Programme At A Glance

Monday

Time	Monday 27/11
850	Housekeeping
900	Welcome Samuel Mueller, President Traditonal welcome to Australia by a representative of the Bundjalung Elizabeth Thompson, President of the IBS
940	Agricultural And Agri-Environmental Statistics With Support Of Geospatial Information, Methodological Issues Elisabetta Carfagna University of Bologna, Italy
1030	Morning Tea (30 minutes)
	Modelling	Sampling, Complex Surveys, And Mixed Models
1100	Developing A Regulatory Definition For The Authentication Of Manuka Honey Claire McDonald, Ministry for Primary Industries, NZ	On Testing Random Effects In Linear Mixed Models Alan Welsh, ANU
1120	Analysing Digestion Data Maryann Staincliffe, AgResearch Ltd.	A Permutation Test For Comparing Predictive Values In Clinical Trials Kouji Yamamoto, Osaka City University
1140	Challenges And Opportunities Working As A Consulting Statistician With A Food Science Research Group M. Gabriela Borgognone, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries	Robust Semiparametric Inference In Random Effects Models Michael Stewart, University of Sydney
1200		Robust Penalized Logistic Regression Through Maximum Trimmed Likelihood Estimator Tong Wang, Shanxi Medical Universty, China
1220	Lunch (1 hour 10 minutes)
1330	A Multi-Step Classifier Addressing Cohort Heterogeneity Improves Performance Of Prognostic Biomarkers In Complex Disease Jean Yang University of Sydney
	General/Education	Genetics
1420	How To Analyse Five Data Points With Fun Pauline O’Shaughnessy, University of Wollongong	An Approach To Poisson Mixed Models For -omics Expression Data Irene Zeng, University of Auckland
1440	Bayesian Spatial Estimation When Areas Are Few Aswi Aswi, Queensland University of Technology	Knowledge-guided Generalized Biclustering Analysis for integrative –omics Analysis Qi Long, University of Pennsylvania
1500	Understanding The Variation In Harvester Yield Map Data For Estimating Crop Traits Dean Diepeveen, Curtin University	Citizen Science To Surveillance: Estimating Reporting Probabilities Of Exotic Insect Pests Peter Caley, CSIRO
1520	Afternoon tea (30 minutes)
	Computing/Big Data	Environmental Statistics
1550	Introduction To “Deltagen” - A Comprehensive Decision Support Tool For Plant Breeders Using R And shiny Dongwen Luo, AgResearch Ltd.	Estimating Nitrous Oxide Emission Factors Alasdair Noble, AgResearch Ltd.
1630	Lightning Talks followed by Poster Session Kindly Sponsored by the Grains Research and Development Corporation

Tuesday

Time	Tuesday 28/11
850	Housekeeping
900	Cluster Capture-Recapture: A New Framework For Estimating Population Size Rachel Fewster University of Auckland
950	Morning Tea (30 minutes)
	Missing Data	High Dimensional Data
1030	Propensity Score Approaches In The Presence Of Missing Data: Comparison Of Balance And Treatment Effect Estimates Jannah Baker, The George Insitute for Global Health	Visualising Model Selection Stability in High-Dimensional Regression Models Garth Tarr, University of Sydney
1050	The Missing Link: An Equivalence Result For Likelihood Based Methods In Missing Data Problems Firouzeh Noghrehchi, University of New South Wales	Dimensionality Reduction of LIBS Data for Bayesian Analysis Anjali Gupta, University of Auckland
	Medical	Modelling
1110	Analysis of Melanoma Data with a Mixture of Survival Models Utilising Multi-class DLDA to Inform Mixture Class Sarah Romanes, University of Sydney	Forecasting Hotspots Of Potentially Preventable Hospitalisations With Spatially Aggregated Longitudinal Health Data: All Subset Model Selection With A Novel Implementation Of Repeated k-Fold Cross-Validation Matthew Tuson, University of Western Australia
1130	Identifying Clusters Of Patients With Diabetes Using a Markov Birth-Death Process Mugdha Manda, University of Auckland	Challenges Analysing Combined Agricultural Field Trials With Partially Overlapping Treatments Kerry Bell, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
1150	A Hidden Markov Model For Sleep Stage Detection Using Raw Tri-Axial Wrist Actigraphy Michelle Trevenen, University of Western Australia	Sparse Phenotyping Designs For Early Stage Selection Experiments In Plant Breeding Programs Nicole Cocks, University of Wollongong
1210	Comparisons Of Two Large Long-Term Studies In Alzheimer’s Disease Charley Budgeon, University of Western Australia	A One-Stage Mixed Model Analysis Of Canola Chemistry Trials Daniel Tolhurst, University of Wollongong
1230	A Semi-Parametric Linear Mixed Models For Longitudinally Measured Fasting Blood Sugar Level Of Adult Diabetic Patients Legesse Kassa Debusho, University of South Africa	Individual And Joint Analyses Of Sugarcane Experiments To Select Test Lines Renata Alcarde Sermarini, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
1250	Lunch (1 hour 10 minutes)

Wednesday

Time	Wednesday 29/11
850	Housekeeping
900	Statistics On Street Corners Dianne Cook Monash University
950	Morning Tea (30 minutes)
	Modelling	Fisheries	Biometrics I
1030	Estimating Overdispersion in Sparse Multinomial Data Farzana Afroz, Univerity of Otago	Assessing Mud Crab Meat Fullness Using Non-Invasive Technologies Carole Wright, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries	Analysis Of Multivariate Binary Longitudinal Data: Metabolic Syndrome During Menopausal Transition Geoff Jones, Massey University
1050	Statistical Analysis Of Coastal And Oceanographic Influences On The Queensland Scallop Fishery Wen-Hsi Yang, University of Queensland	Saved By The Experimental Design: Testing Bycatch Reduction And Turtle Exclusion Devices In The Png Prawn Trawl Fishery Emma Lawrence, CSIRO	Rethinking Biosecurity Inspections: A Case Study Of The Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) In Australia Petra Kuhnert, CSIRO
	Model Selection	Agriculture/Horticulture	Biometrics II
1110	Subtractive Stability Measures For Improved Variable Selection Connor Smith, University of Sydney	GxE for Genomic Prediction Models Colleen Hunt, Queensland Department of Fisheries and Agriculture	A Comparison Of Multiple Imputation Methods For Missing Data In Longitudinal Studies Md Hamidul Huque, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
1130	Species Distribution Modelling For Combined Data Sources Ian Renner, University of Newcastle	A Factor Analytic Mixed Model Approach For The Analysis Of Genotype By Treatment By Environment Data Lauren Borg, University of Wollongong	The Impact Of Cohort Substance Use Upon Likelihood Of Transitioning Through Stages Of Alcohol And Cannabis Use And Use Disorder: Findings From The Australian National Survey On Mental Health And Well-Being Chrianna Bharat, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Australia
1150	The LASSO On Latent Indices For Ordinal Predictors in Regression Francis Hui, ANU	Whole‑Genome QTL Analysis For Nested Association Mapping Populations Maria Valeria Paccapelo, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries	An Asymmetric Measure of Population Differentiation Based on the Saddlepoint Approximation Method Louise McMillan, University of Auckland
1210	Fast And Approximate Exhaustive Variable Selection For GLMs With APES Kevin Wang, University of Sydney	Order Selection Of Factor Analytic Models For Genotype X Environment Interaction Emi Tanaka, University of Sydney	Multiple Sample Hypothesis Testing Of The Human Microbiome Through Evolutionary Trees Martina Mincheva, Temple University, USA
1230	Lunch (1 hour 10 minutes) AGM
1340	Statistical Strategies for the Analysis of Large And Complex Data Louise Ryan University of Technology Sydney and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
	Design	Multivariate
1430	Optimal Experimental Design for Functional Response Experiments Christopher Drovandi, Queensland University of Technology	To PCA Or Not To PCA Catherine McKenzie, AgResearch Ltd.
1450	An Evaluation of Error Variance Bias in Spatial Designs Emlyn Williams, ANU	New Model-Based Ordination Data Exploration Tools For Microbiome Studies Olivier Thas, Ghent University, Belgium
1510	Always Randomize? Chris Brien, University of South Australia and University of Adelaide	Comparing Classical Criteria For Selecting Intra-Class Correlated Features For Three-Mode Three-Way Data Lynette Hunt, University of Waikato
1530	Afternoon tea (20 minutes)
	Agriculture/Horticulture	Bayesian Statistics
1550	Exploring the social relationships of dairy goats Vanessa Cave, AgResearch Ltd.	Bayesian Semi-Parametric Spectral Density Estimation With Applications To The Southern Oscillation Index Claudia Kirch, University of Magdeburg, Germany
1610	Efficient Multivariate Sensitivity Analysis Of Agricultural Simulators Daniel Gladish, CSIRO	Bayesian Hypothesis Tests With Diffuse Priors: Can We Have Our Cake And Eat It Too? John Ormerod, University of Sydney

Thursday

Time	Thursday 30/11
850	Housekeeping
900	A General Framework For Functional Regression Modelling Sonja Greven LM University, Munich
950	Morning Tea (30 minutes)
	Biostatistics	Theory And Methods
1030	Hockey Sticks And Broken Sticks – A Design For A Single-Arm, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial Suitable For Chronic Diseases Hans Hockey, Biometrics Matters	Bounding IV Estimates Using Mediation Analysis Thinking Theis Lange, University of Copenhagen
1050	Correlated Bivariate Normal Competing Risks—Structuring Estimation In An Ill-Posed Problem Malcolm Hudson, Macquarie University	Bayesian Regression with Functional Inequality Constraints Joshua Bon, University of Western Australia
	Genetics/Medical	Theory And Methods
1110	Genetic Analysis Of Renal Function In An Isolated Australian Indigenous Community Russell Thomson, Western Sydney University	The Performance Of Model Averaged Tail Area Confidence Intervals Paul Kabaila, La Trobe University
1130	Deconstructing The Innate Immune Component Of A Molecular Network Of The Aging Frontal Cortex Ellis Patrick, University of Sydney	Bias Correction In Estimating Proportions by Pooled Testing Graham Hepworth, University of Melbourne
1150	The Parametric Cure Fraction Model of Ovarian Cancer Serifat Folorunso, University of Ibadan, Nigeria	The Skillings-Mack Statistic For Ranks Data In Blocks John Best, University of Newcastle
1210	Conference Close Louise Ryan
1230	Lunch (1 hour 10 minutes)