Australian Statistical Conference / New Zealand Statistical Association Conference 'Statistical Connections' SKYCITY, Auckland, New Zealand 3 - 6 July 2006 LESS THAN TWO MONTHS TO GO Register Online Now! Register now for ASCNZ06 - an international conference with a full and varied scientific program. For up to date and detailed information on the 2006 Program visit: http://www.statsnz2006.com/program.asp <http: www.statsnz2006.com="" program.asp=""> ASC / NZSA 2006 with less than two months to go has attracted substantial registrations to its outstanding scientific program featuring ; * 4 Plenary Sessions featuring leading international speakers: Professor David Donoho - Stanford University, Title: Sparsity in Estimation and Detection Professor Peter Hall - ANU, Title: PCA For FDA Professor Ray Chambers - University of Southampton Title: Models and Auxiliary Information in Survey Sampling Professor Xiao-Li Meng - Harvard University Title: (Data) Size Does Matter, But You Might Be In for a Surprise ... > 25 Invited Speaker Sessions covering leading international and local speakers featuring a wide range of topics in Statistical and Machine Learning, Statistical Inference, Statistics in Ecology and the Environment, Statistics in Biological Sciences and Medicine, Stochastic Processes, Econometrics and Finance, Computational Statistics and High Dimensional Data Modelling. > Over 30 contributed paper sessions complementing the Plenary and Invited Sessions > A full day theme devoted to Official Statistics starting with the Foreman Lecture by Professor Ray Chambers, followed by an invited session featuring Professor Alastair Scott and Professor Kirk Wolter. After lunch there will be an Official Statistics Forum featuring the New Zealand Government Statistician Mr Brian Pink and the Australian Statistician Mr Dennis Trewin, followed by a contributed session. Other contributed sessions on various aspects of official statistics will be held throughout the conference. >Also included in the conference program is a Young Statisticians program > Associated workshops on Distance Sampling, Stochastic Processes and the R-Fest Workshops on R Graphics, S programming and Bioconductor. Find out more on the workshops at the following link http://www.statsnz2006.com/workshop.asp <http: www.statsnz2006.com="" workshop.asp=""> >For information on Tours and Social events Please visit the website http://www.statsnz2006.com/sprogram.asp <http: www.statsnz2006.com="" sprogram.asp=""> We look forward to seeing you in Auckland!