Late Registration Form for the 29 Sept 2021 event – only for IBS members or Students
https://forms.gle/fLJybFtQxADi4ker7
20, 24, 29 September 2021 – hosted (online) by Università Milano-Bicocca
The Italian Region-IBS is pleased to announce the 13-th biennial scientific meeting that will be virtual this year. The conference will provide an amazing opportunity to discuss the newest statistical methods, to exchange scientific ideas and to promote collaborations among members within our region and with other IBS regions, Italian societies and international initiatives. A special space will be devoted to young statisticians who will enlighten the meeting with their contributions.
The meeting will include:
- Three keynote speaches:
- “Two phase response-dependent sampling for studies of life history processes” – Richard J. Cook (University of Waterloo) https://uwaterloo.ca/statistics-and-actuarial-science/people-profiles/richard-j-cook
- “Pitfalls and benefits for using machine learning to detect and prognosticate for COVID-19: a reproducibility challenge” – Clelia di Serio (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Milano) https://www.unisr.it/docenti/d/diserio-mariacleliastefania
- “The Use of External Control Data for Predictions and Futility Interim Analyses in Clinical Trials” – Lorenzo Trippa (Harvard University) https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/lorenzo-trippa/
- Two invited sessions organized by Italian Region-IBS members
- Three invited sessions of networking with other IBS regions, other Italian societies or international initiatives:
- Eastern Mediterranean EMR-IBS and Spanish-IBS regions
- Italian Statistical Society (Società Italiana di Statistica, SIS)
- STRengthening Analytical Thinking for Observational Studies (STRATOS) Initiative
- Three contributed sessions dedicated to young researchers (age ≤ 35 years) with a young research competition for the outstanding presentation.
- One poster overview session dedicated to young researchers (age ≤ 35 years).
- One half-day course entiled “Graphical models for categorical data with R“ (maximum 30 partecipant) will be taught by Prof. Monia Lupparelli (Università di Firenze) https://www.unifi.it/p-doc2-2018-0-A-2d2a362f3628-0.html, 22 September 2021 (h 10-12; 14-16; 16.30-17.30).
Important dates
| Abstract submission foryoung researchers (age ≤35 years) | Extended to Aug 8, 2021 |
| Notification of acceptance | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Registration for conference and course | Sep 15, 2021 |
Fees
| Conference for Italian Region-IBS or other Region-IBS member | free |
| Conference for Student (undergraduate and doctoral non IBS members) | free |
| Conference for General participant (non IBS member) | 80 € |
| Course with Conference participation | 50 € |
| Course without Conference participation | 70€ |
Registration
Registration form must be filled in at this link https://forms.gle/DYoaTFeEBwSD2f699
Abstract submission
The abstract must be written in English, maximum lenght 2500 characters including spaces (without considering the list of authors, affiliations and title, but considering eventual references), word format (file extension .doc or .docx) and it must follow the format in the template. Abstract must be submitted at this link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sib2021
Main organizers
Laura Antolini (Università Milano-Bicocca, Directive Board member and webmaster of IBS-IR)
Stefania Galimberti (Università Milano-Bicocca, President of IBS-IR)
Paola M.V. Rancoita (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Milano, Directive Board member and Treasurer of IBS-IR)
Scientific Committee
Claudia Angelini (Centro Nazionale Ricerche di Napoli)
Elia Biganzoli (Università di Milano)
Stefano Calza (Univerisita’ di Brescia)
Alessio Farcomeni (Università Roma Tor Vergata)
Monica Ferraroni (Università di Milano)
Livio Finos (Università di Padova)
Fulvia Mecatti (Università Milano-Bicocca)
Francesco Stingo (Università di Firenze)
Luca Tardella (Università Sapienza di Roma)
Paola Vicard (Università Roma Tre)
Local Organizing Committee
Federico Ambrogi (Università di Milano)
Davide Bernasconi (Università Milano-Bicocca)
Paola Rebora (Università Milano-Bicocca)
Contacts
If you have any inquiry about the conference feel free to contact us at
ibs-italy@unimib.it https://www.facebook.com/IBSItalianReg