5th Nordic-Baltic Biometric Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 8-10, 2015 We are pleased to welcome you to the 5th Nordic-Baltic Biometric Conference (NBBC15) that will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, on June 8-10, 2015. Registration and abstract submission are open at; https://events.artegis.com/event/NBBC2015 The abstract deadline is February 15, 2015. The conference is hosted by the University of Iceland; http://english.hi.is/ The venue is Hilton Reykjavik Nordica; http://www.hiltonreykjavik.com/ General information on NBBC15 can be found under; https://notendur.hi.is/~birgirhr/nbbc15.htm The keynote speakers are: - Odd Aalen, SJS invited speaker (Norway) - Daniel Gudbjartsson (Iceland) - John Hinde (Ireland) (IBS President) The invited sessions are: - Registry-based research - High-throughput data analysis - Modeling forest structure and dynamics - Statistical methods in fisheries and ecology - Causal inference - Modern statistical methods for the analysis of psychiatric data (details; https://notendur.hi.is/~birgirhr/nbbc15_program.htm) Two Pre-Conference Courses (Sunday, June 7, 2015): - Statistical analysis of sequencing data - Causal inference with Mendelian randomization (details; https://notendur.hi.is/~birgirhr/nbbc15_program.htm) Please distribute to your colleagues.