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Plan now to attend! Expect deep dives into biostatistics, AI, and machine learning in pharmaceutical development from experts in the field. Explore our program page for an exciting line up of speakers, keynotes and offerings.
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OpportuNet: Highlighting our Participating Sponsors!

We have a growing list of wonderful sponsors that will be available at the 2026 Networking Fair!
It’s not too late to join us as a sponsor. 

Contact Taylor Krajewski for more information and to participate.

Call for Posters!
We cordially encourage poster submissions for DISS 2026. 

There will be three featured events:
(1) 2 digital poster presentation sessions,
(2) 1 poster lightning talk session with selected posters, and
(3) an early career poster award competition for students and postdoctoral researchers

These events will offer a great opportunity for graduate students or junior researchers to share their research work. The poster can be on any topic that involves the use of quantitative methods and their applications in pharmaceutical development, clinical research, and biomedical studies. 

  • The deadline for consideration for the poster lightning talk session and the poster award competition is March 1.
  • Selected posters for the lightning talk and finalists for the poster award competition will be notified by March 15.
  • The deadline for the regular poster session is March 15.
  • All regular poster applicants will be notified of poster acceptance by March 22.  

The symposium registration fee is greatly reduced for all poster session participants ($50 for students, $150 for non-students).

For more details regarding the poster sessions, please visit https://sites.duke.edu/diss/poster-session-2026/.

 

Dear Colleagues,

The Duke-Industry Statistics Symposium (DISS2026) will be held April 8 – 10, 2026 at a new venue, close to RDU airport.  We are pleased to announce the symposium will be held at the Executive Briefing Center on the SAS Institute, Inc. campus, at 820 SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513.

  • Registration for the symposium and short courses is open! We are looking forward to having you join us! 
  • Submissions for the poster presentations and the early career poster award competition is open. 
  • We encourage all graduate students or postdoctoral scholars who are currently affiliated with a university and major in statistics, biostatistics, or bioinformatics to attend the symposium.  A highly discounted rate is offered to students. 

On behalf of the Steering and Organizing Committee, we greatly appreciate your timely registration and look forward to seeing you in the Spring of 2026!

Best wishes,

DISS2026 Steering Committee


Need more information? 

  • For detailed questions regarding short courses, keynotes and parallel sessions, along with questions regarding registration, please contact Judy Adkins
DISS2025 Steering Committee with Keynote Speaker Dr. Michael Pencina
DISS2025 Steering Committee with Keynote Speaker Dr. Michael Pencina
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