ENBIS 2002 - First call for papers

[Fabrizio Ruggeri <fabrizio@iami.mi.cnr.it>]

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* EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS *
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Second Annual Conference on Business and Industrial Statistics 

                       Rimini, Italy

             Hotel Continental e dei Congressi

                    September 23-24, 2002

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             WEB PAGE: www.ibisuva.nl/ENBIS/
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                   FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
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People interested in presenting a paper at the conference are kindly
invited to send a title and a brief abstract (approximately 250 words) 
by MARCH, 31th, 2002, to the organising committee co-ordinator,

	    Lesley Fairbairn (lesley.fairbairn@ncl.ac.uk),

specifying the preferred format for their presentation (oral/poster).

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DEADLINES: 

March,    31st, 2002: Abstract submission
May,      15th, 2002: Acceptance notification
July,     31st, 2002: Submission of paper or PowerPoint slides
July,     31st, 2002: Hotel reservation

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ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Soren    Bisgaard    (Conference Program Chair) 
Shirley  Coleman
Jeroen   de Mast
Ronald   Does
Oystein  Evandt
Lesley   Fairbairn   (Conference Co-ordinator)
Arnoldo  Frigessi
Paolo    Giudici     (Local Organizing Committee Vice-Chair)
Fabrizio Ruggeri     (Local Organizing Committee Chair)
Henry    Wynn

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The European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS) was
founded in 2000 as a network of people from industry and academia from
all European nations interested in applying, promoting and facilitating
the use of statistics in business and industry. 

The purpose of this second annual conference to be held in Rimini 23rd -
24th September 2002 is to build upon the success of the first conference
held in Oslo on 17-18th September 2001; it will serve as an ideal forum
for users of statistics to get together, share ideas and network.  Any
user, from the novices to experienced and their managers, are encouraged
to participate.  Papers and Posters will be presented showcasing a broad
spectrum of applications and generate discussion about the use of
statistics in a wide range of European business and industrial areas.  

With this call for papers, we seek nominations for innovative
presentations from a wide range of applications and types of business. 
Contributions are encouraged from business, industry, manufacturing, 
administration, marketing, sales, logistics and service showcasing. 
People from industry and business are invited to present their problems 
and current solutions. Applications can include, but are not limited to,
Design of Experiments, Data Analysis and Statistical Graphics, Data Mining,
Quality Improvement and Process Control, Six Sigma Applications, Quality 
Management, Statistical Modeling, Survey Sampling, Environmental Issues.

Potential speakers with applications or results with a focus on process
improvement (manufacturing and service), product improvement (design,
optimization, robust design and test), measurement quality, reliability,
risk management, market and customer insight are highly encouraged to
submit abstracts and participate in this conference.

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