Description
In recent years, research design and data analysis have received widespread attention due to advancements in various areas of biostatistical research. Previous Joint Biostatistics Symposium held by universities in mainland China has fostered dialogue among biostatisticians from mainland China and abroad, as well as promoting an interdisciplinary approach for research.
International Society of Biometrics-Chinese Region, Peking University, the Chinese Association of Applied Statistics, China Association for Applied Statistics - Biomedical Statistics, in collaboration with other renowned organizations, are jointly hosting the 6th IBS-China Biostatistical Conference & The Satellite Conference of IBC2020 (SC-IBC2020) between June 30 and July 2, 2020, in Beijing, China.
Theme:
Statistical Methods and Dynamics in Clinical Research, Cancer Epidemiology and Drug Development
Program Chairs:
Program Chair: Xiaohua Zhou, PhD, President, IBS-China Region. PKU Endowed Chair Professor, Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University
Program Co-Chair: Ping Hu, ScD, Statistician, U.S. National Cancer Institute/National Institute of Health
Local grogram committee chair: Jinzhu Jia, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University
Place:
Peking University, Beijing, China
Date:
June 30, July 1-2, 2020
Sponsors：
International Biometric Society-Chinese Region (IBS-China)
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University
Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University
Center for Statistical Science and School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University
China Association for Applied Statistics-Biomedical Statistics
Confirmed invited speakers（alphabetical order of last name）：
Marco Bonetti, Professor, Bocconi University, Italy
Lupe Gomez, Professor, Technical University Catalunya, Spain
Kyungmann Kim, Professor, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Victor Kipnis, PhD, Branch Chief, Biometry Research Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, USA
Jack Lee, Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Xihong Lin, Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University
Sharon-Lise Normand, Professor, Harvard Medical School, USA
Yu Shen, Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Division of Basic Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Runny Udafni, Professor, University of Athens, Greece
Ying Yuan, Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Preliminary schedule：
Day 1 (June 30) – two short courses
Topic 1: Implementing Novel Bayesian Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs: from Theory to Practice
Topic 2: Semiparametric Regression with R
Day 2 (July 1)
8:30-9:00 Welcome remarks
9:00-9:40 Keynote speech
9:40-10:00 Group photo
10:00-12:00 Invited Session 1 – Statistical methods in clinical research - I
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Invited Session 2 – Cancer Epidemiology
15:30-15:45 Coffee break
15:45-17:45 Contributed Session 1 – TBD
Day 3 (July 2)
8:30-10:30 Invited Session 3 – Statistical methods in clinical research – II
10:30-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-12:45 Invited Session 4 – Biopharmaceutical regulations and industry statistics
12:45-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Contributed session 2 – TBD
16:00-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-17:00 Student awards
17:00-17:30 Closing remarks
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Registration
Registration Fees (Non-Author Registration)
• 280 USD per person for overseas (including Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) participants
• 150 USD per person for overseas student participants (please present a valid student ID at time of registration)
• 1,200 RMB for mainland China participants
• 600 RMB for Chinese student participants (please present your Chinese student ID at time of registration)
CNY 1,200.00
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Important Dates
Draft paper submission deadline：2020-06-01
Call for paper description
1. Requirements:
- The paper should include abstract (500 words both in English and Chinese) or full text(less than 8000 words).name of the author, positional titles, work unit, address, postal code, phone number (cell phone) and e-mail.
- Send the paper via email to pkubiostat@126.com. Papers due on June 1, 2020
- The name of your paper or subject of e-mail should mark “6th IBS-China Biostatistical Conference + topic+work unit+ name”.
- If private contents involved, please keep your privacy by yourselves.
2. Selection of Papers
The program committee will discuss on the papers for this symposium, select the best ones and be published in the special issue of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Some of them can also be recommended for possible publication in journals like Statistic in Medicine and Statistic in Biosciences.
Selected papers will be also published as a proceeding of the symposium; if your papers are selected, and you are interested in publishing them in the proceeding, please submit your English and Chinese abstract and full text; another announcement will be made for the publication charges.
3. Please keep original manuscript yourselves, the program committee has right to edit them.