[R] EURISBIS'09: First Announcement and Call for papers

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We are very glad to announce you the event that will be held in Cagliari in
the next spring.

						EURISBIS’09
European Regional Meeting of the International Society for Business and
Industrial Statistics
	with special emphasis on Quantitative Methods for Banking and
Finance, Environment,
		Quality of Services for SMEs, Transport and Tourism
			Cagliari, Italy, May 30 – June 3, 2009

URL: www.eurisbis09.it

Host Institution: Department of Economics - University of Cagliari   -
Italy 

Venue: Hotel Flamingo in Santa Margherita di Pula (Cagliari, Italy –
www.hotelflamingo.it)

Main Sponsor: International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics
(ISBIS)

Participating Organisations: Faculty of Economics - University of Cagliari 
				     IASC (International Association for
Statistical Computing
				     ISI (International Statistical
Institute)
				     SIS (Italian Statistical Society)
				     ESSEC Business School of Paris and
Singapore

Main themes: This conference will focus on statistical issues aimed at
improving decision-making processes in Banking and Finance, Environment,
Quality of Services for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Transport and
Tourism.

Main Topics: Asset-liability Management, Chemometrics, Design of
Experiments, Environmentrics, Information Technology, Life Insurance,
Pharmaceutical Statistics, Pension Schemes, Portfolio Management, Process
Control, Quality Control, Ratings, Reliability, Risk Management, Risk
Analysis and Market Research, Software Engineering, Statistical Learning and
Data Mining, Survey Methods, Tourism Statistics, Transport Statistics.

Keynote speakers: William S. Cleveland (Bell-labs, USA)
      		Alessandro Fassò (University of Bergamo, Italy)

SPC chairs: Nicholas Fisher (ValueMetrics, Australia) 
		Francesco Mola (University of Cagliari, Italy) 
		Vincenzo Esposito Vinzi (ESSEC Business School, France) 

Scientific Secretary: Claudio Conversano (University of Cagliari, Italy –
conversa at unica.it)

LOC chairs: Claudio Conversano (University of Cagliari, Italy); Francesco
Mola (University of 
		Cagliari, Italy)
 
Important Dates:  Abstract Submission : January 15, 2009. 
                  Notification of Acceptance : January 31, 2009
		      Early Registration : March 1, 2009
                  Late Registration : May 25, 2009

For more information visit: www.eurisbis09.it 
where you can subscribe our mailing list so as to be kept informed.