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<p class="m_-1277973914980919077MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="BACKGROUND:white"><font face="Times New Roman">We invite </font></span><em style="WORD-SPACING:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri","sans-serif";FONT-STYLE:normal">submission</span></em><span style="WORD-SPACING:0px;FLOAT:none;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="Times New Roman"> of </font></span><em style="WORD-SPACING:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri","sans-serif";FONT-STYLE:normal">abstracts</span></em><span style="WORD-SPACING:0px;FLOAT:none;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="Times New Roman"> for
contributed </font></span><em style="WORD-SPACING:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri","sans-serif";FONT-STYLE:normal">poster
presentations</span></em><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="WORD-SPACING:0px;FLOAT:none;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> for
</span><span lang="EN-GB">this year's International Workshop on Statistical Modelling (IWSM)
in Guimarães (7-12 July 2019). </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-GB">The
</span><span lang="EN-GB">deadline to submit contributed abstract for poster presentation is
<b>April 30th</b> (see details below).<u></u><u></u></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="m_-1277973914980919077MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Best regards<u></u><u></u></font></font></span></p>
<p class="m_-1277973914980919077MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Luís Meira-Machado<u></u><u></u></font></font></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:16pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";COLOR:#ff6c00">IWSM 2019, Guimarães, 7-12 July 2019: Poster presentation deadline<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">34th
International Workshop on Statistical Modelling – IWSM2019<span>
</span><u></u><u></u></font></font></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri","sans-serif";COLOR:#002060;LINE-HEIGHT:150%">7-12
July, 2019. Guimarães, Portugal.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;COLOR:#002060;LINE-HEIGHT:150%"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.iwsm2019.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="BACKGROUND:white;COLOR:#002060"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">www.iwsm2019.org</font></span></a><span class="m_-1277973914980919077rwrr"><span lang="EN-US" style="TEXT-DECORATION:none;COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">We encourage you
to submit paper for poster presentation in the Workshop. </span><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:#000066">All the accepted papers will be included in the Workshop Proceedings.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><font face="Calibri"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:#002060">Important
dates</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><font size="3">
</font></span></b></font><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><br>
<span><font size="3" face="Calibri">Deadline call for oral presentation abstracts: February 17, 2019
</font></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:red"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">(<b>CLOSED</b>)<u></u><u></u></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><font size="3"><em><span lang="DE" style="FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri","sans-serif";COLOR:#002060">Notification
of acceptance:</span></em><font face="Calibri"><i><span lang="DE" style="COLOR:#002060">
</span></i><span lang="DE" style="COLOR:#002060">March 25, 2019</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></i></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><font size="3"><em><span lang="DE" style="FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri","sans-serif";COLOR:#002060">Deadline
for travel grant application (students only): </span></em><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">February
17, 2019 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:red">(<b>CLOSED</b>)</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></i></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">Deadline
call for poster presentation abstracts: April 30, 2019 </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:red">(OPEN)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal"><font size="3"><em><span lang="DE" style="FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri","sans-serif";COLOR:#002060">Notification
of acceptance (for late poster submissions):</span></em><font face="Calibri"><i><span lang="DE" style="COLOR:#002060">
</span></i><span lang="DE" style="COLOR:#002060">May 15, 2019<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">Early
registration deadline: April 30, 2019</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></i></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">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="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:#002060"><font face="Calibri">Keynote
Speakers</font></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><br>
</span></b><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">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)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#000066"><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="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:#002060"><font face="Calibri">Pre-conference
short course (July 7th)</font></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><br>
</span></b><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">James
Carpenter </span><span class="m_-1277973914980919077st1"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) – missing data</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Calibri"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;BACKGROUND:white;COLOR:#002060">Scientific
program</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;BACKGROUND:white;COLOR:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="BACKGROUND:white;COLOR:#002060">The
scientific program will consist of invited talks, contributed talks and posters.
</span><span lang="EN" style="COLOR:#002060">The workshop atmosphere is friendly and supportive with a good deal of discussion within a single main session plus a poster session, rather than parallel sessions.<u></u><u></u></span></font></font></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri","sans-serif";COLOR:#002060;LINE-HEIGHT:115%">Details
and instructions for the conference can be found at the conference web site </span>
<span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri","sans-serif";LINE-HEIGHT:115%"><a href="http://www.iwsm2019.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="COLOR:#002060">www.iwsm2019.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri","sans-serif";COLOR:#002060;LINE-HEIGHT:115%">
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