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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:14pt;COLOR:#002060;LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><font face="Calibri">34<sup>th</sup> International Workshop on
Statistical Modelling (IWSM2019)<u></u><u></u></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:#002060;LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><font face="Calibri">July 7 - 12, 2019. Guimarães, Portugal<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style="COLOR:#002060">The
34th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling (IWSM) will be held in Guimarães 7-12 July 2019.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#000066">IWSM is one of the major activities of
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">the Statistical Modelling Society<span class="m_3038097979588046027MsoHyperlink"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION:none;COLOR:#002060"><u>,
</u></span></span>founded </span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#000066">with the purpose of promoting and encouraging statistical modelling in its widest sense. The workshop aims to involve both academic and professional statisticians
and data analysts with a particular focus on real data problems which involve an element of novel statistical modelling, or novel model application.<u></u><u></u></span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">Papers focusing on applications with important substantive implications as well as
methodological issues are welcome. Submissions by students and young researchers are particularly encouraged.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">All the accepted papers will be included in the
Proceedings of the Workshop.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><font size="3" face="Calibri">IMPORTANT
DATES<br>
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<span>Registration and abstract submission begins: December 1, 2018
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Deadline
call for oral presentation abstracts: February 10, 2019 <u></u><u></u></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">Deadline
call for poster presentation abstracts: April 30, 2019</span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Early
registration deadline: April 30, 2019<u></u><u></u></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">Short
course: July 7, 2019 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">Conference:
July 8-12, 2019</span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><font size="3" face="Calibri">KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS<br>
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</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#000066"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Adrian Bowman (Glasgow, UK)<br>
Julio Singer (University of São Paulo, Brazil)<br>
Maria Antónia Turkman (University of Lisbon, Portugal)<br>
Peter Diggle (Lancaster, UK)<br>
Philippe Lambert (University of Liege, Belgium)<u></u><u></u></font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span style="COLOR:#000066"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Luís Meira-Machado – chair (<a href="mailto:lmachado@math.uminho.pt" target="_blank">lmachado@math.uminho.pt</a>)<u></u><u></u></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="COLOR:#000066">Arminda Manuela Gonçalves<br>
Inês Sousa<br>
Raquel Menezes<br>
Susana Faria</span><span style="COLOR:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></font></font></p>
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DETAILS AND CONTACTS</font></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><br>
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<a><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";BACKGROUND:white;COLOR:#002060">IWSM2019UM@gmail.com</span></a><span class="m_3038097979588046027rwrr"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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