Fwd: SMABS 2004 Second Call

[MariaGabriella Ottaviani <Mariagabriella.ottaviani@uniroma1.it>]

>Thread-Topic: SMABS 2004 Second Call
>From: <info@smabs.org>
>To: <mariagabriella.ottaviani@uniroma1.it>
>Subject: SMABS 2004 Second Call
>Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 18:30:21 +0100
>
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>this is the second announcement and call for papers for the 24th Biennial 
>Conference of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioral 
>Sciences (SMABS). The conference will be held at the University of Jena, 
>Germany on July 18-21, 2004.
>
>ORGANIZATION
>The conference is organized by the Department of Methodology and 
>Evaluation Research of the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at 
>the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena. All required information will 
>be available at the conference website at http://www.smabs.org
>Please, visit the website to register for conference participation, 
>receive information on the scientific program (including keynote lectures, 
>invited symposia, workshops and contributed sessions) as well as the 
>social program, submit your abstract, subscribe/unsubscribe for the SMABS 
>2004 newsletter, learn about Jena and much more.
>
>OBJECTIVE
>The objective of this conference is to present recent developments and 
>stimulate discussion among researchers in the field of quantitative 
>methodology for the social and behavioral as well as educational and 
>econometric sciences. You are invited to present papers on both 
>theoretical developments and applications of statistical or 
>data-analytical methods in the fields mentioned above. The program will 
>include invited keynote lectures, symposia, individual paper 
>presentations, poster sessions and software presentations as well as 
>social events. Members of the local and scientific committee will select 
>abstracts (max. 300 words, including keywords and references) submitted by 
>January 15, 2004.
>
>SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
>Abstracts can be submitted via the conference website 
>(http://www.smabs.org) in the section ''Program'' > ''Submit Abstracts''. 
>Deadline for the submission of abstracts is January, 15th, 2004.
>
>INVITED SPEAKERS
>A number of excellent researchers have accepted an invitation to hold a 
>keynote address or organize a symposium, among them Peter Bentler (UCLA, 
>USA), Linda Collins (PennState, USA), Michael Eid (University of Geneve, 
>Switzerland), John Graham (PennState, USA), Joop Hox (University of 
>Utrecht, The Netherlands), Karl Joereskog (University of Uppsala, Sweden), 
>Robert Mislevy (University of Maryland, USA), José Muñiz (University of 
>Oviedo, Spain), Donald Rubin (Harvard University, USA), Tamas Rudas 
>(Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary), Theodore Walls (PennState, USA) and 
>Mark Wilson (UC Berkeley, USA).
>
>WORKSHOPS
>Two pre- and two post-conference workshops will be held on July, 17th and 
>July, 22nd, respectively. Topics will be Structural Equation Modeling with 
>EQS 6 (Peter Bentler; UCLA, USA), Causality (Donald Rubin; Harvard 
>University, USA), Latent Class Regression (Jeroen Vermunt; University of 
>Tilburg, The Netherlands) and ConQuest 2.0 (Mark Wilson; UC Berkeley, 
>USA). Participation for the workshops is limited, places are assigned on a 
>first come, first serve basis. You can sign up now in the registration 
>section at the conference website.
>
>SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM EASTERN EUROPE
>We may be able to offer financial support to a limited number of 
>participants from Eastern Europe. The financial support includes partial 
>funding of travel expenses, hotel accommodation and exemption from 
>registration fees. For terms and conditions, visit the conference website 
>(http://www.smabs.org), section ''Scholarships''.
>
>
>Please forward this mail to all colleagues who might be interested in the 
>conference (or alternatively, use the ''tell-a-friend'' feature at the 
>conference website).
>
>We are looking forward to welcoming you in Jena.
>
>Rolf Steyer
>Andreas Wolf
>Local Committee
>
>
>*******************************************
>SMABS 2004 conference
>website: http://www.smabs.org
>
>conference office:
>SMABS 2004, c/o Katrin Schaller
>University of Jena
>Am Steiger 3, Hs. 1
>07743 Jena
>Germany
>mail: info@smabs.org
>phone: +49-3641-945230
>fax: +49-3641-945232
>*******************************************

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Prof. Maria-Gabriella Ottaviani     mariagabriella.ottaviani@uniroma1.it
Dip.di Statistica, Probabilita' e Statistiche Applicate
Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza"
P.le A. Moro, 5 - 00185 Roma (Italy)
Tel. (+39)-06-49 91 05 61      Fax (+39)-06-49 59 241