Statistics—Theory and Practice

May 31, 2008 and an afternoon session on Friday, May 30. The conference will be held on the university campus in Madison, Wisconsin.

This is a conference celebrating the career of Richard Johnson and the contributions of all of the students, colleagues, and collaborators who have enriched his 42 years at Wisconsin.

Tentative Speakers include

Mike Akritas

Kjell Doksum

James Fu

Hira Koul

Yasuhiro Omori

George Roussas

Andrew Rukhin

Frank Sameniego

Moshe Shaked

Anton Schick

Grace Shieh

Nozer Singpurwalla

Lee-Jen Wei

Housing

You must make you own reservations by directly contacting the hotels.

We have reserved a block of rooms for May 30 and May 31 at

DoubleTree

525 West Johnson St
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 251-5511
FAX 608-251-4824

$119 (single or double) Regular room

$134 (single or double) Deluxe room

There is also a 14.5 % room tax.

These rooms will be held until April 29, 2008. A few rooms are also available for May 29, 2008.

Doubletree has a complementary airport shuttle.

Union South ( www.union.wisc.edu/guestrooms/ )currently has a dozen rooms available. These are

70$ Single and 10$ extra per person

Call Union South directly at (608)263-2600 for Guestrooms . They would not hold a block of rooms. There is free parking for guests.

Registration Details

The registration fee of $60 includes lunch on Saturday and the banquet on Saturday evening. Make a check out to the Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin.

There are three choices of entrees for the banquet. Please make your choice when you register.

Mail your completed registration form and registration fee to:

Statistics Conference

Denise Roder

Department of Statistics

University of Wisconsin

1300 University Avenue

Madison, WI 53719

Download Registration Form (in PDF)