EuroCIM: the first European Causal Inference Meeting
The Causal Inference Meeting goes bigger! We are pleased to announce that after five successful editions of the UK-CIM, the first European Causal Inference Meeting (EuroCIM) will take place in Florence, Italy, in 2018. Conference dates are Wednesday April 11 to Friday April 13 2018, with pre-conference short courses being offered on Tuesday April 10 2018. Pre-conference short courses will take place at Polo Morgagni in Viale Morgagni.
The EuroCIM 2018 is organized by the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications (DiSIA) and ARCO of the University of Florence, Italy.
A special thanks goes to Google for its generous donation.
Members of the local organizing committee
Fabrizia Mealli
Michela Baccini
Laura Forastiere
Anna Gottard
Alessandra Mattei
Mario Biggeri
The Theme of the Meeting
The meeting follows the theme of the previous UK-CIM editions: it will be focused on “Causal Inference in Health, Economic and Social Sciences”.
The objective
Euro-CIM aims to:
- Provide a forum for people interested in causal inference to meet informally
- Provide an opportunity for researchers to show their work
- Offer networking opportunities for collaborations
Short Courses
Several courses will be held on April 10. Each course up to a maximum of 60 participants.
Rhian Daniel
Cardiff University
Full day course
Topic: Causal Inference for Newcomers
Johannes Textor
Radboud University Medical Center
3h workshop | 9.30am – 12.30pm
Topic: DAGitty
Fabrizia Mealli
University of Florence
3h workshop ! 1pm – 4pm
Topic: Principal Stratification
Guido Imbens
Stanford Graduate School of Business
3h workshop | 4pm- 7pm
Topics: Machine Learning and Causal Inference
Conference
Keynote Speakers
The meeting will include keynote addresses from:
Donald Rubin
Harvard University
Vanessa Didelez
University of Bremen
Michael Hudgens
University of North Carolina
Fees
Workshops
30 € (each) 3-hour workshop (Mealli, Textor, Imbens)
50 € full day workshop (Daniel)
Conference
110€ PhD students
220€ early bird
280€ late fee
The fees will include 5 coffee breaks, 3 lunches, and conference material.
Conference dinner is optional and not included in the fees. It will be around 40 euros.
Important Dates
Deadlines for participants not submitting abstracts
> 17th January 2018: Last day of early-bird registration fees
> 9th March 2018: Meeting and pre-meeting workshop registration closes.
Deadlines for participants submitting abstracts
> 1st February 2018: Deadline for abstract submission for talk and poster presentations
> Late February 2018: Notification of accepted abstracts for talks and posters
Participants submitting abstracts can continue to take advantage of early-bird registration fees until 5th March, irrespective of the outcome of their submissions.
The last date to register is the 15th March.
Contact us
For questions about the Euro-CIM 2018, please contact the local organizers at info@arcolab.org.
Further details and the registration form will be online over the next few weeks.
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