2009 Canadian Stata Users Group meeting in Toronto
| Date: |
Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| Venue: |
Pantages Hotel
200 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON M5B 1V8 |
| Cost: |
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Price |
Student price |
| Meeting |
US$95 |
US$40 |
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Optional dinner
(location TBA)
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US$34 |
Registration closed.
(Deadline: October 16, 2009)
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Announcement and call for presentations
The first Canadian Stata Users Group meeting will be held Thursday,
October 22, 2009, at the Pantages Hotel in downtown Toronto.
Stata Users Group meetings are enjoyable and rewarding for Stata users
at all levels and from all disciplines. As in other Stata Users Group
meetings, the program
will consist primarily of user presentations together with the
ever-popular “Wishes and grumbles” session in which users have an
opportunity to share their comments and suggestions directly with
developers from StataCorp.
Lee Sieswerda (Thunder Bay District Health Unit) is the invited speaker.
Stata developers will also
attend the meeting, both to present and to take notes during the
"Wishes and grumbles" session. We hope you will consider joining us in
October as a presenter or an attendee.
Toronto is one of Canada’s most vibrant and cosmopolitan centers. Its
diverse cultural communities, stunning views, and outstanding shopping
and dining opportunities add to its charm. Toronto has an active sports
life, including the Toronto Raptors (NBA), Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL),
Toronto Blue Jays (MLB), and Toronto Argonauts (CFL, football). In
addition, Toronto has one of the larger zoos in North America and is
home to one of Canada’s largest amusement parks, Canada’s Wonderland.
Toronto is also within easy driving distance to magnificent Niagara
Falls and Ontario Wine Country.
Submission information
We encourage submissions on any topic highlighting the use of Stata in
research, teaching, or any other field, such as the following topics:
- Using Stata for modeling and analysis
- User-written Stata programs
- Case studies of research or teaching using Stata
- Using Stata to import and manage data
- Teaching Stata
- Teaching statistics with Stata
- Surveys or critiques of Stata facilities in specific fields
- Software comparisons
You may choose to give
- a 15-minute talk (followed by a 5-minute discussion),
- a 20-minute talk (followed by a 5-minute discussion), or
- a 40-minute talk (followed by a 10-minute discussion).
Please submit an abstract and contact information (your name, affiliation, postal
address, email address, and fax and phone numbers) online at
repec.org/ca09/ca09.php by September 8, 2009. The
abstract should be no longer than 200 words. Please include a short, informative title
and indicate the time needed for your presentation.
If your presentation has multiple authors, please identify
one author as the primary author. The conference registration fee will
be waived for the primary author of accepted presentations.
If you would like to discuss an idea for a presentation or have
questions about the program format, please contact a member of the
scientific committee:
Leslie-Anne Keown (Statistics Canada) and
Louis Gagnon (Queens University).
Presenters will be asked to provide materials related to their talk (slides
and programs/datasets, where applicable) in electronic form, preferably
before the meeting, to one of the logistics organizers so that the materials can be posted
on our website and in the Stata Users Group RePEc archive.
Registration
The registration deadline is October 16, 2009.
Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved for StataCorp at the Pantages Hotel
for October 21–22, 2009. The discounted group rate is CDN$199 per
night; taxes and fees are an additional 15%.
The last day to reserve a room at the
discounted rate is September 21, 2009.
To reserve a room, call the Pantages Hotel at 866.852.1777. Please refer to the
StataCorp 2009 Canadian Stata Users Group meeting when making your reservation.
Hotel details:
Pantages Hotel
200 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON M5B 1V8
(map)
Phone: 866.852.1777
Web: www.pantageshotel.com
Email: info@pantageshotel.com
Check in is at 3 PM and check out is at noon. Parking is CDN$33 or
CDN$20 for event parking; however, the hotel is quite close to the
subway.
Special needs:
If you have any special needs (vegetarian, handicapped, etc.), please
contact Chris Farrar,
cfarrar@stata.com, or Gretchen Farrar,
gfarrar@stata.com.
Scientific committee
Logistics organizers
To view proceedings from previous Stata Users Group meetings, visit
www.stata.com/meeting/proceedings.html.
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