American Statistical Association Virginia Chapter 2019 Annual Meeting

LOCATION and DESCRIPTION

The Virginia Chapter of the American Statistical Association (ASA) will hold its annual meeting at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, on Friday, October 25, 2019. We will meet in Monroe Hall, Room 130, which can be found here (Monroe Hall is building 26 on the map). We are pleased to announce that Dr. Susan Ellenberg, Professor of Biostatistics at the Pennsylvania University Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, will deliver the Honorary Guest Lecture. ASA President Dr. Karen Kafadar will also delivery a guest lecture. There will be additional sessions of student and faculty presentations covering a wide range of important topics in fields such as adaptive clinical trial designs, geospatial clustering, machine learning, and genomics. A detailed agenda is listed below.

PARKING

Parking is available at the Culbreth Road Parking Garage (130 Culbreth Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903), which is 0.5 miles from Monroe Hall. Parking at the Culbreth Road Parking Garage will be free with your registration. Detailed instructions will be made available as we get closer to the date. Additional parking is available at the Central Grounds Parking Garage (400 Emmet St, Charlottesville, VA 22903), which is 0.2 miles from Monroe Hall. The rate at the Central Grounds Parking Garage is $2 per hour and payment can be made with cash or credit card.

LODGING

There are several lodging options near the UVA Campus, which can be explored through the following [link](https://www.visitcharlottesville.org/hotels/near-the-university/.

REGISTRATION

All attendees and presenters must register ($10 registration fee for students; $20 registration fee for professionals and faculty) to help support the Chapter provide light refreshments. You can register in advance via check or on site with cash or personal check; we cannot accept credit or debit cards at this time. For advance registration, please make checks payable to the American Statistical Association and mail to: Roy T. Sabo, Ph.D., Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23298. Feel free to direct questions or inquiries to roy.sabo@vcuhealth.org.

AGENDA