invited sessions, submit papers to the contributed sessions, and provide suggestions. The executive committee welcomes suggestions and help from all interested members. 
" ]; l" S% v/ S9 m& G( n- w- wQuestions and suggestions can be addressed to Aiyi Liu at liua@mail.nih.gov or Mark Chang at mchang@amagpharma.com.
: I' x8 c  x0 [/ F; c' C The Executive Committee for 2013 ICSA-ISBS Joint Statistical Symposium
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