<DIV> </DIV><DIV> 4th COBAL 2015: July 1-4 2015, Medellín-Colombia.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The IV Latin-American Meeting on Bayesian Statistics, will take place in Medellín, Colombia, July 1-4 2015.<o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The IV COBAL is an international event whose purpose is to allow for discussion and interaction among researchers, academics and students, with the aim to further strengthen scientific exchange within the Bayesian community in Latin-America. This Meeting has taken place three times. The first event was held in 2002 in Ubatuba, Brazil, the second time this event was organized in 2005 and took place in Los Cabos, Mexico, and the previous meeting was organized in Pucón, Chile in 2011. <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> An active participation is expected through poster sessions and oral contributions, submitted by researchers with theoretical and applied works that use the Bayesian paradigm. The preliminary deadline for contributed talks and poster presentations is April 20th, 2015.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> More details on the IV COBAL 2015 program, registration procedures and rates, accommodation, and poster submission can be found in:<o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <A href="http://www.medellin.unal.edu.co/~cobal/"> http://www.medellin.unal.edu.co/~cobal/</A> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Additionally, and co-sponsored by ISBA, we are pleased to announce the Young ISBA Travel Awards for COBAL 2015.<o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Young ISBA Travel Award consists on US$500,00 for each winner contribution to the meeting as oral or poster format. Oral contributions will be presented in the Young Doctor Session.<o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> To be eligible the participants should be PhD students or young researches (less than 2 years of their PhD exam). Young PhD graduates compete for oral presentation, and PhD students compete for the best posters.<o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The candidate must send attached the presentation or poster and her/his work and a regular student certification or the PhD certificate. Abstracts can be in English, Portuguese or Spanish.<o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Presentations should be send to Dr Rosangela Loschi (<A href="mailto:loschi@est.ufmg.br"> loschi@est.ufmg.br</A>) and posters to Dr Francisco Torres (<A href="mailto:francisco.torres@usach.cl"> francisco.torres@usach.cl</A>).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> We recall that the oral presentations will be delivered in either Spanish or Portuguese. Applications for the oral presentation not selected as winners, can be presented as a poster upon the agreement of the applicant.<o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The candidates must send his/her application before April 20th . The result will be announced through the COBAL 4 webpage http://www.medellin.unal.edu.co/~cobal/ by May, 31 st. <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p><DIV> We look forward meeting you in Medellín!,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV><DIV> The organizing committee</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> Luis Pericchi (Scientific Committee) Carlos Barrera (Local Committee) Contacto: estadist_med@unal.edu.co</DIV><DIV></DIV>