IBC Welcome

Sunday, 13 July 2008

09:00

Workshop 1a: Short Course: Generalised Linear Latent and Mixed Models

Classrom F102

09:00

Workshop 1b: Short Course: Robust Regression Methods in Biostatistcs

Classrom F103A

09:00

Workshop 1c: Short Course: Hierarchical Generalised Linear Models

Theatre O

09:00

Workshop 1d: Short Course: Effective and Efficient Presentation in R

Theatre Q

17:00

Welcome Reception

O'Reilly Conservatory

Monday, 14 July 2008

08:45

08:45	Opening Plenary 2a: Opening Session O'Reilly Hall
	Chair: Thomas Louis, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg SPH, United States

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45

10:45	Session 3a: Invited Session: Using maps to depict relationships between variables
	Chair: Linda Young, University of Florida, United States

10:45	Session 3b: Invited Session: Statistical methods in mental health research
	Chair: Ralitza Gueorguieva, Yale University, United States

10:45	Session 3c: Analysis of Genetic Data I
	Chair: Gerrit Gort, Wageningen University, Netherlands

10:45	Session 3d: Bayesian methods in Medical Research I
	Chair: Tim Friede, The University of Warwick, United Kingdom

10:45	Session 3e: Experimental Design
	Chair: Chris Brien, University of South Australia, Australia

10:45	Session 3f: Ecological Data Analysis
	Chair: David Elston, Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, United Kingdom

12:30

Lunch

UCD Restaurant

14:00

14:00	Session 4a: Invited Session: Modern challenges in hierarchical Bayesian modelling
	Chair: Jean-Jacques Daudin, AgroParisTech, France

14:00	Session 4b: Biometry
	Chair: Sue Welham, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom

14:00	Session 4c: Epidemiological Methods I
	Chair: Norman Breslow, University of Washington, United States

14:00	Session 4d: Models in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife
	Chair: Joe Perry, Retired, United Kingdom

14:00	Session 4e: Correlated Data in Medical Research
	Chair: Michael Schemper, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

14:00	Session 4f: Missing Data I
	Chair: Mike Kenward, LSHTM, United Kingdom

14:00

Session 4g: Poster Session I: Cancer Research and Pharmaceutical Applications

15:45

Coffee Break

16:15

16:15	Session 5a: Invited Session: Mixed modelling for series of experiments in plant breeding
	Chair: Hans-Peter Piepho, Universtaet Hohenheim, Germany

16:15	Session 5b: Special Session: UK National Centre for Statistical Ecology
	Chair: Stephen Buckland, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

16:15	Session 5c: Regression Methods in Medical Research
	Chair: Scarlett Bellamy, University of Pennsylvania, United States

16:15	Session 5d: Genomics, Proteomics, ...
	Chair: Andreas Ziegler, Universität zu Lübeck, Germany

16:15	Session 5e: Functional Data Analysis and Time Series
	Chair: Robert M West, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

16:15	Session 5f: Causal Inference in Clinical Trials
	Chair: Els Goetghebeur, Ghent University, Belgium

16:15

Session 5g: Poster Session 2: Epidemiological Methods

18:15

Exploring Roads to Successful Publishing: A Face-to-Face Conversation with the Editors

Theatre M

Tuesday, 15 July 2008

08:30

08:30	Session 6a: Invited Session: Critical evaluation of statistical methods proposed for microarray analysis
	Chair: Byung-Soo Kim, Yonsei University, Korea, Republic Of

08:30	Session 6b: Invited Session: Meta-analysis of time-to-event outcomes
	Chair: Fotios Siannis, University of Athens, Greece

08:30	Session 6c: Analysis of Correlated Data
	Chair: Clarice Demétrio, ESALQ/USP, Brazil

08:30	Session 6d: Capture/Recapture Methodology
	Chair: Rachel Fewster, University of Auckland, New Zealand

08:30	Session 6e: Genetics
	Chair: Marco Bink, Plant Research International b.v., Netherlands

08:30	Session 6f: Modelling Infectious Diseases
	Chair: Rob Deardon, University of Guelph, Canada

08:30

Session 6g: Poster Session 3: Clinical Trials, Health Services Research, Health Economics & Infectious Diseases

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45

10:45	Session 7a: Invited Session: Causal inference through marginal structural models and dynamical models
	Chair: Daniel Commenges, INSERM, France

10:45	Session 7b: Statistics in Medical Research I
	Chair: Jane Hutton, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

10:45	Session 7c: Microarray I
	Chair: David Baird, VSN (NZ) Limited, New Zealand

10:45	Session 7d: Epidemiological Methods II
	Chair: Mariza de Andrade, Mayo Clinic, United States

10:45	Session 7e: Applied statistics
	Chair: Alistair Murray, Central Science Laboratory, United Kingdom

10:45	Session 7f: Models in Medical Research
	Chair: Alan Kimber, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

10:45

Session 7g: Poster Session 4: Spatial Analysis, Time Series & Capture/Recapture

12:30

Lunch

UCD Restaurant

14:00

14:00	Session 8a: Invited Session: Recent developments in longitudinal data analysis
	Chair: Naisyin Wang, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA, United States

14:00	Session 8b: Invited Session: Estimation in complex dynamic biological systems with a non-linear mixed effect models
	Chair: France Mentre, Unviersity Paris Diderot, France

14:00	Session 8c: Inference in Clinical Trials
	Chair: Christine E. McLaren, University of California, Irvine, United States

14:00	Session 8d: Bayesian Methods in Practice
	Chair: Ruth King, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom

14:00	Session 8e: Measurement Error
	Chair: Martin Ridout, University of Kent, United Kingdom

14:00	Session 8f: Genetics and bioinformatics
	Chair: Alex Sánchez, University of Barcelona, Spain

14:00

Session 8g: Poster Session 5: Ecological & Environmental Research including Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife

15:45

Coffee Break

16:15

16:15	Session 9a: Invited Session: Statistical methods for genome wide association studies
	Chair: David Balding, Imperial College School of Medicine, United Kingdom

16:15	Session 9b: Special Session: Showcase of Best Papers published in Biometrics Theatre L
	Chair: Marie Davidian, North Carolina State University, United States

16:15	Session 9c: Analysis of Survival Data
	Chair: Hein Putter, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

16:15	Session 9d: Causal Inference in Medical Research
	Chair: Stijn Vansteelandt, Ghent University, Belgium

16:15	Session 9e: Sampling and Experimentation in Ecology
	Chair: John Connolly, UCD, Ireland

16:15	Session 9f: Infectious Diseases
	Chair: Peter Imrey, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, United States

16:15

Session 9g: Poster Session 6: Agriculture

18:15

IBS Awards Ceremony and Fisher Memorial Lecture

Lecture Theatre L

Wednesday, 16 July 2008

08:45

08:45	Session 10a: Invited Session: Modelling infectious diseases: contact patterns, genetic information, design, prediction and control
	Chair: Tom Britton, Stockholm University, Sweden

08:45	Session 10b: Invited Session:Statistical analysis of proteomic data
	Chair: Jenny Barrett, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

08:45	Session 10c: Special Session: Gosset centenary
	Chair: John Hinde, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

08:45	Session 10d: Analysis of Genetic Association Studies
	Chair: David Clayton, Cambridge University, United Kingdom

08:45	Session 10e: Statistics in Medical Research II
	Chair: Susan Ellenberg, University of Pennsylvania, United States

08:45	Session 10f: Models in Biomedical Research
	Chair: Chris Wild, University of Auckland, New Zealand

10:45

Coffee Break

11:15

Depart for mid-conference tours

Thursday, 17 July 2008

08:30

08:30	Session 11a: Invited Session: Experimental Design for Microarrays
	Chair: Linda Haines, University of Cape Town, South Africa

08:30	Session 11b: Invited Session: Recent developments in joint analysis of survival longitudinal data
	Chair: Eva Petkova, New York University, United States

08:30	Session 11c: Spatial Modelling
	Chair: Avner Bar-Hen, Université Paris Descartes, France

08:30	Session 11d: Biometrical Methods
	Chair: Graham Hepworth, The University of Melbourne, Australia

08:30	Session 11e: Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials
	Chair: Laurence Freedman, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Israel

08:30	Session 11f: Correlated Data in Epidemiology
	Chair: Thomas Lumley, University of Washington, United States

08:30

Session 11g: Poster Session 7: Biometry

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45

10:45	Session 12a: Invited Session: Statistical analysis of networks
	Chair: Chris Glasbey, Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, United Kingdom

10:45	Session 12b: Special Session: A Editor's Choice of Recent Papers in Pharmaceutical Statistics
	Chair: Michael O'Kelly, Quintiles, Ireland

10:45	Session 12c: Epidemiological Methods III
	Chair: Michel Chavance, INSERM U780, France

10:45	Session 12d: Mixed and Random Effect Models I
	Chair: Maria Durban, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

10:45	Session 12e: Agricultural Applications
	Chair: Jeff Wood, The Australian National University, Australia

10:45	Session 12f: Model Uncertainty and Diagnostics
	Chair: Peter Macdonald, McMaster University, Canada

10:45

Session 12g: Poster Session 8: Bayesian Methods

12:30

Lunch

14:00

14:00	Session 13a: Invited Session: Frailty models for correlated family data
	Chair: Juni Palmgren, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
	Session Organiser: Juni Palmgren Three-state Frailty Model for Age at Onset of Dementia and Death in SwedishTwins Samuli Ripatti, Karolinska Institute, Sweden Additive Gamma Frailty Models for Genetic Linkage and Association Analysis Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania, United States Using Random-effects Proportional Hazards Methods to Identify Susceptibility Loci for Complex Disorders Mariza de Andrade, Mayo Clinic, United States Discussant (Terry Therneau)

14:00	Session 13b: Special Session: Showcase of papers published in JABES
	Chair: Carl Schwarz, Simon Fraser University, Canada

14:00	Session 13c: Bioinformatics
	Chair: Claus Mayer, Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland, United Kingdom

14:00	Session 13d: Clustering and Classification
	Chair: Rodger White, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom

14:00	Session 13e: Survival Analysis I
	Chair: Gilbert Mackenzie , University of Limerick , Ireland

14:00	Session 13f: Statistics in Epidemiological Research
	Chair: John Neuhaus, University of California, San Francisco, United States

14:00

Session 13g: Poster Session 9: Regression Methods

15:45

Coffee Break

16:15

16:15	Session 14a: Invited Session: Advances in dynamic regimes and sequential treatments
	Chair: Erica Moodie, McGill University, Canada

16:15	Session 14b: Microarray II
	Chair: Terry Therneau, Mayo Clinic, United States

16:15	Session 14c: Bayesian Methods
	Chair: Bas Engel, Wageningen University Research, Netherlands

16:15	Session 14d: Models and Methods for Ecological Research
	Chair: Kevin Dawson, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom

16:15	Session 14e: Analysis of Genetic Data II
	Chair: Nuala Sheehan, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

16:15	Session 14f: Computational Methods
	Chair: Roger Payne, VSN International, United Kingdom

16:15

Session 14g: Poster Session 10: Epidemiological Research

19:00

Conference Dinner

Friday, 18 July 2008

08:30

08:30	Session 15a: Invited Session: New developments in statistical ecology
	Chair: Byron Morgan, University of Kent, United Kingdom

08:30	Session 15b: Invited Session: Predictive model assessment and comparison
	Chair: Leonhard Held, University of Zurich, Switzerland

08:30	Session 15c: Experimental Design in Clinical Trials
	Chair: Peter Colman, Pfizer Global Research and Development, United Kingdom

08:30	Session 15d: Missing Data II
	Chair: Geert Molenberghs, Hasselt University, Belgium

08:30	Session 15e: Mixed and Random Effect Models II
	Chair: Fred van Eeuwijk, Wageningen University, Netherlands

08:30	Session 15f: Statistics in Medical Research III
	Chair: Dankmar Boehning, University of Reading, United Kingdom

08:30

Session 15g: Poster Session 11: Bioinformatics, 'Omics & Microarray Data

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45

10:45	Session 16a: Invited Session: Two-phase study protocols in epidemiology
	Chair: Pascal Wild, INRS, France

10:45	Session 16b: Special Session: Showcase for Biometry in South America, hosts for IBC 2010 Theatre L
	Chair: Paulo Ribeiro, UFPR, Brazil

10:45	Session 16c: Markov and Semi-Markov Models
	Chair: Geert Verbeke, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

10:45	Session 16d: Non- and Semi-Parametric Methods in Clinical Trials
	Chair: Peter Lane, GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom

10:45	Session 16e: Time Series Analysis
	Chair: Robert Faivre, INRA, France

10:45

Session 16f: Poster Session 12: Genetics

12:30

12:30	Closing Plenary 17a: Closing Session Lecture Theatre L
	Chair: Andrew Mead, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

13:30

Lunch and Depart

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IBC 2008 Agenda

Sunday, 13 July 2008

Monday, 14 July 2008

Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Wednesday, 16 July 2008

Thursday, 17 July 2008

Friday, 18 July 2008