CEN 2023

5th Conference of the Central European Network

3 - 7 September 2023 | Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland

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Conference Agenda

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Date: Sunday, 03/Sept/2023
9:00am - 10:30am	Short Course 1: Advanced group-sequential and adaptive confirmatory clinical trial designs, with R practicals using rpact Location: Lecture Room U1.111	Short Course 2: Bayesian methods for missing covariates in longitudinal studies Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	Short Course 3: Implementing the estimand framework in global drug development: Application of causal inference approaches Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	Short Course 4: Go fastR: High Performance Computing with R Location: Lecture Room U1.101	IBS Council meeting Location: Seminar Room U1.191
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00am - 12:30pm	Short Course 1: Advanced group-sequential and adaptive confirmatory clinical trial designs, with R practicals using rpact Location: Lecture Room U1.111	Short Course 2: Bayesian methods for missing covariates in longitudinal studies Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	Short Course 3: Implementing the estimand framework in global drug development: Application of causal inference approaches Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	Short Course 4: Go fastR: High Performance Computing with R Location: Lecture Room U1.101	IBS Council meeting Location: Seminar Room U1.191
12:30pm - 2:00pm	Lunch
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Short Course 1: Advanced group-sequential and adaptive confirmatory clinical trial designs, with R practicals using rpact Location: Lecture Room U1.111	Short Course 2: Bayesian methods for missing covariates in longitudinal studies Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	Short Course 5: Target Trial Emulation for Causal Inference from Real-World Data Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	Short Course 7: Model and Algorithm Evaluation in Supervised Machine Learning Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	IBS Council meeting Location: Seminar Room U1.191	Short Course 6: Improving Precision and Power in Randomized Trials by Leveraging Baseline Variables Location: Seminar Room U1.197 Meeting ID: 914 3322 4729 Passcode: 423291	IBS DR Council meeting Location: Seminar Room U1.195
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Short Course 1: Advanced group-sequential and adaptive confirmatory clinical trial designs, with R practicals using rpact Location: Lecture Room U1.111	Short Course 2: Bayesian methods for missing covariates in longitudinal studies Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	Short Course 5: Target Trial Emulation for Causal Inference from Real-World Data Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	Short Course 7: Model and Algorithm Evaluation in Supervised Machine Learning Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	IBS Council meeting Location: Seminar Room U1.191	Short Course 6: Improving Precision and Power in Randomized Trials by Leveraging Baseline Variables Location: Seminar Room U1.197 same meeting details	IBS DR Council meeting Location: Seminar Room U1.195

Date: Monday, 04/Sept/2023
8:30am - 9:00am	Opening Remarks Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid with zoom
9:00am - 10:00am	Keynote 1: Causal inference with observational data: A survival guide by Ruth Keogh Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid with zoom
10:00am - 10:30am	Poster 1: Poster Speed Session 1 Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid with zoom
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00am - 12:40pm	S1: Neutral comparison studies in methodological research Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid	S2: Anticipated non-proportional hazards in confirmatory RCTs: Should we still use a Cox model and log-rank test? Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	S3: Prediction models Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	S4: Biometrical Journal Showcase Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	S5: Finding the right dose – Project Optimus and beyond Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	S6: Statistical Modeling I Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	S7: Statistical hypothesis testing Location: Seminar Room U1.195 hybrid
12:40pm - 2:00pm	Lunch	Business Meeting 3: AG Bayes-Methodik Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	Business Meeting: AG Non-Clinical Statistics Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	Business Meeting 2: AG Landwirtschaftliches Versuchswesen Location: Seminar Room U1.195 hybrid
2:00pm - 3:40pm	S8: Statistics in Practice 1 Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid	S9: A causal inference perspective on estimands in clinical trials Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	S10: Personalized health care Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	S11: Safety and benefit/risk assessment in master protocols Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	S12: Critical cross-disciplinary collaboration in dose optimization in oncology Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	S13: Statistical Modeling II Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	S14: Clinical trials I Location: Seminar Room U1.195 hybrid
3:40pm - 4:10pm	Coffee Break
4:10pm - 5:50pm	S15: Statistics in Practice 2 Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid	S16: Causal discovery with a view to the life sciences Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	S17: Prognostic and predictive biomarkers in personalized medicine Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	S18: Clinical trials II Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	S19: Oncology trials Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	S20: Statistical Modeling III Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	S21: General Topics Location: Seminar Room U1.195 hybrid
6:00pm - 8:00pm	Wine Tasting at Biozentrum Informal Apero with the opportunity to network and taste wine.

Date: Tuesday, 05/Sept/2023
9:00am - 10:00am	Keynote 2: Statistical methods to analyse the structure of the microbiome based on cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus) data by Alicja Szabelska-Beręsewicz Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid with zoom 2
10:00am - 10:30am	Poster 2: Poster Speed Session 2 Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid with zoom 2
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00am - 12:40pm	S22: Net benefit, win odds, and win ratio: Methods, analysis, and interpretation Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid	S23: Time-to-event analysis I Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	S24: Machine learning Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	S25: Young Statisticians 1 Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	S26: Multiple testing Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	S27: Statistical issues in health care provider comparisons Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	S28: Meta-analysis and systematic reviews I Location: Seminar Room U1.195 hybrid
12:40pm - 2:00pm	Lunch	Business Meeting 7: EFSPI methodology leaders group (by invitation only) Location: Lecture Room U1.141 For group members	Business Meeting 6: AG Nachwuchs Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	Business Meeting 4: AG Nichtparametrische Methoden Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	Roundtable Discussion: Statistical issues in health care provider comparisons Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	Business Meeting 5: AG Population Genetics and Genome Analysis Location: Seminar Room U1.195 hybrid
2:00pm - 3:40pm	S29: Generalized pairwise comparisons Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid	S30: Time-to-event analysis II Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	S31: Interpretable machine learning in biostatistics: Methods, applications and perspectives Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	S32: Young Statisticians 2 Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	S33: Endpoints in clinical trials and medical product development Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	S34: Meta-analysis and systematic reviews II Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	S35: Epidemiology Location: Seminar Room U1.195 hybrid
3:40pm - 4:10pm	Coffee Break
4:10pm - 5:50pm	S36: Adaptive designs Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid	S37: Causal estimands for time to event data Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	S38: From multivariate to high-dimensional and functional data Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	S39: Young Statisticians Panel - "Should I stay or should I go" Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid Panel participants: Anne-Laure Boulesteix (LMU München) Annika Hoyer (Universität Bielefeld) Antonella Mazzei (Bristol Myers Squibb; Universität Bern) Christian Müller (LMU München; Helmholtz Zentrum München) Silke Szymczak (Universität zu Lübeck)	S40: Beyond the two-trials paradigm for generating pivotal evidence in drug development Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	S41: Use of external data Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	S42: Simulation studies Location: Seminar Room U1.195 hybrid
6:00pm - 8:00pm	Townhall Reception Location: Basel Town Hall (Basler Rathaus) Bring your conference badge with you to participate in the townhall reception. Badges will be checked at the entrance. Walking instructions are in the link below. Alternatively, you can take bus number 31, 36 or 38 from Metzerstrasse station to Schifflände station which is just a 2-minute walk away.

Date: Wednesday, 06/Sept/2023
8:30am - 10:10am	S43: Causal inference Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid	S44: Online hypothesis testing and subgroup analyses in complex innovative designs Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	S45: High-dimensional analysis Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	S46: Data Monitoring Committees 1 Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	S47: Statistical software engineering in the pharmaceutical industry Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	S48: Sample size considerations Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	S49: Safety evaluations Location: Seminar Room U1.195 hybrid
10:10am - 10:40am	Coffee Break
10:40am - 12:20pm	S50: Covariate adjustment in RCTs Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid	S51: IBS-DR / IBS-ROeS Award Session Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	S52: Random forests Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	S53: Real-world evidence Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	S54: Software engineering Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	S55: Non-clinical and toxicology studies Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	S56: Data Monitoring Committees 2 Location: Seminar Room U1.195
12:20pm - 1:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm - 3:00pm	DR Assembly Location: Lecture Room U1.111			RoES Assembly Location: Lecture Room U1.131
3:00pm - 6:00pm	Excursion: Excursion on Rehberger Weg Bring your conference badge with you to participate in the excursion. Badges will be checked before boarding the bus. Departure: We will depart in buses from the conference venue to the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein (Germany) at 15:00. If you want to go to the Vitra Campus by yourself, you can find a travel description at this link. In this case, please make sure that you arrive at Vitra before 15:30. Walk: We will walk the Rehberger-Weg. The Rehberger-Weg, which is around five kilometers long, links two countries, two municipalities, two cultural institutions – and countless stories. The path runs between Weil am Rhein and Riehen, between the Vitra Campus and the Fondation Beyeler. The walk will end at the restaurant of the conference dinner. Equipment: During the walks the national border is crossed. Please carry an identity card, a water bottle and wear sturdy shoes! We recommend that you download the Multimedia Guide “24 Stops” on your mobile which is available...
6:30pm - 10:00pm	Conference Dinner Location: Restaurant Landgasthof Riehen Bring your conference badge with you to the dinner. Badges will be checked at the entrance and contain codes for your chosen dinner options.

Date: Thursday, 07/Sept/2023
8:30am - 10:10am	S57: Causal inference and the art of asking meaningful questions Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid	S58: Innovative clinical trial designs Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	S59: Volume-outcome relationships in health care Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	S60: Variable selection Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	S61: Statistical strategies in toxicology Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	S62: Epidemic short-term forecasting in real time Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	S63: Analysis of omics data I Location: Seminar Room U1.195 hybrid
10:10am - 10:40am	Coffee Break
10:40am - 12:20pm	S64: Estimands Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid	S65: Advancing clinical trial design in rare diseases Location: Lecture Room U1.131 hybrid	S66: Advanced survival analysis Location: Lecture Room U1.141 hybrid	S67: Dieter Hauschke Memorial Location: Lecture Room U1.101 hybrid	S68: Design of preclinical experiments Location: Seminar Room U1.191 hybrid	S70: COVID-19 Location: Seminar Room U1.197 hybrid	S69: Analysis of omics data II Location: Seminar Room U1.195 hybrid
12:20pm - 1:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Keynote 3: Learning from other Intensive Care Units: can we improve statistical predictions? by Peter Bühlmann Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid with zoom 3
2:00pm - 2:30pm	Closing Remarks Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid with zoom 3
2:35pm - 4:05pm	STRATOS 1: STRATOS Satellite Symposium - Session 1 Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid
4:20pm - 5:20pm	STRATOS 2: STRATOS Satellite Symposium - Session 2 Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid
5:30pm - 6:00pm	STRATOS 3: STRATOS Satellite Symposium - Session 3: Methodological research needs to improve – getting involved to increase future contributions of the STRATOS initiative Location: Lecture Room U1.111 hybrid

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