Conference dates: May 28–29, 2024

Location: University of Waterloo

The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo is delighted to announce that it is hosting a conference to celebrate the remarkable contributions of Jerry Lawless and Mary Thompson to the fields of life history analysis and survey sampling methodology.

An exciting program of speakers has been lined up for what promising to be a stimulating and enjoyable 2 days of talks by leading researchers including collaborators, friends, and former students of Mary Thompson and Jerry Lawless. A banquet will be held on the evening of May 28. 

Registration details are now available online. For more information, please visit our conference website.

Confirmed speakers:

• Per Kragh Andersen, University of Copenhagen
• Jiahua Chen, University of British Columbia
• Charmaine Dean, University of Waterloo
• Vern Farewell, University of Cambridge
• Geoffrey Fong, University of Waterloo
• David Hammond, University of Waterloo
• Peisong Han, Gilead Sciences
• Joan Hu, Simon Fraser University
• Jack Kalbfleisch, University of Michigan
• Vijay Nair, University of Michigan
• John Neuhaus, University of California San Francisco
• Ross Prentice, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• Rhonda Rosychuk, University of Alberta
• Jing Qin, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Jon Rao, Carleton University
• Peter Song, University of Michigan
• Jianguo Sun, University of Missouri
• Lei Sun, University of Toronto
• Christina Wolfson, McGill University
• Grace Yi, Western University