ISCB: invitation for ISCB40 courses

The ISCB 2019 conference will provide a scientific forum for international exchange of theory, methods and applications of clinical biostatistics among biostatisticians, epidemiologists and other medical researchers.

The Scientific Programme Committee and Local Organising Committee for the 40th Annual Conference of the ISCB are pleased to announce that they are seeking proposals for pre-conference courses to be included within the conference programme. The courses will be held on Sunday, July 14, 2019.

If you would like to submit a course for consideration, please submit your proposal on a single A4 page with the following details:

• Title of the course
• Course presenters (maximum of 2)
• Job title and affiliation of course presenters
• Contact details of course presenters including email address
• Full day or half day
• Short abstract of the course, including main topics and learning objectives
• Technical level of the course (low, moderate, high)
• Reason why the course would be appealing to attendees of ISCB conference

Please check also that the course topic has not yet been covered in recent ISCB meetings (see the list enclosed at the end of this announcement).

Please see website for further conference details http://www.iscb2019.info/

Financial incentives: For successful proposals, the conference budget will cover registration fees, attendance at the conference dinner, the cost of travel (economy flight, at most one overseas), and the cost of two night’s accommodation per course.

Please submit proposals to emmanuel.lesaffre@kuleuven.be

Deadline for submissions is 5pm (CEST) on Friday October 26th, 2018