StanCon 2018 is live!

This post is by Mike.

We had so much fun at StanCon 2017 that we decided to do it again!

This year’s conference will take place over three days, from Wednesday January 10, 2018 to Friday January 12, 2018, at the beautiful Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California.  In addition to talks and open discussion, this year we’ll also have dedicated time for collaborative Stan coding with other attendees and the Stan dev team.

Detailed information about registration and accommodation at Asilomar, including fees and instructions, can be found on the event website.  Early registration ends on Friday November 10, 2017 and no registrations will be accepted after Wednesday December 20, 2017.

This year we are going to try to support as many student scholarships  as we can — if you are a student who would love to come but may not have the funding then don’t hesitate to submit a short application!

Contributed talks will proceed as last year, with each submission consisting of self-contained knitr or Jupyter notebooks that will be made publicly available after the conference.  Last year’s contributed talks were awesome and we can’t wait to see what users will submit this year.  For details on how to submit see the submission website.  The final deadline for submissions is Saturday September 16, 2017 5:00:00 AM GMT.

Finally, we are actively looking for sponsors!  If you are interested in supporting StanCon 2018, or know someone who might be, then please contact the organizing committee.

I’ll keep an eye on this post to answer any questions that you might have, and otherwise I hope to see everyone in January!

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