Conference - 20 years

Conference on "Quantitative methods in statistics,
biostatistics and actuarial sciences"

Wednesday, May 30 - Friday, June 01, 2012
Louvain-la-Neuve


Purpose of the conference

On the occasion of its twentieth anniversary the ISBA organizes a conference covering the three main fields of research represented in the institute: there will be invited speakers sessions on Actuarial sciences, Mathematical statistics and Biostatistics. A poster session will complete the program.
We are pleased to announce that the degree of "Doctor Honoris Causa'' will be conferred to Ray Carroll, Texas A&M University, and Paul Embrechts, ETH Zürich. The ceremony will be held on Thursday afternoon.
 

Preconference short course

We invite you to a short course on "Empirical process theory for statistics" which Jon Wellner, University of Washington, has kindly accepted to give on Tuesday 05/29/2012 afternoon and Wednesday 05/30/2012 morning.

Conference  schedule

The following speakers have kindly accepted our invitation:

Wednesday 05/30/2012 afternoon session on "Actuarial and Financial Risks"

- Philippe Artzner, Université de Strasbourg
- Louis Eeckhoudt, CORE and FUCAM, Louvain-la-Neuve
- Roger Laeven, Tilburg University
- Oliver Linton, University of Cambridge 

Thursday 05/31/2012 morning session on "Mathematical statistics"

- Peter Bühlmann, ETH Zürich
- Eckhard Liebscher, Hochschule Merseburg
- Valentin Patilea, CREST - Ensai, Rennes
- Jon Wellner, University of Washington

Thursday 05/31/2012 afternoon ceremony "Doctor Honoris Causa" followed by a drink.
 

Thursday 05/31/2012 evening conference dinner

Friday 06/01/2012 morning session on "Biostatistics"

- Paul Eilers, Erasmus Universiteit MC, Rotterdam
- Paul Janssen,  Universiteit Hasselt
- Hernando Ombao, Brown University, Providence
- Virginie Rondeau, Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux 
 

Poster sessions

Poster sessions will take place on Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday morning in order to allow in the best conditions to interact with the audience and the invited speakers of our conference.
Submission for the poster session is open until 01/03/2012. Please encourage colleagues and your students to submit an abstract or paper to Tatiana Regout.
 

Practical informations and accommodation

More information soon.
 

Registration

We thank you in advance for participating in the conference and kindly ask you to register online

The regular registration fee is 120 €, there is a reduced fee of 80 € available
for master or Ph.D. students only (proof required). Your registration will be validated
after your payment has been received. 
After April 30, 2012, the registration fee will increase by 50%. 
For the participation at the conference dinner there applies an additional fee of 60 € per person.
 

Contact and information

Mrs Tatiana Regout
ISBA/IMMAQ
Voie du Roman Pays 20
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Email : Tatiana Regout
Phone : (+32)10/47.94.07
Fax : (+32)10/47.30.32
 

                                  Organized by                                                  co-sponsorship by  

            ISBA         UCL         ims sbs       

 

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