NetIBS-IR 2019: Networking International Biometric Society regions Renaissance Naples Hotel Mediterraneo Naples, Italy, July 7-10, 2019 |
Conference website | http://www.ibs-italy.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=netibsir2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | March 31, 2019 |
Submission deadline | March 31, 2019 |
Networking International Biometric Society regions
12th IBS-Italian Region conference
XII conferenza della Società Italiana di Biometria (SIB)
Renaissance Naples Hotel Mediterraneo, Naples, Italy
July 7-10, 2019
http://ibs-italy.org/?page_id=922&lang=en
The Italian Region of the International Biometric Society (IBS-IR) is pleased to announce the 12th bi-annual scientific meeting devoted to promote collaborations and exchange scientific expertise among all members of IBS regions. Invited sessions are organized by IBS regions (already confirmed regions: Eastern Mediterranean Region, German Region, Spanish Region); to reinforce also historical research fields and collaborations of Italian Region of IBS one invited session is organized on agricultural and environmental statistics and another one by Italian Statistical Society (SIS).
Confirmed invited speakers are:
Claudia Angelini (Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo “Mauro Picone”, CNR, Naples, Italy)
Stefania Galimberti (University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy),
Niels Keiding (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark),
Cécile Proust-Lima (Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France).
For contributed sessions and poster session (two poster awards are supported by IBS Regions), we encourage the submission of short abstracts (see the dedicated section below for technical details). Possible topics (but not limited to) are:
- Longitudinal modelling and mixed-effects models
- Survival analysis
- Sampling methods in biostatistics
- Agricultural and environmental statistics
- Methods for data integration
- Statistical methods in genomics
- Reproducibility
- Risk prediction models
- Graphical models
Two half-day pre-conference courses will be also provided (with limited places):
- “Latent class mixed modeling using lcmm R package” by Cécile Proust-Lima (Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France),
- “Bioinformatics and statistics for Next Generation Sequencing data analysis” by Diego Di Bernardo (University of Naples Federico II, Naples).
Meeting outline
Sunday July 7, 2019
Two half-day pre-conference courses, excursion, evening welcome reception
Monday July 8 - Wednesday July 10, 2019
Meeting with plenary invited talks, invited sessions, contributed sessions, poster session (on Tuesday July 9, 2019), IBS-IR General Assembly (on Tuesday July 9, 2019) and social dinner (on Tuesday July 9, 2019).
Important Dates
Abstract submission deadline: March 31, 2019
Notification of acceptance: May 2, 2019
Registration for presenters: May 31, 2019
Early bird registration: May 31, 2019
Conference: July 7-10, 2019
Abstract Submission
Abstract must be submitted through the Easy Chair conference system at the link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=netibsir2019.
The text of the abstract must have a length of maximum 2500 characters included spaces (without considering the list of authors, affiliations and title). Moreover, the abstract must contain at least 3 keywords.
Main organizers
Clelia Di Serio (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan; President of IBS-IR)
Paola M.V. Rancoita (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan; Treasurer of IBS-IR)
Alessandro Nonis (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan; Webmaster of IBS-IR)
Scientific Committee
Marco Alfò (Sapienza University of Rome, Rome)
Elia Biganzoli (University of Milan, Milan)
Patrizia Boracchi (University of Milan, Milan)
Chiara Brombin (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan)
Italia De Feis (Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo “Mauro Picone”, CNR, Naples)
Stefania Galimberti (University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan)
Rossella Miglio (University of Bologna, Bologna)
Francesco Stingo (University of Florence, Florence)
Luca Tardella (Sapienza University of Rome, Rome)
Maria Grazia Valsecchi (University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan)
Paola Vicard (Roma Tre University, Rome)
Local Organizing Committee
Claudia Angelini (Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo “Mauro Picone”, CNR, Naples)
Annamaria Carissimo (Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo “Mauro Picone”, CNR, Naples)
Diego Di Bernardo (University of Naples Federico II, Naples)
Monika Krzak (Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo “Mauro Picone”, CNR, Naples)