ICSA 2009 APPLIED STATISTICS SYMPOSIUM

June 21st-24th, San Francisco, California, USA

The 18^th Annual ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium will be held on June 21-24, Sunday to Wednesday, 2009, with short courses on June 21^st and scientific sessions on June 21-24, at the Westin Hotel, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA, USA. The symposium is co-sponsored by the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

The symposium has 4 short-courses and 59 invited sessions, including 2 keynote address sessions, 5 special invited sessions, and 53 invited sessions, and 7 roundtable lunch discussions. We also invite members to submit their work in contributed sessions and poster sessions. The symposium webpage for registration and abstract submission is still under construction and should be activated in February 2009. The deadline for abstract and early registration is May 1, 2009.

Prior to ICSA 2009 Symposium, there will be a pre-conference satellite workshop: “Conference on Innovative Clinical Trial Design and Related Topics” at Stanford University (June 19-20, 2009). Please contact Mei-Chiung Shih (meichiun@stanford.edu) or visit Pre-symposium Workshop (Adaptive Clinical Trials) for detailed information.

We welcome all new and current members to participate this event.

Tze Leung Lai and Ying Lu on behalf of

ICSA 2009 Symposium Organizing Committee

Key information

Symposium website: http://icsa2.org/2009/

Deadline for student award and travel grants: April 1, 2009

Deadline for abstract and early registration Date: May 1, 2009

Symposium Date: June 21-24, 2009

Venue: The Westin Hotel San Francisco Airport, San Francisco, CA

Early one-day short course registration fee for current ICSA members: $350

Early symposium registration fee for current ICSA members: $240

Reserved discount rate of Westin Hotel: $159/night + Tax