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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please take note of the upcoming 2-day training on causal inference provided by Prof. Miguel Hernan, followed by a 1-day seminar on the same topic. These events are jointly organized
by the BBS and BES.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Training (see attachment for content)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Date:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Aug 19-20, 2019
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Time: 9:00 – 17:00h<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location: Roche Auditorium (exact location will be communicated once enrollment is closed)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fee: Industry: CHF 200.- / Academia: CHF 100.-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registration: By e-mail to
<a href="mailto:fred.sorenson@xcenda.com">fred.sorenson@xcenda.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Roche, Novartis, Actelion associates: please register by e-mail to your internal contact: Vanessa Gschwind (Roche); Eliane Imfeld (Novartis); Lilla di
Scala (Actelion/J&J)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Seminar (see attachment for content)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Aug 21, 2019
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Time:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 9:00 – 16:00h<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Roche Auditorium (exact location will be communicated once enrollment is closed)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fee:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Free of charge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registration:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> via the BES homepage:
<a href="http://bes.ceb-institute.org">http://bes.ceb-institute.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you at these events!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The organizing committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sigrid Behr, Frank Bretz, Giusi Moffa, Thibaut Sanglier, Simon Wandel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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