GRASPA-SIS is glad to announce that GRASPA 2019 will be hosted by the University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara on 15-16 July 2019. (http://meetings3.sis-statistica.org/index.php/GRASPA2019/GRASPA2019)

GRASPA 2019 is the biennial conference of the Italian research group for Environmental Statistics GRASPA-SIS and the major event on Environmental Statistics in Italy.

GRASPA 2019 is also the 2019 European regional conference of The International Environmetrics Society.

GRASPA 2019 endorses co-operation among statisticians, academics from environmental sciences as well as practitioners from government and independent environmental agencies creating a space for the exchange of experiences and ideas on various aspects relevant to the protection of the natural environment. GRASPA 2019 is an opportunity to share research interests related to the development and the use of statistical methods in environmental sciences, fostering methodological developments and applications in various environmental fields.

Keynote speakers:

• Marc Genton (https://stsda.kaust.edu.sa/Pages/Home.aspx)
• Alexandra M. Schmidt (https://www.mcgill.ca/epi-biostat-occh/alexandra-m-schmidt)
• John T. Kent (https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/44/professor-john-t-kent)

Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Sun, sea, sports and movida are the keywords of the Province of Pescara, where wellness is the idea.