2010 Portuguese Stata Users Group meeting
Announcement
The first Portuguese Stata Users Group meeting will be held at the School of
Economics and Management at the University of Minho on Friday, September 17, 2010.
The objective of the meeting is to provide Stata users the opportunity to
exchange ideas, experiences, and information on new applications of the
software. Everybody who is interested in using Stata is welcome.
The invited speaker is
Paulo Guimarães from
the Moore School of Business,
University of South Carolina
(guimaraes@moore.sc.edu).
Attending from StataCorp is
Bill Rising,
Director of Educational Services
(brising@stata.com).
Call for presentations
We are seeking presentations on topics that include the following:
- user-written Stata programs
- case studies of research or teaching using Stata
- discussions of data-management issues
- reviews of analytical issues
The meeting will be conducted in English.
Submission guidelines
If you are interested in presenting a paper, please submit an abstract (maximum 200 words) by
email to Dina Guimarães
(nipe@eeg.uminho.pt). The deadline
for submissions is June 14, 2010. Please include your name, affiliation, and
telephone number in the email. The scientific
committee will make a preliminary selection based on submitted abstracts
by June 30, 2010. If selected, you must submit a final version of your
paper (PowerPoint or PDF) to the scientific
committee by September 3, 2010. Short papers (maximum 10 pages) are also
welcome. Presentations should be 20 minutes or shorter.
Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga, Portugal
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Registration
Participants are asked to travel at their own expense. The meeting fee
covers coffee breaks, lunch, and course materials. There will
also be an optional dinner at a restaurant (to be announced) in Braga on Friday evening at
additional cost (€25).
You can enroll by contacting Dina Guimarães
(nipe@eeg.uminho.pt) by email.
Accommodations
Participants get a special rate with Hotel Lamaçães (10
minutes’ walking distance from the venue): €35 for an individual room
and €40 for a double room (prices include breakfast), or with Hotel Bom Jesus
(4 km from Braga’s center at Bom Jesus Mountain;
click
here for special rates).
The Albergaria Bracara Augusta (in the city center) also has special rates
of €47.20 for an individual room, €55.20 for a double room, and
€87.20 for a suite (prices include breakfast and parking in the
evening).
Also in the city center, the Albergaria Sra-a-Branca has special rates of
€34.50 for an individual room and €47.50 for a double room
(prices include breakfast and parking).
Other options include Hotel Turismo (€55.00 for an individual room)
and Hotel Carandá (€34.00 for an individual room).
To benefit from these special rates, participants should contact the hotel
directly and mention that they are attending the Stata Users Group meeting.
The special room rates will only be available through September 10, so plan
your trip now!
Travel
Official poster; click to enlarge
The closest airport to Braga is Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport in
Porto. For details on how to get from there to the University of Minho, please
click here.
Alternatively, you can take the subway, Line Violeta to
Campanhã Station (about 33 minutes, €1.35, between 6 AM and 1:30 AM). From
the Campanhã Station, you should take the train to Braga. Information on train prices and
timetables can be found on the CP website. The Braga train station is 5 minutes’
walking distance from the city center.
Organizers
Scientific committee
Antonio Gouveia Oliveira
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
oliveira.amg@gmail.com
João Cerejeira
NIPE, Escola de Economia e Gestão, Universidade do Minho
jccsilva@eeg.uminho.pt
Jorge Caiado
CEMAPRE, ISEG, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
jcaiado@iseg.utl.pt
Miguel Portela
NIPE, Escola de Economia e Gestão, Universidade do Minho
mangelo@eeg.uminho.pt
Scientific adviser
Paulo Guimarães
Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
guimaraes@moore.sc.edu
Logistics organizer
Dina Guimarães
nipe@eeg.uminho.pt
Promoters
Timberlake Consultores: the distributor of Stata in Portugal
Luís Barros, barros@timberlake.pt
www.timberlake.pt
info@timberlake.pt
NIPE—Economic Policies Research Unit
www3.eeg.uminho.pt/economia/nipe
nipe@eeg.uminho.pt
For proceedings of previous Stata Users Group meetings, visit
www.stata.com/meeting/proceedings
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