Fwd: GEOMED 2011: Conference on Spatial Statistics and Geomedical Systems

[Renato Assunção <assuncao@est.ufmg.br>]

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From: Farouk Nathoo <nathoo@uvic.ca>
Date: 2011/2/1
Subject: GEOMED 2011: Conference on Spatial Statistics and Geomedical Systems
To: info@geomed2011victoria.com
Cc: CB Dean <dean@stat.sfu.ca>, Farouk Nathoo <nathoo@math.uvic.ca>


On behalf of the organizing committee, we welcome GEOMED to Canada.
The meeting will be held in Victoria, British Columbia, a beautiful
Canadian destination.  Information on Victoria can be found at the
meeting website listed below.

GEOMED 2011 is the 7th international, interdisciplinary conference on
spatial statistics and geomedical systems.  GEOMED brings together
statisticians, geographers, epidemiologists, computer scientists, and
public health professionals to discuss methods of spatial analysis
related to issues arising in public health.

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Conference Dates

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October 20th - October 22nd, 2011 ~ Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada

Detailed information is available at:

http://geomed2011victoria.com/

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Main Program

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The scientific program includes invited sessions covering the following topics:

.       Pattern Detection and Public Health Surveillance

.       GIS and Public Health

.       Disease Mapping

.       Spatial Statistics for Neuroimaging

.       Spatial Statistics for Environmental Epidemiology

.       Spatial Point Processes and Applications

A current list of confirmed speakers is available at:

http://geomed2011victoria.com/invited-speakers/

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Contributed Poster Session

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A contributed poster session will be held on Thursday October, 20th, 2011.

Abstract submission for this session will be available from May 1st,
2011, onwards. Abstracts for this session may be submitted at:

http://geomed2011victoria.com/abstract-submission/

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Conference Proceedings

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Two special issues of Statistical Methods in Medical Research (SMMR)
have been reserved for refereed papers from this meeting. The first
issue will focus on general disease mapping, and the second issue will
focus on spatial statistics for neuroimaging.  In addition, an issue
of the new Elsevier journal Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology
(SSTE) will be set aside for refereed papers with a less statistical
focus.

Sincerely,

Farouk Nathoo and Charmaine Dean, Program Co-Chairs