The Statistics Department at the University of California, Davis, cordially invites you to participate in the 2008 western regional meeting of WNAR and the IMS. Following up on the traditions established at the two previous WNAR/IMS meetings hosted by the Davis campus, the meeting will feature an outstanding program of invited speakers, special student-paper sessions and a new researchers’ luncheon. On Sunday, June 22, Thomas Lumley and Norman Breslow, University of Washington, will teach a short course entitled “R Survey Package Analyses for Two Phase Studies, with Applications in Epidemiology.” There will be a hosted wine-tasting reception on Sunday evening and a Special Banquet on Tuesday enhancing the Conference and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Davis campus.

WNAR Presidential Invited Address

Jerry Lawless

University of Waterloo

IMS 2008 Medallion Lecturer

Peter Bartlett
University of California, Berkeley

WNAR Program Chair

Patrick Heagerty
University of Washington

IMS Program Chair

Charles Kooperberg
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Local Organizers

Frank Samaniego & Chris Drake
University of California, Davis

For registration and conference details, go to http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/wnar-ims2008