Photos: Flickr

The 31st Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada will be held at Dalhousie University from June 8-11, 2003. The conference is expected to attract approximately 300 registrants and will bring together researchers and users of statistics and probability from academia, government and industry. The meeting will include workshops on Mixed Effects Models for Longitudinal Data, Panel Surveys and Current Topics in Response Surface Methodology.
 

We look forward to welcoming you to Dalhousie University and Halifax. The conference will take place on the Dalhousie campus which is centrally located in Halifax within walking distance of all the major hotels. The Workshops and Board meeting on Sunday will take place at the Lord Nelson Hotel. You should plan to allow enough time to enjoy the city with its historic buildings, museums, the waterfront and the surrounding areas. You can get more information at www.halifaxinfo.com and at www.nstourism.com. Included in your registration fee is a lobster banquet at Pier 21, the restored immigration shed and museum on the harbour. Click here to see a map of Halifax; Dalhousie University lies just west of the star.
 

The Program Committee is chaired by Doug Wiens (University of Alberta).
 

The Local Arrangements Organizing Committee is chaired by Chris Field (Dalhousie University).

About concerns re SARS

We have received several queries regarding the recent SARS outbreak. This was largely confined to hospitals inToronto, Ontario and is now contained and diminishing. It has not affected the plans for the Halifax, Nova Scotia meeting. More information is available at the  Health Canada web site.