ICMR Centenary Celebrations &

XXIX Annual Conference of

Indian Society for Medical Statistics

The Department of Statistics, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Tuberculosis Research Centre), ICMR, Chennai will be hosting the XXIX Annual Conference of Indian Society for Medical Statistics from November 3 to 5, 2011. This conference aims to provide opportunity for all members of the society and others including students, teachers and professional statisticians alike to present their research findings, participate and interact during the technical sessions. The conference will be preceded by a workshop on 2nd of November 2011. The conference will present several areas of Biostatistics and their applications in the field of public health, medicine, epidemiology, biology, bio-informatics, computational biology, GIS, survival analysis, modeling HIV/AIDS, health informatics, etc. The scientific program will include invited talks, special symposia, oral and poster sessions. We look forward to welcome you at Chennai.

Theme : "Expanding Medical Statistics - key to Excellence in Biomedical Research"

Date

Conference : 3 - 5 November 2011

All the delegates participating in the conference /workshop are required to register. The filled in registration form, along with the paper presentation details and registration fee should be sent to the organizing secretary by 10th October 2011.

Payments

All payments should be made by Cash or DD. Demand Draft should be taken in favour of ‘ ISMS Conference 2011 ’, payable at Chennai.

Abstract Submission

The abstract of papers must be sent to ismscon2011@gmail.com as an attachment or in a CD with presenters name as the file name.

Registration Fee 

Category	With out pre-conference course	With pre-conference course
ISMS members	Rs.2200	Rs.3200
Non-members	Rs.2500	Rs.3500
Students	Rs.1000	Rs.2000
Foreign Delegates	US $ 100	US $ 150
Accompanying persons	Rs.1000	Rs.1000

 Important Dates

Submission of Abstract 30.09.2011

Payment of Registration 30.09.2011

Last date for Cancellation 30.10.2011

Tentative ProgrammeAccommodation

Date	Programme
02 Nov 2011	Workshop
03 Nov 2011	Conference Day-1 (Registration, Inauguration and Technical Session)
04 Nov 2011	Conference Day-2 (Technical Session and GB meeting)
05 Nov 2011	Conference Day-3 (Technical Session and Valedictory Function)

Limited accommodation is available for guests and invited speakers only.

The delegates and participants are requested to make their own arrangements well in advance. The tariffs of different Hotels in Chennai can be obtained in the web. Those who need hotel accommodation are requested to send one rent as advance to book the rooms in the hotels of their choice.

Note: On written request 50% refund will be made for cancellation before 15.10.2011 and no refund thereafter.

Places of Interest

1. V.G.P Golden Beach Resort (30km)
2. Crocodile Bank (42 kms.)
3. Dakshinachitra (47 kms)
4. Muttukadu (46 kms)
5. Covelong (48kms)
6. Kanchipuram (75 kms)
7. Mahabalipuram (58 kms.)
8. Marina Beach
9. Kapaleeswara Temple
10. Parthasarthy Temple
11. Tirupati (152 kms)
12. Sri Aurobindo Ashram (Pondicherry - 150 kms)
13. Sripuram – Sri Lakshminarayani Golden Temple (Vellore – 140 kms)