The 76th Annual Deming Conference on Applied Statistics will be held on December 7-11, 2020, Atlantic City, NJ.
Below is the 2020 (76th) program.

2020 Program Schedule
DAY

01 - Monday December 07, 2020

  • 06:30 - 07:30

    REGISTRATION

  • 07:00 - 07:50

    BREAKFAST

    Full Hot Breakfast (Covered by registration fee)

  • 08:00 - 09:00
    SESSION A

    Innovative Designs for Early Phase Dose-Finding Studies
    Sue Jane Wang, FDA, and Yuan Ji University of Chicago
    Moderator: Alfred H. Balch

  • 08:00 - 09:00
    SESSION KEYNOTE

    Precision Imaging for Precision Medicine- Biomarkers and Beyond
    Sue-Jane Wang, FDA 
    Moderator: Alfred H. Balch

  • 09:00 - 12:00
    SESSION B

    Recent Development in Analyzing Microbiome Data from Clinical Trials
    Yinglin Xia, University of Illinois at Chicago and Din Chen, UNC-Chapel Hill
    Moderator: Walter R. Young

  • 12:00 - 13:30

    LUNCH BREAK

    Lunch Break (at your own)

  • 13:30 - 17:00
    SESSION C

    Randomization and Inference in Clinical Trials
    Diane Uschner, George Washington University
    MODERATOR: Ivan S. F. Chan

  • 13:30 - 17:00
    SESSION D

    Master Protocol and Its Application
    Jingjing Ye, BeiGene and Nicole Li, Merck & Co. Inc
    MODERATOR: Xiaoming Li

  • 19:00 - 23:00

    Speaker’s and Awards Dinner

    Speaker’s and Awards Dinner (Optional Added Fee Event)

DAY

02 - Tuesday December 08, 2020

  • 07:00 - 08:00

    REGISTRATION

  • 07:00 - 07:50

    BREAKFAST

    Full Hot Breakfast (Covered by registration fee)

  • 08:00 - 09:00
    SESSION KEYNOTE

    Harnessing the Power of Statistics: Big Challenges, Big Opportunities 
    Dionne Price, FDA
    Moderator: Naitee Ting

  • 09:00 - 12:00
    SESSION E

    Causal Inference and Data Fusion
    Elias Bareinboim and Adele Ribeiro, Columbia University
    MODERATOR: Bill Wang

  • 09:00 - 12:00
    SESSION F

    Real World Evidence Landscape and Evolution in Drug Development
    Jenny Fang and Melvin Olson, Novartis
    MODERATOR: Naitee Ting

  • 12:15 - 13:45

    LUNCH BREAK

    Lunch Break (at your own)

  • 13:45 - 16:30
    SESSION G

    Bayesian Adaptive Approaches Using Historical Data
    Brad Carlin, Counterpoint Statistical Consulting, LLC
    MODERATOR:Ivan S. F. Chan

  • 13:45 - 16:30
    SESSION H

    Targeted Estimation of Direct and Indirect Causal Effects in Clinical Trials
    Jie Chen, Fang Liu and Yanping Liu, Merck & Co. Inc
    MODERATOR:Wenjin Wang

DAY

03 - Wednesday December 09, 2020

  • 06:30 - 08:00

    REGISTRATION

  • 07:00 - 08:00

    BREAKFAST

    Full Hot Breakfast (Covered by registration fee)

  • 08:00 - 09:00
    SESSION KEYNOTE

    New Statistical Initiatives in the FDA CDRH 
    Speaker: Ram Tiwari, CDRH, FDA
    Moderator: Bill Wang

  • 09:00 - 12:00
    SESSION I

    Likelihood Ratio Methodologies for Safety and Risk-Based Monitoring
    Ram Tiwari, CDRH, FDA
    MODERATOR: Bill Wang

  • 09:00 - 12:00
    SESSION J

    Answering Old Questions with New Tools: Application of the ICH E9 Addendum in Oncology
    Kaspar Rufibach, Roche and Evgeny Degtyarev, Novartis
    MODERATOR:Kalyan Ghosh

  • 12:15 - 13:15

    LUNCH BREAK

    Lunch Break (at your own)

  • 13:15 - 16:45
    SESSION K

    Statistical Designs and Strategies for Oncology Drug Development
    Cong Chen, Merck & Co. Inc
    MODERATOR: Kalyan Ghosh

  • 13:15 - 16:45
    SESSION L

    Statistical Methods in the Clinical Development of Novel Cancer Immunotherapies
    SPEAKERS: Bo Huang, Pfizer
    MODERATOR: Naitee Ting

DAY

04 - Thursday December 10, 2020

  • 06:30 - 08:00

    SHORT COURSE REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

    Short Course Registration and Breakfast

  • 08:00 - 17:50
    SHORT COURSE 1

    Working with Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Models
    INSTRUCTORS: Professor Walter Stroup, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    MODERATOR: Alfred H. Balch

  • 08:00 - 17:50

    SHORT COURSE 1 ( continued )

DAY

05 - Friday December 11, 2020

  • 06:30 - 08:00

    SHORT COURSE REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

    Short Course Registration and Breakfast

  • 08:00 - 17:50
    SHORT COURSE 2

    Artificial Intelligence for Drug Development, Precision Medicine and Healthcare
    Instructors: Professor Mark Chang, Boston University
    Moderator: Ivan S. F. Chan

  • 08:00 - 17:50

    SHORT COURSE 2 ( continued )

*All tutorial and short course titles, presenters and moderators from 1989 onward are on www.demingconference.com

Session is based on a recently published text that is available either for a discounted price or is included in the price of the two short courses
Sessions will have their breaks extended by 15 minutes for Poster Presentations

Full hot breakfasts are included on each of the five days