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DESCRIPTION:\nWith increased pressures to run smaller\, quicker studies tha
 t need to deliver more answers than ever before we are tasked with designi
 ng innovative studies that can meet these demands but remain statistically
  sound. This 1-day meeting aims to address how we\, as statisticians\, can
  better communicate the underlying complex statistical methodology such th
 at our clinical colleagues better understand the risks and the decisions t
 hey will be able to make at the end of the study.     8:50   Registration 
 &amp\; Coffee     9:10   Welcome &amp\; Introduction     9:15   Some exper
 iences of communicating probabilities and errors in Exploratory Developmen
 t at UCB Ros Walley &amp\; Peter Colman (UCB)     10:00   A picture is wor
 th a thousand words - usually Stephen Senn (CRP-Sant&eacute\;)     10:45  
  Tea &amp\; Coffee     11:00   A thousand numbers cannot say enough: commu
 nicating Bayesian statistics using examples\, intuition and common sense S
 imon Wandel (Novartis)     11:45   Prediction as Inference Harry Southwort
 h (Data Clarity Consulting)     12:30   Lunch     13:30   Unconventional c
 linical development trials - what can possibly go wrong? A case study Bill
  Richardson (NDA Group)     14:15   Communicating Benefits and Risks of Me
 dicines for Decision-Making Deborah Ashby (Imperial College London)     15
 :00   Tea &amp\; Coffee     15:15   Statistician Heal Thyself &ndash\; Goo
 d Communication Requires Real Understanding Andy Grieve (Aptiv Solutions) 
     16:00   Discussion     16:30   Close     Registration on or before 1st
 &nbsp\;May 2014    PSI Members:&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&pound\;100.00 (plus VAT)   
 Non-Members*:&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&pound\;140.00 (plus VAT)   Academics*:&nbsp\;
  &nbsp\;&pound\;40.00&nbsp\; &nbsp\;(plus VAT)    Registration after 1st&n
 bsp\;May 2014    PSI Members: &pound\;140.00 (plus VAT)   Non-Members*: &p
 ound\;200.00 (plus VAT)   Academics*: &pound\;70.00(plus VAT)    *Price in
 cludes 1 year PSI affiliate membership Contact:\nPSI Secretariat\npsi@mci-
 group.com Tel: +44 (0) 845 1800 349\nFax: +44 (0) 1730 715291&nbsp\;&nbsp\
 ; Durford Mill\, Petersfield\, Hampshire GU31 5AZ YOU CAN NOW REGISTER&nbs
 p\;AND PAY ONLINE AT www.psiweb.org MEETING ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS WI
 LL BE POSTED ON&nbsp\;www.psiweb.org Attendance at the course counts as 7.
 5 hours towards any CPD requirements Many thanks to UCB for hosting this e
 vent
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LOCATION:SL13WE\,England\,Slough\,UCB 208 Bath Road
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SUMMARY:Communicating Complex Statistical Concepts
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>\nWith increased pressures to run smaller\,
  quicker studies that need to deliver more answers than ever before we are
  tasked with designing innovative studies that can meet these demands but 
 remain statistically sound. This 1-day meeting aims to address how we\, as
  statisticians\, can better communicate the underlying complex statistical
  methodology such that our clinical colleagues better understand the risks
  and the decisions they will be able to make at the end of the study.</p> 
 <table style="width: 100%\;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <
 tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 100px\;"> <p><strong>8:50</strong></p> </td>
  <td> <p><strong>Registration &amp\; Coffee</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> 
 <td style="width: 100px\;"> <p><strong>9:10</strong></p> </td> <td valign=
 "top"> <p><strong>Welcome &amp\; Introduction</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr
 > <td style="width: 100px\;"> <p><strong>9:15</strong></p> </td> <td valig
 n="top"> <p><strong>Some experiences of communicating probabilities and er
 rors in Exploratory Development at UCB<br /> <em></em></strong><em>Ros Wal
 ley &amp\; Peter Colman (UCB)</em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 
 100px\;"> <p><strong>10:00</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><strong
 >A picture is worth a thousand words - usually<br /> <em></em></strong><em
 >Stephen Senn (CRP-Sant&eacute\;)</em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="wid
 th: 100px\;"> <p><strong>10:45</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><st
 rong>Tea &amp\; Coffee</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 100
 px\;"> <p><strong>11:00</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><strong>A 
 thousand numbers cannot say enough: communicating Bayesian statistics usin
 g examples\, intuition and common sense<br /> <em></em></strong><em>Simon 
 Wandel (Novartis)</em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 100px\;"> <p
 ><strong>11:45</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><strong>Prediction 
 as Inference<br /> <em></em></strong><em>Harry Southworth (Data Clarity Co
 nsulting)</em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 100px\;"> <p><strong
 >12:30</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><strong>Lunch</strong></p> 
 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 100px\;"> <p><strong>13:30</strong></p>
  </td> <td valign="top"> <p><strong>Unconventional clinical development tr
 ials - what can possibly go wrong? A case study<br /> <em></em></strong><e
 m>Bill Richardson (NDA Group)</em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 
 100px\;"> <p><strong>14:15</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><strong
 >Communicating Benefits and Risks of Medicines for Decision-Making<br /> <
 em></em></strong><em>Deborah Ashby (Imperial College London)</em></p> </td
 > </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 100px\;"> <p><strong>15:00</strong></p> </t
 d> <td valign="top"> <p><strong>Tea &amp\; Coffee</strong></p> </td> </tr>
  <tr> <td style="width: 100px\;"> <p><strong>15:15</strong></p> </td> <td 
 valign="top"> <p><strong>Statistician Heal Thyself &ndash\; Good Communica
 tion Requires Real Understanding<br /> <em></em></strong><em>Andy Grieve (
 Aptiv Solutions)</em></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 100px\;"> <p>
 <strong>16:00</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><strong>Discussion</
 strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 100px\;"> <p><strong>16:30<
 /strong></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><strong>Close</strong></p> </td> <
 /tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>Registration on or before 1<sup>st</sup>
 &nbsp\;May 2014</strong></p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>PSI Members:&nbsp\;<
 /td> <td>&nbsp\;&pound\;100.00 (plus VAT)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Non-Members*
 :&nbsp\;</td> <td>&nbsp\;&pound\;140.00 (plus VAT)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Aca
 demics*:&nbsp\;</td> <td>&nbsp\;&pound\;40.00&nbsp\; &nbsp\;(plus VAT)</td
 > </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>Registration after 1<sup>st</sup>&nbs
 p\;May 2014</strong></p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>PSI Members:</td> <td>&p
 ound\;140.00 (plus VAT)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Non-Members*:</td> <td>&pound\
 ;200.00 (plus VAT)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Academics*:</td> <td>&pound\;70.00(
 plus VAT)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>*Price includes 1 year PSI affil
 iate membership</p> <p><strong>Contact</strong>:<br />\nPSI Secretariat<br
  />\npsi@mci-group.com</p> <p>Tel: +44 (0) 845 1800 349<br />\nFax: +44 (0
 ) 1730 715291&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p> <p>Durford Mill\, Petersfield\, Hampshire 
 GU31 5AZ</p> <p><strong>YOU CAN NOW REGISTER&nbsp\;AND PAY ONLINE AT <a hr
 ef="http://www.psiweb.org">www.psiweb.org</a></strong></p> <p><strong>MEET
 ING ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS WILL BE POSTED ON&nbsp\;</strong><a href="
 http://www.psiweb.org/"><strong>www.psiweb.org</strong></a></p> <p><em>Att
 endance at the course counts as 7.5 hours towards any CPD requirements</em
 ></p> <p><strong>Many thanks to UCB for </strong><strong>hosting this even
 t</strong></p>
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