GENERAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE ✪ Themed Session ● Applied Session ❖ Presenter CC-Washington State Convention & Trade Center H-Grand Hyatt Seattle S-Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers Thurs-Sat THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 Committee/Business Meetings Committee/Business Meetings & Other Activities & Other Activities 6:00 pm–7:00 pm S-Douglas Room 7:00 am–6:00 pm CC-Level 4 South Lobby The ASA Management Review Committee (closed) ASA Membership/Special Assistance Desk Chair(s): Sallie Keller-McNulty, Rice University 7:00 am–6:00 pm CC-Level 4 South Lobby 7:00 pm–9:00 pm S-Douglas Room JSM Main Registration The ASA Board of Directors Executive Committee Working Dinner (closed) 7:00 am–6:00 pm CC-507 Chair(s): Sallie Keller-McNulty, Rice University Speaker Work Room 7:00 am–6:00 pm CC-Level 4 South Lobby Cyber Center FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 PRELIMINARY7:00 am–6:00 pm CC-508 Speaker Work Room Committee/Business Meetings PROGRAM8:00 am–5:00 pm CC-Exhibit Hall 4A & Other Activities Exhibitor Move In and Lounge 8:30 am–10:00 am S-Douglas Room 8:30 am–5:30 pm S-Aspen Room The ASA Planning Committee (closed) The ASA Board of Directors Meeting (closed) Chair(s): Sallie Keller-McNulty, Rice University Chair(s): Sallie Keller-McNulty, Rice University 10:45 am–5:00 pm S-Aspen Room 9:00 am–10:30 am S-Spruce Room The ASA Board of Directors Meeting (closed) ASA BOD-2006 Strategic Activities Review Chair(s): Sallie Keller-McNulty, Rice University Subcommittee (closed) Chair(s): Nathaniel Schenker, National Center for Health Statistics 12:00 pm–1:30 pm S-Cedar Room The ASA Board of Directors Lunch (closed) 9:00 am–10:30 am S-Admiral Chair(s): Sallie Keller-McNulty, Rice University ASA BOD-2006 Dues Subcommittee (closed) Chair(s): Daniel Kasprzyk, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. 6:00 pm–7:00 pm S-Governors Suite JSM Staff and ASA Board of Directors Reception 9:00 am–5:00 pm CC-Level 1 (closed) Citywide Concierge Center Chair(s): William Smith, American Statistical Association; Sallie Keller- McNulty, Rice University 9:00 am–5:00 pm CC-Exhibit Hall 4B Career Placement Service (Electronic Registration Only) 11:30 am–12:30 pm S-Willow A Association of GCRC Statisticians Lunch (closed) Organizer(s): Robert Oster, University of Alabama at Birmingham Seattle 1 GENERAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE ✪ Themed Session ● Applied Session ❖ Presenter CC-Washington State Convention & Trade Center H-Grand Hyatt Seattle S-Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers 12:00 pm–5:00 pm CC-Level 4 South Lobby Instructor(s): Bruno Sanso, University of California, Santa Cruz ASA Marketplace Thurs-Sat CE_05C CC-304 12:00 pm–1:30 pm S-Cedar Room 8:30 am–5:00 pm The ASA Board of Directors Lunch (closed) Practical Data Mining The ASA 12:30 pm–5:30 pm S-Willow B Instructor(s): Richard De Veaux, Williams College Association of GCRC Statisticians Meeting (closed) Organizer(s): Robert Oster, University of Alabama at Birmingham CE_06C CC-303 8:30 am–5:00 pm 3:00 pm–6:00 pm S-Spruce Room Applied Longitudinal Analysis ICES III Program Committee Meeting (closed) The ASA, Biometrics Section Chair(s): Eva Elvers, Statistics Sweden Instructor(s): Garrett Fitzmaurice, Harvard University 7:00 pm–8:30 pm S-Cedar Room National Numeracy Network Board Meeting Organizer(s): Bernard Madison, University of Arkansas SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 Continuing Education (FeePRELIMINARY Events) Tours CE_01C CC-310 9:30 am–1:30 pm CC-Convention Plaza 8:30 am–5:00 pm TR01 - Northwest Winery Tour Categorical Data Analysis (two-day course)PROGRAM 1:00 pm–4:00 pm CC-Convention Plaza The ASA TR02 - Seattle City Highlights Tour Instructor(s): Gary Koch, Th e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Todd Schwartz, Th e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rebekkah Dann, Th e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Committee/Business Meetings CE_02C CC-308 & Other Activities 8:30 am–5:00 pm 7:00 am–8:00 am S-Willow A Small-Area Estimation The ASA, Section on Survey Research Methods Association of GCRC Statisticians Breakfast (closed) Organizer(s): Robert Oster, University of Alabama at Birmingham Instructor(s): Partha Lahiri, University of Maryland CE_03C CC-307 7:00 am–10:00 pm CC-Level 4 South Lobby 8:30 am–5:00 pm Cyber Center Modern Approaches to Nonstationary Models of 7:00 am–6:00 pm CC-508 Spatial and Space-Time Processes with Air Quality Speaker Work Room Applications The ASA 7:00 am–6:00 pm CC-507 Instructor(s): Peter Guttorp, University of Washington; Paul D. Sampson, Speaker Work Room University of Washington 7:00 am–8:30 pm CC-Level 4 South Lobby CE_04C CC-306 JSM Main Registration 8:30 am–5:00 pm Bayesian Inference 7:00 am–8:30 pm CC-Level 4 South Lobby The ASA, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science ASA Membership/Special Assistance Desk 2 JSM 2006 GENERAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE ✪ Themed Session ● Applied Session ❖ Presenter CC-Washington State Convention & Trade Center H-Grand Hyatt Seattle S-Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers 7:30 am–10:30 am S-Douglas Room Journal of Statistics Education Editorial Board Committee on Women in Statistics (closed) (closed) Sunday Chair(s): Teri Peterson, Idaho State University Chair(s): W. Robert Stephenson, Iowa State University 7:30 am–12:30 pm H-Blewett Suite 12:00 pm–1:00 pm S-Willow A Committee on Publications Meeting (closed) Association of GCRC Statisticians Lunch (closed) Chair(s): William Q. Meeker, Jr., Iowa State University Organizer(s): Robert Oster, University of Alabama at Birmingham 8:00 am–12:00 pm CC-302 12:00 pm–1:30 pm H-Portland ICES III Organizing Committee Meeting (closed) Amgen, Inc.(closed) Chair(s): Howard Hogan, U.S. Census Bureau Organizer(s): Chander Varma, Amgen Inc. 8:00 am–12:00 pm S-Willow B 12:00 pm–2:00 pm S-Aspen Room Association of GCRC Statisticians Meeting (closed) Statistica Sinica Board Meeting (closed) Organizer(s): Robert Oster, University of Alabama at Birmingham Organizer(s): Michelle Liou, Academia Sinica; Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University 8:00 am–10:00 am S-Juniper Business Statistics Focus Group (closed) 12:00 pm–1:30 pm CC-601 Organizer(s): Dona Kenly, Addison Wesley Friends of the Indian Statistical Institute Business Meeting 8:00 am–6:00 pm PRELIMINARYCC-Exhibit Hall 4A Organizer(s): Nitis Mukhopadhyay, University of Connecticut Exhibitor Lounge 1:00 pm–6:00 pm CC-Exhibit Hall 4A 8:00 am–11:00 am CC-ExhibitPROGRAM Hall 4A EXPO 2006 Exhibitor Move In 1:00 pm–6:00 pm CC-Exhibit Hall 4A 9:00 am–5:00 pm CC-Level 4 South Lobby ASA Communities Booth #101 ASA Marketplace 1:00 pm–6:00 pm CC-Exhibit Hall 4B 9:00 am–5:00 pm CC-Level 1 Career Placement Service (Full Placement Service Citywide Concierge Center Open) 9:00 am–1:00 pm CC-301 2:00 pm–4:30 pm S-Metropolitan Ballroom A Advisory Committee on Teacher Enhancement Annual Council of Sections Annual Business Meeting (closed) Meeting (closed) Chair(s): John E. Boyer, Kansas State University Chair(s): Robert Gould, University of California, Los Angeles 4:00 pm–5:30 pm S-Douglas Room 9:00 am–12:00 pm S-Cedar Room 2006/2007 Committee Chairs Meeting (closed) Council of Sections Governing Board Meeting (closed) Chair(s): Darryl Downing, GlaxoSmithKline Chair(s): John E. Boyer, Kansas State University 4:30 pm–8:00 pm H-Chatham 11:00 am–2:00 pm CC-4C-1 ENAR Executive Committee Meeting (by invitation NISS/SAMSI Affi liates Meeting (closed) only) Organizer(s): Alan Karr, National Institute of Statistical Sciences Organizer(s): Kathy Hoskins, ENAR 11:30 am–1:00 pm S-Douglas Room 5:00 pm–6:30 pm S-Cedar Room Committee on Committees Meeting (closed) Council of Section New Offi cer Orientation Meeting Chair(s): Darryl Downing, GlaxoSmithKline (closed) Chair(s): S. Lynne Stokes, Southern Methodist University 12:00 pm–2:00 pm S-Juniper Seattle 3 GENERAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE ✪ Themed Session ● Applied Session ❖ Presenter CC-Washington State Convention & Trade Center H-Grand Hyatt Seattle S-Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers 5:00 pm–6:30 pm CC-305 ACCE Presenters’ Social (closed) Cancer Center Biostatistics Directors Annual Meeting Chair(s): Charles Tan, Merck & Co., Inc. Sunday Organizer(s): Terry Hyslop, Th omas Jeff erson University 8:00 pm–10:30 pm CC-Ballroom 6ABC JSM Opening Mixer (included in registration fee) 5:00 pm–7:30 pm H-Blewett Suite Continuing Education (Fee Events) International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) Board Meeting CE_01C CC-310 Organizer(s): Ivan Chan, Merck & Co., Inc. 8:30 am–5:00 pm Categorical Data Analysis (continuation of two-day course) 5:30 pm–7:00 pm CC-302 The ASA Committee on Scientifi c Freedom and Human Rights Instructor(s): Gary Koch, Th e University of North Carolina at Chapel Business Meeting Hill, Todd Schwartz, Th e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chair(s): Susan Hinkins, NORC Rebekkah Dann, Th e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 6:00 pm–7:30 pm CC-4C-2 CE_07C CC-309 JSM First-time Attendee Orientation and Reception 8:30 am–5:00 pm Chair(s): Mary W. Gray, American University Text Mining PRELIMINARYThe ASA, Section on Statistical Computing 6:00 pm–7:30 pm CC-612 Instructor(s): David Madigan, Rutgers University; David D. Lewis, David ASA Open Meeting (all welcome) D.