Special Sessions

The CEB-EIB 2023 will host the following special sessions

Description

«Iberoamerican» Session (not parallel)

On this occasion, the CEB will be held together with the Ibero-American Biometrics Meeting (EIB). For this reason the event will host an Ibero-American invited session with the participation of a speaker from each of the organizing regions: Spanish Region, Argentinean Region, Brazilian Region, Central American and Caribbean Region, Chilean Region and Ecuadorian Region.

Speakers (confirmed)

  • Danilo Alvares, University of Cambridge, UK (Chilean Region)
  • Mónica Balzarini, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina (Argentinean Region)
  • Marta Bofill Roig, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (Spanish Region)
  • Liliana Lopez Kleine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia (Central American and Caribbean Region)
  • Jessica Martha Vera Bermudez, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral – ESPOL, Ecuador (Ecuadorian Region)

«EMR-Italy» Session (not parallel)

As in previous editions of the CEB, the conference will also host an invited session organized jointly with the Italian Region and the Easter Mediterranean Region (EMR) of the International Biometric Society (IBS). The session will be coordinated by Anabel Forte Deltell (Universitat de València) and will feature invited speakers from Italy and EMR member countries.

Session in honor of Carmen Cadarso Suárez (not parallel)

In this edition of the CEB-EIB we will pay tribute to Carmen Cadarso Suárez, who passed away suddenly in June 2022. Carmen Cadarso was a Galician Biostatistician, professor at the Department of Statistics, Mathematical Analysis and Optimization of the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, coordinator and promoter of the national network of Biostatistics BIOSTATNET, and director of the research group «Biostatistics and Biomedical Data Science (GRID-BDS)», among many other achievements. Carmen Cadarso’s legacy and influence in the field of Biostatistics will always be remembered. The session is organized by Javier Roca Pardiñas (Universidade de Vigo).

«Galego-Portuguesa» Session (parallel)

On this occasion, and given the proximity and strong scientific ties between Galicia and Portugal, the conference will host an invited session with participants from both countries. The session is organized by Rosa Crujeiras Casais (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela) and Inês Sousa (Universidade do Minho, Portugal).

«BIOSTATNET» Session (parallel)

Special session in collaboration with the national network of Biostatistics BIOSTATNET. The session is organized by David Conesa Guillén (Universitat de València), coordinator of BIOSTATNET, and will feature invited speakers from the network.

«Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE)» Session (parallel)

Special session in collaboration with the Spanish Society of Epidemiology (Sociedad Española de Epidemiología, SEE). The session is organized by Miguel Ángel Martínez Beneito (Universitat de València) and will feature invited speakers from the SEE.