1300 Lunch 1400 Abdel G. A. Babiker, MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London Mohamed M. Ali, RHR/WHO, Geneva abdel.babiker@ctu.mrc.ac.uk, alim@who.int Applying the Cox proportional hazards regression model to competing risks 1425 Toby Andrew, Twin and Genetic Epidemiology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital toby.andrew@kcl.ac.uk Genome-wide linkage scans and basic bioinformatics implemented using Stata/SE 1450 Paul T. Seed, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GKT School of Medicine, King's College, London paul.seed@kcl.ac.uk Evaluation of diagnostic tests for diseases in pregnancy: some statistical issues 1515 Tea/coffee 1545 William W. Gould, StataCorp, College Station, TX wgould@stata.com Report to users followed by Wishes and grumbles 1715 Close An optional, informal meal will be held at a London restaurant on Monday evening. There is an extra cost for attending the dinner. See http://www.stata.com/support/meeting for the proceedings of other users' group meetings. Registration and accommodations The logistics of the conference are being organized by Timberlake Consultants, distributors of Stata in several countries, including the UK and Ireland. You can register online at http://www.timberlake.co.uk/stataug.html or by contacting Timberlake Consultants directly by email: statauk@timberlake.co.uk, tel: +44 20 86973377, or fax: +44 20 86973388. Timberlake Consultants can also help you find accommodation in London. There will be a small conference fee (£65 + vat = £76.38) to cover costs for coffee, tea, and luncheons. An invoice will be sent to you. The UK Stata Users Group Meeting Organizers Nicholas J. Cox University of Durham Patrick Royston MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London Nick n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/