<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Hinde, John" <<a href="mailto:john.hinde@nuigalway.ie">john.hinde@nuigalway.ie</a>><br><b>Date:</b> January 7, 2016 at 19:23:04 GMT-2<br><b>To:</b> Clarice Demetrio <<a href="mailto:clarice.demetrio@usp.br">clarice.demetrio@usp.br</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: IBC2016 Call for Contributed Papers: Submission Deadline Extended Until 24 January 2016</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> <div>See if you get this one…</div> <div><br> </div> <span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"> <div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Melissa Mays <<a href="mailto:mmays@bostrom.com">mmays@bostrom.com</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday 6 January 2016 22:34<br> <span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>John Hinde <<a href="mailto:john.hinde@nuigalway.ie">john.hinde@nuigalway.ie</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>IBC2016 Call for Contributed Papers: Submission Deadline Extended Until 24 January 2016<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"> <div> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=0"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; margin: 0px; padding:0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust:none;" yahoo="fix"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <div style="margin:18px 0;"><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#444444">To view this email as a web page, go <a href="http://cl.exct.net/?qs=1b61100dafd354d11eca331c677cb2cfbb346098eb1be3254193692dc3252caa"> here.</a></font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="600" class="container" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bordercolor="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" class="header" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bordercolor="" width="100%" bgcolor=""> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table width="100%" bgcolor="" border="0" bordercolor="" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-family:Arial; font-size:13px"> <div align="center"><img width="892" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" height="203" src="http://image.exct.net/lib/fe5a1570726d07757713/m/1/ibc-web-banner2.jpg" title="ibc-web-banner2" alt="ibc-web-banner2" mdid="fb314069-b022-47e6-bdcc-8b6dc977b0fd"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%" align="left"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="content-padding" style="padding:10px;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" class="drop"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bordercolor="" width="100%" bgcolor=""> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table width="100%" bgcolor="" border="0" bordercolor="" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-family:Arial; font-size:13px"> <div align="left"> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal;"> </p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal;"> <b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;" timesnewroman?,?serif?;color:black;?="">XXVIIIth International Biometric Conference (IBC2016) Call for Contributed Papers </span> </i></b></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal;"> <b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" timesnewroman?,?serif?;color:black;?=""><font color="#ff0000">SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 24 JANUARY 2016</font></span></b><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br> </span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;">The International Biometric Society (IBS) invites abstracts for contributed oral and poster presentations for <i>IBC Victoria 2016</i>. Abstracts can be submitted online until <b>Sunday,</b> <b> 24 January 2016</b>. </span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;">The mission of the IBS is "to promote the development and application of statistical and mathematical theory and methods in the biosciences, including agriculture, biomedical science and public health, ecology, environmental sciences, forestry, and allied disciplines." Contributions at the conference are therefore welcome across a wide range of both methodological topics and application areas relevant to the Society's mission. </span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Submissions from a broad range of topics and perspectives are encouraged. The following list provides an indication of the statistical topics and application areas that have been covered at previous conferences and will be covered at the upcoming conference. </span></p> <table width="845" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="justify" class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 633.75pt; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 273pt;"> <td width="344" style="width: 258pt; padding: 1.5pt; height: 273pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Statistical Topics</span></b><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br> Bayesian methods<br> Biological networks<br> Categorical data analysis<br> Causal inference<br> Computer intensive methods and software development<br> Functional data analysis<br> Imaging and signal data<br> Longitudinal data analysis / mixed effects model<br> Microarrays and omics data<br> Missing and incomplete data<br> Multiple testing and adjustments for multiplicity<br> Predictive modelling<br> Quantile/MQuantile regression<br> Regression modelling<br> Risk analysis and risk management<br> Spatial and spatio-temporal data analysis<br> Statistical graphics<br> Survival data analysis<br> Validity and reliability of measurements<br> Other biometrical related topics </span></p> </td> <td width="501" style="width: 375.75pt; padding: 1.5pt; height: 273pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Application Areas</span></b><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br> Agriculture<br> Bioinformatics <br> Clinical trials<br> Ecological research<br> Environmental research<br> Epidemiology<br> Forensics<br> Genetics<br> Infectious diseases and control<br> Medical research<br> Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacoepidemiology<br> Radioactivity and radiation exposure<br> Toxicology and pharmacology<br> Other biometrical related application areas </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br> All abstracts must be submitted online. No other forms of abstracts are permissible. </span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Each abstract submission must include the title, list of authors and author affiliations, and abstract, with each submission having a maximum length of 2,500 characters. Authors are requested to select the area(s) of the abstract from a list of possible session topics (given above). The number of oral abstract submissions with the same <b>presenting author</b> is limited to one. </span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;">All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific committee for the conference, and presenting authors will be informed of the status of their abstract (oral session, poster session, rejection) by <b>7 March 2016</b>. </span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;">All contributed oral presentations will be allocated to a 15-minute slot within a particular scientific session, with each session lasting 90 minutes and therefore containing five oral presentations and time for discussion. All poster presentations will also be allocated to a particular scientific session. Presenting authors are expected to be present at their posters. </span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;">All presenting authors must have registered for the conference by <b>16 May 2016</b> for their presentation to be included in the conference <i>Programme</i>. <b>Please note that the conference's <i>Early Bird Registration</i> deadline is 15 April 2016.</b></span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Following on from the success of the awards made at the last three <i>IBC<span style="color: #365f91;">s</span></i>, we will again be awarding prizes for the <i>Best Student Oral Presentation(s)</i> and the <i>Best Poster Presentation(s)</i>. </span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://cl.exct.net/?qs=1b61100dafd354d12480337f5b7f1d152678514b6779f6699463ddf4d05e26d8" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Click here</span></a> to submit an abstract. </span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://cl.exct.net/?qs=1b61100dafd354d126cbb2f52e3c8f492b55b7b0b238dfecaee9d599ec2cecb9" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Click here</span></a> to visit the <i>IBC2016 </i>website. </span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Sincerely, </span></p> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span arial?,?sans-serif?;?="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br> International Biometric Office (IBO)</span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" class="footer" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-top:15px;"> <table class="tableBlock" align="left" width="430" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding-left:15px;"><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#777777">This email was sent to: <b><a href="mailto:john.hinde@nuigalway.ie">john.hinde@nuigalway.ie</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding-top:15px; padding-left:15px;"><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#777777">This email was sent by: International Biometric Society<br> 1444 I Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding-top:15px; padding-left:15px;"><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#777777">We respect your right to privacy - <a href="http://cl.exct.net/?qs=1b61100dafd354d1cb2767e22674639853e545732e75263218e190a31d2231ef" style="color: #0000ff"> view our policy</a></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>  <table class="tableBlock" align="left" width="139" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="footerlogo"> <div style="padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 20px;"><a href="http://cl.exct.net/?qs=1b61100dafd354d1515ad0a39b6c2152caa2e6f1c056a0ebda3fdd21edfaf841"><img src="http://www.exacttarget.com/images/Powered_By_1206.jpg" border="0"></a></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center" style="padding-bottom:10px;"><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#777777"><br> <a href="http://cl.exct.net/?qs=1b61100dafd354d124fd663e72eb9cd0c278bd3f7dcac550afb1e73910b9f3c8">Manage Subscriptions</a> | <a href="http://cl.exct.net/?qs=1b61100dafd354d1860098d91e5952bd788e3e657952eb7137697dc74893be51"> Update Profile</a> | <a href="http://cl.exct.net/?qs=1b61100dafd354d1003ac0f6a647ec790fdd24006c94a99310cd368c2fe23a0c"> Unsubscribe</a><br> <br> </font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://cl.exct.net/open.aspx?ffcb10-fe5e167877660d7c7713-fdf213777364067975117772-fe5a1570726d07757713-fe9216707c6c067a74-fe2315797c65007d701279-ffcf14" width="1" height="1"></div> </div> </blockquote> </span> </div></blockquote></body></html>