We are pleased to announce that the R user conference

 

   useR! 2013

 

is scheduled for July 10-12, 2013, and will take place at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.

 

As for the predecessor conferences, the program will consist of two

parts: invited lectures and user-contributed sessions (abstract submission will be available soon). Prior to the conference, there will be tutorials on R (proposals for tutorials should be sent before December 15, 2012, see below).

 

CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS

 

María Jesús Bayarri, José Manuel Benítez-Sánchez, Havard Rue, Steve Scott and Hadley Wickham

 

USER-CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS

 

The conference will feature both talks and posters illustrating the use of R in practice. Contributions are welcome that introduce recent developments in the R Project (including CRAN packages), demonstrate applications of R in areas of current interest, or otherwise engage and inspire participants in their use of R.

 

PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIALS

 

Before the official program, half-day tutorials will be offered on Tuesday, July 9.

 

We invite R users to submit proposals for three hour tutorials on special topics regarding R. The proposals should give a brief description of the tutorial, including goals, detailed outline, justification of why the tutorial is important, background knowledge required and potential attendees. The proposals should be sent before December 15, 2012 to useR-2013_at_R-project.org.

 

A web page offering more information on the `useR!’ conference is available at

 

   http://www.R-project.org/useR-2013

 

We hope to see you in Albacete!

 

The organizing committee:

 

Esteban Alfaro, José Luis Alfaro, M. Teresa Alonso, Emilio L. Cano, Gonzalo García-Donato, Matías Gámez, Noelia García, Virgilio Gómez-Rubio, María José Haro, Eva J. Moreno and Francisco Parreño.