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The 2nd International Statistical Conference in Croatia May 10-11, 2018, Opatija, Croatia

TOPIC: „New Advances in Statistical Methods Applications for a Better World"

CONFERENCE VENUE and ACCOMMODATION at the Grand Hotel „4 opatijska cvijeta“; Address: V. Cara Emina 6, HR-51410 Opatija, Croatia (How to reach Opatija? Available at: http://www.opatija.net/en/map)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Prof. Wolfgang K. Härdle Prof. Amanda L. Golbeck Prof. Lea Bregar Prof. Saša Žiković

(CV)

Humboldt Univ. of Berlin, School of Business and Economics, Berlin, Germany Plenary Speech: “DS2: Data Science & Digital Society”

(CV)

Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Plenary Speech: "New Data on the Statistics Profession"

(CV)

Univ. of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Ljubljana, Slovenia Plenary Speech: ”Modernisation of Official Statistics: Implications for Users”

(CV)

Univ. of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics, Rijeka, Croatia Plenary Speech: “Forecasting High Frequency Data Using Advanced Machine Learning”

GOALS: ISCCRO, conference organized by the Croatian Statistical Association (CSA), brings together researchers and practitioners from various aspects of statistical profession

and science with the aim of establishing contacts, presenting scientific ideas and experiences. Since the ISCCRO becomes a biannual event important not only for Croatia, but also internationally, attracting scientists and experts in statistics and related multidisciplinary fields from the region and the World, we are proud to say that the past ISCCRO’2016 with the topic: „New Challenges of Official and Applied Statistics in European Union“, held on 05-06 May 2016 in Zagreb, gathered 120 authors from 11 countries with 55 Abstracts (published in the Book of abstracts of the ISCCRO – International Statistical Conference in Croatia) and 35 Full Papers, published in the Proceedings of the ISCCRO – International Statistical Conference in Croatia (on CD).

CONFERENCE STREAMS/ TOPICS: (The cross-discipline applied submissions are welcome!)

Applications of Statistics Medical Statistics Here is the link to the

Invitation for the Special Session organizers Communicating & Teaching Statistics Biometrics

Data Science Statistical Methods & Theory

Environmental/ Spatial Statistics Official Statistics & Public Policy

Industry & Commerce Social Statistics

SPECIAL SESSIONS: (List not finalised yet since the Invitation for the Special Session organizers is OPEN!

(1) Special Session for Young Statisticians (Organizer: Croatian Statistical Association. Applicants are young statisticians/ students or researchers with 8 years of experience as the maximum) (2) Other Special Session(s): diverse of statistical topics may be proposed and specified by the participants/ organizers (these will be accepted not later than 16 October 2017 – NEW DATE), each having at least four papers.

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS:

The ISCCRO'18 authors may choose between two possibilities: (1) the "Abstract only" option, or (2) the "Full Paper" option. NOTE: All the author/s should submit an Abstract firstly, until November 20, 2017 using the Instructions to authors.

AWARDS: CSA will award its' members and ISCCRO'18 participants who present their full papers after the judgement of the CSA Awards Scientific Committee.

IMPORTANT DATES Registration and Abstract submission deadline: [using the ISCCRO’18 Registration and Abstract Application Form] November 20, 2017

Abstract review results: December 04, 2017

Final Abstract submission due (improved after the review): December 11, 2017

Abstract acceptance notification *: [The ultimate step for Abstract Only option! Authors may proceed to Registration & Payment!] December 18,2017

Full Paper submission: January 12, 2018

Full Paper review results: January 29, 2018

Final Full Paper submission due (improved after the review): February 09, 2018

Full Paper acceptance notification: February 19, 2018

Early bird Registration Fee payment closing: March 15, 2018

Final date for Registration Fee payment for publishing the Full Paper: March 29, 2018

Final date for Registration Fee payment for accompanying persons: April 16, 2018

Preliminary conference Program announcement: April 25, 2018

ISCCRO’18 Conference: May 10-11, 2018

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY: Book of Abstracts of the ISCCRO–international statistical conference in Croatia (Print: ISSN 1849-9864, Online: ISSN 2584-3850). Proceedings of the ISCCRO–international statistical conference in Croatia (CD) (Electronic: ISSN 1849-9872). Examples of the CSA publications:

The past conference ISCCRO’16 examples:

The selected ISCCRO’18 papers may be extended and refine for publishing in Croatian Review of Economic, Business and Social Statistics (CREBSS) Print: ISSN 1849-8531; Online: ISSN 2459-5616 at the De Gruyter Open

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM: Plenary speech is of 25 min. length (20+5). Contributed PPT presentations of 12 min. length (10+2). Conference language is English.

ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION details are given at the link INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS.

REGISTRATION FEE: Status Early bird until March 15, 2018 Late registration until April 16, 2018

CSA member* 180 EUR** 240 EUR

CSA non-member 220 EUR 280 EUR

Student – CSA member 100 EUR 130 EUR

Student – CSA non-member 130 EUR 160 EUR

Accompanying person 100 EUR 130 EUR *Note: Statistical “sister” societies from Croatia (HBMD) and the countries in the near region might be considered here, respectively, too.

**Note: 1 EUR=1.18 USD (1 August 2017)

The registration fee includes the Book of Abstracts of the ISCCRO – international statistical conference in Croatia and the Proceedings of the ISCCRO – international statistical conference in Croatia (except for accompanying persons), coffee breaks, a light lunches, and get-together afternoon with light dinner at the first day of the conference. On-site cash payment not acceptable. The ISCCRO conference Registration Fee is exclusive of VAT.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAYMENT are given at the link REGISTRATION & PAYMENT.

ISCCRO18 General Chair: Marko Krištof, Vice-President of Croatian Statistical Association & Director General, Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Croatia

ISCCRO18 Conference Program Chair: Ksenija Dumičić, President of Croatian Statistical Association & Univ. of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Dept. of Statistics, Zagreb, Croatia

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: (List not finalised yet) Chairs: N. Erjavec, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; K. Dumičić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia Co-chairs: M. Biljan August, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia; M. Benšić, J. J. Strossmayer Univ. of Osijek, Croatia; S. Pivac, Univ. of Split, Croatia; D. Galinec, Croatian National Bank, Croatia International Scientific Committee members: S. Marković, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia; S. Hodžić, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia; A. Štambuk, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia; J. J. Cochran, Univ. of Alabama, USA; A. Ferligoj, Univ. of Ljubljana, H. Friedl, Graz Univ. of Technology, Austria; A. Rozga, Univ. of Split, Croatia; T. Rudas, Center for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sci. & Eotvos Lorand Univ., Hungary; J. Arnerić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; P. Atanasov, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Univ., R. of Macedonia; D. Bagić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; V. Bahovec, Univ. of Zagreb, T. Baldigara, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia; B. Basrak, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; M. Bavdaž, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia; E. Bečić, Croatian Bureau of Statistics; P. Bejaković, Inst. of Public Finance, Croatia; P. Bidgood, Fac. of Science, Engineering and Computing, UK; L. Billard, Univ. of Georgia, USA; A. Blejec, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia; S. Bogosavljević, Univ. of Belgrade, Serbia; L. Bregar, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia; V. Bucevska, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Univ., R. Macedonia; J. Bushati, “Luigj Gurakuqi” Univ. of Shkodra, Albania; V. Buško, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; V. Čančer, Univ. of Maribor, Slovenia; A. Čeh Časni, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; D. Čizmić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; M. Čižmešija, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; Somnath Datta, Univ. of Florida, Florida, USA; Susmita Datta, Univ. of Florida, Florida, USA; A. Delalić, Univ. of Sarajevo, BiH; F. Destović, Univ. of Sarajevo, BiH; M.-A. Diaye, Univ. of Evry Île de France, France; J. Gelo, Univ. of Zagreb, L. Di Gennaro Splendore, Statistical Consultant of European Union, Malta; S. Drobne, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia; R. Dwivedi, Inst. of Management Technology, India; S. Fazlović, Univ. of Tuzla, BiH; Slovenia; N. Flournoy, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, USA; T. Gillpatrick, Portland State Univ., USA; A. L. Golbeck, Univ. of Arkansas, USA; Wolfgang K. Härdle, Humboldt-Univ. zu Berlin, Germany; Chen Hua, Shanghai Univ. of Int. Business and Economics, China; M. Huzak, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; S. Jakšić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; A. Jazbec, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; D. Jurlina Alibegović, The Inst. of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia; G. Kasnauskiené, Vilnius Univ., Lithuania; S. Kjosev, Univ. "Ss. Cyril and Methodius", R. of Macedonia & President and Chairman of the Board of Directors - Association for Regional Development Balkan Economic Forum; P. Kovács, Univ. of Szeged, Hungary; M. S. Kovacevic, UN, USA; M. G. Kovačević, Director General, Republican Bureau of Statistics of Serbia; M. Krištof, Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Croatia; M. Kujundžić Tiljak, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; N. Kurnoga, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; P. Laimer, Statistics Austria, Austria; É. Laczka, Hungarian Statistical Assoc., Hungary; A. Lee-Post, Univ. of Kentucky, USA; G. Lešaja, Georgia Southern Univ. College of Science and Mathematics, USA; M. Loupis, Univ. of Applied Sciences of Central Greece; Z. Lozanov-Crvenković, Univ. of Novi E.Sad, Serbia; A. Marcikić, Univ. of Novi Sad, Serbia; M. Meško, Univ. of Primorska, Slovenia; C. A. Molgaard, Univ. of Arkansas, USA; S. Mrkić, UNSD, NY, USA; D. Nestić, The Inst. of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia; E. Nikolić Đorić, Univ. of Nov Sad, Serbia; B. Novkovska, Univ. of Tourism and Management in Skopje, R. of Macedonia; I. Ograjenšek, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia; I. Palić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; M. Pejić Bach, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; S. Peković, Univ. of Montenegro; T. Perić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; L. Pfajfar, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Lei Ping, Shanghai Univ. of International Business and Economics, China; J. Poór, Univ. of Pannonia, Hungary; B.V. Popović, Univ. of Montenegro; Ž. Račić, Univ. of Banja Luka, BiH; Rappai, Univ. of Pécs, Hungary; E. Resić, Univ. of Sarajevo, BiH; S. Rešić, Univ. of Tuzla, BiH; J. Rovan, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Yichen Qin, Univ. of Cincinnati, USA; J. Selimović, Univ. of Sarajevo, BiH; R. Somun-Kapetanović, Univ. of Sarajevo, BiH ; Z. Sonicki, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia & President of Croatian Biometric Society, Croatia; P. Sorić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; J. Stare, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia; S. R.

Stević, Univ. of East Sarajevo, BiH; Ž. Šain, Univ. of Sarajevo, BiH; E. Šehić, Univ. of Sarajevo, BiH; N. Šuvak, J.J. Strossmayer Univ. of Osijek, Croatia; J. Varajão, Univ. of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal; J. Tica, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; O. Tóth, Research Inst. of Agricultural Economics, Hungary; E. Veledar, Florida Int. Univ., USA; M. Vizek, The Inst. of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia; L. Zadnik- Stirn, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia; S. Zahirović, Univ. of Tuzla, BiH; J. Žerovnik, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia; S. Žiković, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia; B. Žmuk, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (List not finalised yet) Organizing Chairs: D. Galinec, Croatian National Bank; S. Hodžić, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia; T. Baldigara, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia; A. Štambuk, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia; K. Dumičić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia

Organizing Committee members: D. Rogić-Hadžalić, Croatian Bureau of Statistics; J. Pugar, Croatian Bureau of Statistics; M. Gavrić, Croatian Bureau of Statistics; N. Mrša, Croatian Bureau of Statistics; M. Pekeč, Croatian

Bureau of Statistics; N. Kurnoga, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; N. Šuvak, J. J. Strossmayer Univ. of Osijek, Croatia; A. Čeh Časni, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; S. Jakšić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; I. Palić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; P. Sorić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; B. Žmuk, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; D. Grahovac, J.J. Strossmayer Univ. of Osijek, Croatia; E. Kelin, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia; I. Lolić, Univ. of Zagreb, Croatia; M. Mamula, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia; I. Papić, J.J. Strossmayer Univ. of Osijek, Croatia

SPONSORS: (Call for the Sponsors is now open: Please contact the ISCCRO’18 Program Chair: ksenija.dumicic@hsd-stat.hr. The list not finalized yet!)

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