<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>De: </b>"Martine MACHIELS" <martine.machiels@uhasselt.be><br><b>Para: </b>"Ahmed Elminnawi" <amelminnawi@scad.ae>, yalmuqbel@bhuth.ae, maldhneem@gsdp.gov.qa, haalnasseri@scad.ae, mmalqemzi@scad.ae, baalqubaisi@scad.ae, jmalqubaisi@scad.ae, maalrifai@scad.ae, sjalromaithi@scad.ae, kralshamsi@scad.ae, taalsharyani@scad.ae, amalshawawreh@scad.ae, msalsuwaidi@scad.ae, salsuwaidi@scad.ae, "Abdul Hameed Al Wahedi" <aaalwahedi@scad.ae>, hsalzaabi@scad.ae, omalzoubi@scad.ae, oluwayemisioyeronke@yahoo.com, "alalak mm" <alalak_mm@yahoo.com>, aaturki@scad.ae, "timo alanko" <timo.alanko@gmail.com>, Hilalabod@yahoo.com, "Aalbert@Ulg. Ac. Be" <aalbert@ulg.ac.be>, jrgalbert@gmail.com, "hansjoerg albrecher" <hansjoerg.albrecher@unil.ch>, "juha alho" <juha.alho@helsinki.fi>, jahosani@dsc.gov.ae, "azmi ali" <azmi_ali@stats.gov.my>, mali@bsu.edu, "aylin alin" <aylin.alin@deu.edu.tr>, saleh@pcbs.gov.ps, noriah@stat.kuniv.edu, mballasia@gmail.com, "Richard Alldritt" <all4richard69@hotmail.com>, gallen@rice.edu, aloamad@yahoo.fr, amerialomari@aabu.edu.jo, fatemah@stat.kuniv.edu, "ahmqasmi" <ahmqasmi@gmail.com>, "muhannad alsaadony" <muhannad.alsaadony@gmail.com>, "tomas aluja" <tomas.aluja@upc.es>, falvarez@ine.es, safy74@hotmail.com, "mariehelene amiel" <mariehelene.amiel@gmail.com>, amin@nifa.org.pk, zeinabha@aucegypt.edu, ummil@bnm.gov.my, zmv917@ku.dk, dla@sc.edu, "dalton andrade" <dalton.andrade@ufsc.br>, haintsomamy@moov.mg, "jean-francois angers" <jean-francois.angers@umontreal.ca>, eangulo@espol.edu.ec, "Vladimir V Anisimov" <Vladimir.V.Anisimov@gmail.com>, antoch@karlin.mff.cuni.cz, "iv antokhonova" <iv.antokhonova@gmail.com>, "anestis antoniadis" <anestis.antoniadis@imag.fr>, rganunciacion@yahoo.com, "Chidozie Anyiro" <anyirochidozie@gmail.com>, aoshima@math.tsukuba.ac.jp, "m arashi stat" <m_arashi_stat@yahoo.com>, garchibald@oecs.org, "Vagner ardeo" <Vagner.ardeo@fgv.br>, "pascal ardilly" <pascal.ardilly@orange.fr>, nofrial@bps.go.id, reivalle@mat.puc.cl, "mariafelice arezzo" <mariafelice.arezzo@uniroma1.it>, "dogan argac" <dogan.argac@schufa.de>, carlosarieira@yahoo.com, "Elja Arjas" <Elja.Arjas@helsinki.fi>, arlt@vse.cz, armitage55@btinternet.com, "r arrach" <r.arrach@gmail.com>, "Jairo Arrow" <Jairo.Arrow@gmail.com>, asadi4@hotmail.com, yasinasar@hotmail.com, zeytugashaw@yahoo.com, "Arlene ash" <Arlene.ash@umassmed.edu>, jana@asher-resnick.us, asmus@math.au.dk, ilisarah@bnm.gov.my, assuncao@dcc.ufmg.br, "pedroar est" <pedroar.est@gmail.com>, astinja@gmail.com, jada2@cam.ac.uk, "cj astrologo" <cj.astrologo@gmail.com>, "A C Atkinson" <A.C.Atkinson@lse.ac.uk>, Ola@pcbs.gov.ps, "manik stats" <manik.stats@gmail.com>, "birhanu teshome" <birhanu.teshome@aau.edu.et>, oayhan@metu.edu.tr, sazen@usc.edu, azzalini@stat.unipd.it, "دربي عزام" <abdullaha@pcbs.gov.ps>, "ba amadou-diadie" <ba.amadou-diadie@ugb.edu.sn>, babu@psu.edu, sergiobacallado@gmail.com, "jean-noel bacro" <jean-noel.bacro@univ-montp2.fr>, bsejong@uab.edu, "james baglin" <james.baglin@rmit.edu.au>, shbagmar@isrt.ac.bd, dsbai@kaist.ac.kr, babailar@aol.com, jcbailar@midway.uchicago.edu, baileraj@miamioh.edu, "Jeff bailey" <Jeff_bailey@nass.usda.gov>, "R A Bailey" <R.A.Bailey@qmw.ac.uk>, "rose baker" <rose.baker@cantab.net>, jamalbakhti@yahoo.fr, bakodramane@gmail.com, bakosundays@gmail.com, veera@mdanderson.org, nb@cusat.ac.in, bala@mcmaster.ca, "balde ousmane" <balde_ousmane@hotmail.com>, lestoless@gmail.com, vbalinskaite@gmail.com, mousumib@umich.edu, baner009@umn.edu, rmbaniyas@scad.ae, banks@stat.duke.edu, "Wendy Barboza" <Wendy.Barboza@nass.usda.gov>, lbarbo@gmail.com, "avner bar-hen" <avner.bar-hen@mi.parisdescartes.fr>, "m barigozzi" <m.barigozzi@lse.ac.uk>, barnric@rogers.com, oebn@imf.au.dk, ebbarrios@up.edu.ph, lpbarroso@gmail.com, peterbartelmus@gmail.com, "r bartels" <r.bartels@econ.usyd.edu.au>, djbartholomew@btinternet.com, gkb@isical.ac.in, "k e basford" <k.e.basford@uq.edu.au>, "Bashina O E" <Bashina_O_E@mail.ru>, "riz qau" <riz_qau@hotmail.com>, sirbash156@gmail.com, pbastien@rd.loreal.com, basua@missouri.edu, basu@niu.edu, sujitbasu1@hotmail.com, "vladimir batagelj" <vladimir.batagelj@fmf.uni-lj.si>, batanero@ugr.es, dekamed@uni-greifswald.de, "halla bayoumi" <halla.bayoumi@cedej-eg.org>, bazongo15@yahoo.fr, "beaud jean-pierre" <beaud.jean-pierre@uqam.ca>, "monica becue" <monica.becue@upc.edu>, "Grace bediako" <Grace.bediako@gmail.com>, mben@wxs.nl, beggc@mskcc.org, "Jan.Beirlant@wis.kuleuven.be" <jan.beirlant@wis.kuleuven.be>, "victor beker" <victor.beker@ub.edu.ar>, mbelhbib@yahoo.fr, mbelkindas@verizon.net, mabelselah@scad.ae, beltranpascual@gmail.com, "yuri belyaev" <yuri.belyaev@matstat.umu.se>, gba1@nyu.edu, bsouhaib@gmail.com, "Adnane Benchakroun" <adnane.benchakroun@gmail.com>, kbenchekroun@gmail.com, "btissam benkerroum" <btissam.benkerroum@gmail.com>, "michel bera" <michel.bera@cnam.fr>, rjberan@ucdavis.edu, "aliciaber 2003" <aliciaber_2003@yahoo.com.br>, berger@stat.duke.edu, "bo bergman" <bo.bergman@chalmers.se>, marieagrell@gmail.com, gberrycons@optusnet.com.au, berzofsky@rti.org, jelkeb@xs4all.nl, bhadra@purdue.edu, dhiman@iimahd.ernet.in, sa17@liv.ac.uk, "a bhattacharjee" <a.bhattacharjee@hw.ac.uk>, jishnu@nsi.org.np, jbhuyan@isrt.ac.bd, "piotr bialowolski" <piotr.bialowolski@gmail.com>, "zelia bianchini" <zelia.bianchini@gmail.com>, "gerard biau" <gerard.biau@upmc.fr>, bibby@biostat.au.dk, bickel@stat.berkeley.edu, "p bidgood" <p.bidgood@btinternet.com>, ppb@rti.org, jbienias@alum.wustl.edu, "Silvia biffignandi" <Silvia.biffignandi@unibg.it>, biggeri@disia.unifi.it, "ayse bilgin" <ayse.bilgin@mq.edu.au>, lynne@stat.uga.edu, billone@auburn.edu, mercyact@gmail.com, "mbini unier" <mbini.unier@gmail.com>, "sheila gore" <sheila.gore@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk>, "enrico bisogno" <enrico.bisogno@gmail.com>, "jan bjornstad" <jan.bjornstad@ssb.no>, "andrej blejec" <andrej.blejec@nib.si>, cblumberg@gmail.com, jeanlouisbodin@yahoo.fr, "gabriela boggio" <gabriela.boggio@gmail.com>, "d bond esq" <d.bond.esq@gmail.com>, "Lennart Bondesson" <Lennart.Bondesson@math.umu.se>, "w bonou" <w.bonou@gmail.com>, "jacques bonte" <jacques.bonte@skynet.be>, "daniel bonzo" <daniel.bonzo@parexel.com>, borgan@math.uio.no, "manfred borovcnik" <manfred.borovcnik@uni-klu.ac.at>, borovkov@math.nsc.ru, "Bouazza Bouchkhar" <bbouchkhar@gmail.com>, "seghir bouzaffour" <seghir.bouzaffour@gmail.com>, "bouchra bouziani" <bouchra_bouziani@yahoo.fr>, adrian@stats.gla.ac.uk, kobowman@att.net, bbka@cbs.nl, bracgor@gmail.com, Bradburn-Norman@norc.uchicago.edu, lpbraga@geologia.ufrj.br, jbranco@math.ist.utl.pt, mbranco@ime.usp.br, braumann@uevora.pt, "alessandra brazzale" <alessandra.brazzale@unipd.it>, gbrenes@ccp.ucr.ac.cr, mikebrick@westat.com, brill@berkeley.edu, "philippe brion55" <philippe.brion55@gmail.com>, "isabel brito" <isabel.brito@curie.fr>, mpbrito@fep.up.pt, denisebritz@gmail.com, dwightbrock@westat.com, brockett@mail.utexas.edu, pbb@imm.dtu.dk, pjbrock@stat.colostate.edu, tbroderick@csail.mit.edu, "pete brodie" <pete.brodie@ons.gsi.gov.uk>, lbroemeling@aol.com, hans@brons.net, "Y Brostaux" <Y.Brostaux@ulg.ac.be>, brouard@ined.fr, "denise brown" <denise.brown@stats.govt.nz>, "Jennifer brown" <Jennifer.brown@canterbury.ac.nz>, lbrown@wharton.upenn.edu, tcarlislebrown@gmail.com, "geert bruinooge" <geert_bruinooge@yahoo.com>, "heinrich bruengger" <heinrich.bruengger@bluewin.ch>, "Bruss Thomas" <tbruss@ulb.ac.be>, steve@mcs.st-and.ac.uk, budhiraj@email.unc.edu, ebj@biostat.ku.dk, kenbuffin@buffinpartners.com, buhlmann@stat.math.ethz.ch, ebura@gwu.edu, sburden@uow.edu.au, irinaburlacu@gmail.com, pburman@ucdavis.edu, kenb@lamar.colostate.edu, "bernard burtschy" <bernard.burtschy@wanadoo.fr>, "fond cur" <fond.cur@iol.it>, cbush2000@aol.com, "alfredo bustos" <alfredo.bustos@inegi.org.mx>, "christine bycroft" <christine.bycroft@stats.govt.nz>, byk@vo.lu, ecabana@ccee.edu.uy, "line dumaua" <line.dumaua@gmail.com>, "carlo cafiero" <carlo.cafiero@fao.org>, mcaglar@ku.edu.tr, bcai@sc.edu, calinski@up.poznan.pl, "james a calvin" <james.a.calvin@gmail.com>, calzolar@ds.unifi.it, "jose camero" <jose.camero@gmail.com>, "Murray Cameron13" <Murray.Cameron13@gmail.com>, jjcampbell25@gmail.com, paulocanas@gmail.com, "patrick j cantwell" <patrick.j.cantwell@census.gov>, jcao@smu.edu, rcao@udc.es, "Holger capa" <Holger.capa@epn.edu.ec>, "vincenzocapasso vincenzocapasso" <vincenzocapasso.vincenzocapasso@gmail.com>, "carmen capilla roma" <carmen.capilla.roma@gmail.com>, "max caporin" <max.caporin@gmail.com>, "kafkas caprazli" <kafkas.caprazli@fao.org>, "oleg cara" <oleg.cara@yahoo.com>, "elisabetta carfagna" <elisabetta.carfagna@unibo.it>, gcarletto@worldbank.org, larscc@gmail.com, mcarr@indec.mecon.gov.ar, "Alicia Carriquiry" <alicia@iastate.edu>, carroll@stat.tamu.edu, carolscarson@msn.com, carter@pstat.ucsb.edu, lecarval@math.bu.edu, ccasascordero@uc.cl, "ignacio cascos" <ignacio.cascos@uc3m.es>, "chantal cases" <chantal.cases@insee.fr>, ecastano@uaq.mx, ericacastirodrigues@gmail.com, gaby77castro@gmail.com, luiscastrocepero@gmail.com, ccastro@itba.edu.ar, acateria@ford.com, "e cator" <e.cator@science.ru.nl>, "joris cauquil" <joris.cauquil@free.fr>, jcervera@devstat.com, elvanceyhan@gmail.com, schakrab@cba.ua.edu, "bibhas chakraborty" <bibhas.chakraborty@duke-nus.edu.sg>, postmaster@isical.ac.in, jmc@r-project.org, ray@uow.edu.au, stachp@nus.edu.sg, klchan@censtatd.gov.hk, kchan@stat.uiowa.edu, naingchan@yahoo.com, nhchan@sta.cuhk.edu.hk, benchan@cuhk.edu.hk, rchander@ix.netcom.com, "Promod Chandhok" <Promod.Chandhok@dot.gov>, gchandra23@yahoo.com, hchandra12@gmail.com, chareeyan@bnm.gov.my, chao@stat.nthu.edu.tw, "jean-etienne chapron" <jean-etienne.chapron@wanadoo.fr>, cyhtrabu@ciudad.com.ar, "musaemura charumbira" <musaemura.charumbira@gmail.com>, mcmoumita8@gmail.com, akcstat@caluniv.ac.in, chadji@polsci.auth.gr, chaubey@alcor.concordia.ca, "Jean-Hugues Chauchat" <Jean-Hugues.Chauchat@univ-lyon2.fr>, probal@isical.ac.in, "valerie chavez" <valerie.chavez@unil.ch>, chenws@fcu.edu.tw, jcschen@judicial.gov.tw, chchen@stat.sinica.edu.tw, cchen@stat.sinica.edu.tw, "kun chen" <kun.chen@uconn.edu>, matchyl@nus.edu.sg, "isi chen" <isi_chen@sina.com>, "ming-hui chen" <ming-hui.chen@uconn.edu>, csx@gsm.pku.edu.cn, stacheny@nus.edu.sg, zchen@smu.edu.cn, cheng@stat.sinica.edu.tw, "cherkaoui abdessalam" <cherkaoui.abdessalam@gmail.com>, chernoff@stat.harvard.edu, kccg@hku.hk, "zhiyi chi" <zhiyi.chi@uconn.edu>, "yasuko chiku" <yasuko.chiku@cotton.ocn.ne.jp>, nancynchin@gmx.com, wchin@uh.edu, ochinganya@uneca.org, nach@blr.vsnl.net.in, jmchiou@stat.sinica.edu.tw, "grace chiu" <grace.chiu@anu.edu.au>, bonghochoi@korea.kr, choid@ohsu.edu, Chongyc8@gmail.com, ctjos@yahoo.com, "sheinchung chow" <sheinchung.chow@duke.edu>, "Boris choy" <Boris.choy@sydney.edu.au>, thchriss@pt.lu, "anders christianson" <anders.christianson@comhem.se>, patrickc@umac.mo, "Stefanka Chukova" <Stefanka.Chukova@vuw.ac.nz>, "albina Chuwa" <albinachuwa@gmail.com>, pino@stat.unipg.it, "smaranda cimpoeru" <smaranda.cimpoeru@csie.ase.ro>, dcimpoies@gmail.com, "guy cirier" <guy.cirier@gmail.com>, ccitro@nas.edu, "Gabriela Ciuperca" <Gabriela.Ciuperca@univ-lyon1.fr>, "gerda claeskens" <gerda.claeskens@kuleuven.be>, czfclark@cox.net, "B Clarke" <B.Clarke@murdoch.edu.au>, genistat@sympatico.ca, wsc@purdue.edu, tjclode@scad.ae, kacaherodot@gmail.com, "daniela cocchi" <daniela.cocchi@unibo.it>, jcochran@cba.ua.edu, cmac@fct.unl.pt, mcohen@nas.edu, mpcohen@juno.com, scohen@rti.org, helencoleman@btinternet.com, "Shirley coleman" <Shirley.coleman@ncl.ac.uk>, "michael colledge" <michael.colledge@gmail.com>, katiane@icmc.usp.br, "p congdon" <p.congdon@qmul.ac.uk>, "guido consonni" <guido.consonni@unicatt.it>, "len cook" <len_cook@xtra.co.nz>, lisbethk@terra.com.br, mcouper@umich.edu, "David Cox" <david.cox@nuffield.ox.ac.uk>, coxt@liv.ac.uk, craiu@utstat.toronto.edu, "Carol Crawford" <Carol.Crawford@nass.usda.gov>, crescenz@istat.it, ncressie@uow.edu.au, "franca crippa" <franca.crippa@unimib.it>, "corrado crocetta" <corrado.crocetta@gmail.com>, "Christophe Croux" <christophe.croux@econ.kuleuven.be>, zlc@dmi.uns.ac.rs, csizmadia@un.org, mathstat@carleton.ca, cbcuesta@gmail.com, cui54@yahoo.com, "xinping cui" <xinping.cui@ucr.edu>, "r n curnow" <r.n.curnow@reading.ac.uk>, "j curran" <j.curran@auckland.ac.nz>, "Raymond Cyr" <Raymond.Cyr@voxco.com>, dorota@ucla.edu, michel@dacorogna.ch, pierre@dagnelie.be, daimon@hyo-med.ac.jp, "pd mes" <pd.mes@cbs.dk>, dambra@unina.it, mjdaniels@austin.utexas.edu, caiodantas@uol.com.br, jamalidus1@yahoo.com, dardabd@gmail.com, "ross darnell" <ross.darnell@csiro.au>, pkdas@cssscal.org, shubho@iimb.ernet.in, "somnath datta" <somnath.datta@ufl.edu>, "susmita datta" <susmita.datta@louisville.edu>, mdav@gatech.edu, "isidoro david" <isidoro.david@gmail.com>, "Marie Davidian" <davidian@ncsu.edu>, robert@statsresearch.co.nz, "barry r davis" <barry.r.davis@uth.tmc.edu>, rdavis@stat.columbia.edu, tim@timdavis.co.uk, "Anthony Davison" <anthony.davison@epfl.ch>, "Philip Dawid" <apd@statslab.cam.ac.uk>, "omotola dawodu" <omotola_dawodu@yahoo.com>, ddawson@math.carleton.ca, nmdayan@scad.ae, edealba@gmail.com, fatc@cin.ufpe.br, mmbbcarvalho@gmail.com, mcastro@icmc.usp.br, Antoine@falguerolles.net, "sandra deiaco" <sandra.deiaco@unisalento.it>, odelariva@ciencias.unam.mx, fndelosreyes@up.edu.ph, "F Deluca" <F.Deluca@soton.ac.uk>, "Xavier deluna" <Xavier.deluna@stat.umu.se>, "maysa magalhaes" <maysa.magalhaes@ibge.gov.br>, poliver@usp.br, "marleen desmedt" <marleen.desmedt@ec.europa.eu>, emsouza@uem.br, "marcel vieira" <marcel.vieira@ice.ufjf.br>, deveaux@williams.edu, wfmdevries@yahoo.com, "t dewaal" <t.dewaal@cbs.nl>, "T De Wet, Prof" <tdewet@sun.ac.za>, amd@stat.ohio-state.edu, cbtdean@gmail.com, pdebba@csir.co.za, andeau@eio.upv.es, "daniel defays" <daniel.defays@skynet.be>, pd@ccr.jussieu.fr, "herold dehling" <herold.dehling@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>, "Manfred Deistler" <Manfred.Deistler@tuwien.ac.at>, "p del-moral" <p.del-moral@unsw.edu.au>, gdelpino@mat.puc.cl, "A Delaigle" <A.Delaigle@ms.unimelb.edu.au>, "Clarice G. B. Demetrio" <Clarice.demetrio@usp.br>, demets@biostat.wisc.edu, billybedilu@gmail.com, "dee denteneer" <dee.denteneer@philips.com>, dentonf@mcmaster.ca, srd@stats.unipune.ernet.in, omaraky2000@yahoo.com, "holger dette" <holger.dette@rub.de>, tdeveza@bsp.gov.ph, isha@isid.ac.in, "Aloke Dey" <aloke.dey@gmail.com>, "arabin k dey" <arabin.k.dey@gmail.com>, "avinash d" <avinash.d@tatamotors.com>, "Agostino Diciaccio" <agostino.diciaccio@uniroma1.it>, "marta dilascio" <marta.dilascio@unibz.it>, "elvira dinardo" <elvira.dinardo@unibas.it>, "giancarlo diana" <giancarlo.diana@unipd.it>, jvictordias@gmail.com, dias@ime.unicamp.br, pedroenlux@gmail.com, "p diggle" <p.diggle@lancaster.ac.uk>, fredericobd@gmail.com, adiniz@ibge.gov.br, dinov@umich.edu, ldiopsen@yahoo.fr, susanne@math.ku.dk, "dixon john" <dixon.john@bls.gov>, "kari djerf" <kari.djerf@stat.fi>, ldjeutchouang@aims.ac.tz, kimdo@mdanderson.org, pedronsilva@gmail.com<br><b>Enviadas: </b>Segunda-feira, 19 de Dezembro de 2016 6:23:15<br><b>Assunto: </b>IBS Channel Network Conference 2017 - Registration and abstract submission now open!<br><br><link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/msgview.css?v=120410004440"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_188685127007615976m_2936617324710351596gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><table width="680" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td colspan="4" style="text-align:center"><img width="674" height="129" alt="" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/header-IBS-Channel-12-2016.png" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/header-IBS-Channel-12-2016.png"></td><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr><tr><td width="4" bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td colspan="4" style="text-align:center"><img width="674" height="357" alt="" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/sfeerbeeld-IBS-Channel.png" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/sfeerbeeld-IBS-Channel.png"></td><td width="4" bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2" style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:18px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold"><p style="font-size:16px;color:#000000"><a href="http://www.uhasselt.be/channel-network-conference-2017" target="_blank">6th Channel Network Conference </a><br><span style="color:#757575;font-weight:normal">Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Belgium <br> April 24-26, 2017</span></p></td><td> </td><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" style="text-align:center;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="text-align:;font-size:18px"><span style="text-align:center"><img alt="" width="642" height="8" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/lijn-zwart.jpg" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/lijn-zwart.jpg"></span></span></td><td> </td><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2" align="left" style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p><span style="color:#000000">We are happy to announce that the 2017 Channel Network Conference of the International Biometric Society (IBS) will take place at Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Belgium. This biennual conference is organized by the IBS regions Belgium, France, Great-Britain/Ireland and the Netherlands. This conference aims at gathering biostatisticians to discuss the newest statistical methodology for the analysis of biological and medical data. It is a 3-day conference with 2 courses, invited and contributed sessions. Usually, around 150 researchers from both academia and industry participate in the conference. The previous edition was in <a href="http://www.ibschannel2015.nl/ibs-channel-2015/" target="_blank">Nijmegen, The Netherlands</a>. <br><br> We are proud that <a href="http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/staff/diggle/" target="_blank">Peter Diggle </a>and <a href="https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/brb-staff-dersimonian" target="_blank">Rebecca DerSimonian</a> has agreed to be the keynote speaker. In addition, we will have three invited sessions on: </span></p><ul><li><span style="color:#000000">High-dimensional Bayesian variable selection by <a href="http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/alex-lewin" target="_blank">Alex Lewin</a> </span></li><li><span style="color:#000000">Analysis of human growth by<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/S_Swinkels" target="_blank"> Sophie Swinkels</a> </span></li><li><span style="color:#000000">Neuroimaging by <a href="http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/Dept/People/aston.html" target="_blank">John Aston</a><br></span></li></ul></td><td> </td><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFF" style="font-family:"><img alt="" width="642" height="8" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/lijn-zwart.jpg" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/lijn-zwart.jpg"></td><td> </td><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#FFF" style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-align:center;color:#fff"><span style="color:#000000">Abstracts can be submitted <a href="http://www.uhasselt.be/UH/ibschannel2017/abstract-submission.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br><br><a href="http://www.uhasselt.be/UH/ibschannel2017/Registration" target="_blank">Registrations are open!</a></span></td><td> </td><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2" align="left" bgcolor="#FFF" style="font-family:"><span style="text-align:center"><img alt="" width="642" height="8" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/lijn-zwart.jpg" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/lijn-zwart.jpg"></span></td><td> </td><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td><td width="245" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="font-family:;font-size:18px"> </td><td width="409" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="font-family:;font-size:18px"> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Universiteit Hasselt<span style="text-align:"><span style="color:#a71931"> |</span></span><span style="color:"> </span>Martelarenlaan 42 <span style="text-align:"><span style="color:#a71931">| </span></span>3500 Hasselt <span style="text-align:"><span style="color:#a71931">|</span> <a href="http://www.uhasselt.be" target="_blank">www.uhasselt.be</a></span></span></td><td> </td><td bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr><tr><td width="4" bgcolor="#000000"> </td><td width="10"><img alt="" width="10" height="10" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/10.gif" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/10.gif"></td><td colspan="2" align="center"> </td><td width="10"><img alt="" width="10" height="10" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/10.gif" src="http://www.uhasselt.be/images/nieuwsbrief/dcm/10.gif"></td><td width="4" bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr></tbody></table><br></div> </div><br></div> </div><br></div> </blockquote><br></div></body></html>