December 4-8, 2017 at Atlantic City, New Jersey The 73rd Deming Conference on Applied Statistics Sponsored by Metropolitan Section, ASQ and Biopharmaceutical Section, ASA
2017 Program
	Program Student Award Book Sale Download Program Abstract Submission (will open on August 15) Download Presentation Slides ASA Biopharmaceutical Section and Deming Scholar Award Biopharm-Deming Scholar Award Application Form The purpose of the 3-day Deming Conference on Applied Statistics is to provide a learning experience on recent developments in statistical methodologies. The conference is composed of 12 3-hour tutorials on current statistical topics of interest based on recently published texts. The conference is followed by two 2-day parallel short courses. The conference sells these books at a 40% discount. Poster submissions are also solicited. Poster Session The Annual Deming Conference on Applied Statistics will accept submission of abstracts for poster presentation during the conference. The poster sessions provide a forum to attendees to present concepts and issues of relevance to their peers. The rules and tips of the poster presentations can be found by clicking the button below. or click here to download the pdf file. Program Summary The 73rd Deming Conference will be held on December 4-8, 2017 at Atlantic City, NJ. There will be two parallel half-day tutorial sessions based on recently published books for the first three days for a total of 12 tutorial sessions (December 5, 6, 7). Then the conference will continue with two 2-day short courses on December 8 and December 9. The books used for the tutorial sessions and for the short courses as well as books written by invited speakers will be sold at an appreciable discounted prices. The authors of the books are invited as the speakers. Poster sessions will also be presented. A complete program pdf file will be available for download.
	The 73rd Deming Conference Program Poster sessions will be in the middle of the 3 extended tutorial sessions (Monday afternoon, and Tuesday and Wednesday Morning) Click topic titles for abstracts and speaker names for bios   12/4/2017 (Monday)      6:30 AM - 8:00 AM Registration        7:00 AM - 8:00 PM Full Hot Breakfast (Covered by registration fee)        8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Keynote Session Roles of Biostatisticians In New Drug Development and Regulatory Review Dr. Yuki Ando, Senior Scientist for Biostatistics Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Japan        9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon Session A(based on book) Hot Topics in Clinical Trials: Multiple Outcomes and Benefit: Risk Dr. Toshimitsu Hamasaki, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Dr. Scott R. Evans, Harvard University   Session B Missing Data Analysis Using SAS® Dr. Frank Liu, Merck & Co. Inc. Dr. Fang Chen, SAS Institute        12:00 Noon - 1:30 PM Lunch Break (on your own)        1:30 PM - 4:45 PM Session C Regulatory Science and Drug Development in China Professor Naiqing Zhao, Fudan University Dr. Jie Chen, Merck Research Laboratories   Session D(based on book) Phase II Clinical Development of Drugs Dr. Naitee Ting (Boehringer Ingleheim) Dr. Shuyen Ho (UCB)        7:00 PM Session Speaker Dinner Speaker Dinner and Student Awards (optional, fee added)   12/5/2017 (Tuesday)      6:00 AM - 8:00 AM Registration        7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Full Hot Breakfast (Covered by registration fee)        8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Session Keynote Bridging Study Evaluation and MRCTs in Taiwan: Regulatory Perspectives and Experiences Dr. Guei-Feng Tsai, Statistical Team Leader Division of New Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation; Taiwan        9:00 AM - 12:15 PM Session E(based on book) Generalized Linear Models Alan Agresti, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Florida   Session F Likelihood-Based Methods for Continuous Safety Monitoring of Pharmaceutical Products (On Behalf of the ASA Safety Monitoring Working Group) Dr. William Wang (Merck), Dr. Krishan P. Singh (GSK) Dr. Ram Tiwari (FDA)) On Behalf of the ASA Safety Monitoring Working Group        12:15 PM -1:45 PM Lunch Break (on your own)        1:45 PM - 4:45 PM Session G Multi-Regional Clinical Trials and the ICH E17 Dr William Wang (Merck) Dr Yuki Ando (PMDA)   Session H Causal Inference in a Big Data World: Introduction to Parametric and Semi-Parametric Estimators for Causal Inference Dr. Laura Balzer, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst   12/6/2017 (Wednesday)      6:30 AM - 8:00 AM Registration        7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Full Hot Breakfast (Covered by registration fee)        8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Session Keynote Regulatory Hot Topics in Europe Frank Pétavy, Biostatistics and Methodology Support R&D Division, European Medicines Agency, London, UK        9:00 AM - 12:15 PM Session I Benefit–Risk Assessment and Utility of Real World Evidence in Medical Product Development and Life Cycle Management Dr. Weili He, Merck & Co., Inc Dr. Qi Jiang, Amgen.   Session J Dose-Finding in Clinical Development Dr. Qiqi Deng, Boehringer Ingleheim        12:15 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break (on your own)        1:45 PM - 4:45 PM Session K Statistical & Strategic Considerations in Development of Oncology Immunotherapies Dr. Cong Chen, Merk & Co.   Session L(based on book) Meta-Analysis and Network Meta-Analysis in Clinical Trials Dr. Joseph C. Cappelleri, Pfizer Inc Prof. Ding-Geng (Din) Chen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   12/7/2017 - 12/8/2017 (Thursday and Friday)      6:30 AM - 8:00 AM Registration        7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Full Hot Breakfast (Covered by Short Course registration fee)        8:00 AM - 5:50 PM (Thu)      8:00 AM - 1:30 PM (Fri) Short Course 1 GUIDE Approach to Subgroup Identification and Analysis for Precision Medicine Prof. Wei-Yin Loh, University of Wisconsin        8:00 AM - 5:50 PM (Thu)       8:00 AM - 1:30 PM (Fri) Short Course 2(based on book) Multiplicity Issues in Clinical Trials Dr. Alex Dmitrienko, Mediana Inc Book information will be published later.