Dear Colleague,

We invite you to join the newly formed Region of the International Biometric Society in the Eastern Mediterranean area.
Initially the Region covered the following countries: Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Palestinian National Authority, Turkey and  Saudi Arabia.  Recently, Bulgaria joined the Region as well.
The International Biometric Society (IBS) is a worldwide organization that exists to promote and develop the use of sound biometric (that is biostatistical and biomathematical) methodology in the study of medicine, biology and agriculture. Members include biostatisticians and general applied statisticians, as well as epidemiologists, clinicians, biologists and agriculturists with a strong interest in the methodological aspects of their subject. The Society publishes the well known journal Biometrics which is one of the leading applied statistical journals in the world, as well as a newsletter that covers the Society's activities and other notable biometric events round the world.

The Society incorporates many geographical Regions including Eastern-North America, Western-North America, Britain, Italy, and Australia, to name a few. Now, there is a new IBS Region in the Eastern Mediterranean. We feel that with the current activity in medical, biological and agricultural research in this area, and the increasing number of persons working in the area of statistical and mathematical applications to these fields, it is a great time for the development of the EMR Region. Our main aims are to bring together people in the Eastern Mediterranean who are working on problems relating to biometry. We hope to hold regular meetings in the region and to circulate a newsletter to members.

There have been 6 conferences of EMR till now, in Athens (January 2001), Antalya (January 2003), Corfu (may 2005),  Eilat (January 2007), Istanbul (May 2009) and Crete (May 2011)  all with great success

The 7th will be held in  Tel Aviv (22-25 April 2013)

To join the Region you simply follow the instructions here
To renew the membership log onto the IBS's website.

 

UPDATED REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration for membership to the EMR-IBS can be accomplished online through the following link:

http://www.tibs.org/interior.aspx?id=630


The IBS offers reduced dues to a number of "special circumstance" countries, including the following EMR countries:

Egypt, Jordan, Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

If you encounter any difficulties in the online registration process, please contact the Regional Secretary/Treasurer,
Havi Murad at HaviM@gertner.health.gov.il