2018 NIC-ASA/ICSA Midwest Joint Fall Meeting Report Li Wang, Ph.D Chair of ICSA Midwest Chapter AbbVie, Development Design Center

Gold Sponsors Data and Statistical Sciences Development Design Center Data Science Citadel Securities

Evolvement of The Annual Meeting 2015: The first meeting One short course and one day of parallel sessions In a meeting room in AbbVie BLDG 1 Mainly biostatistics and academia 2 sponsors 2016: The second meeting Two short courses and one day of parallel sessions In Lincolnshire Marriott Resort

Evolvement of The Annual Meeting 2017: The third meeting Two short courses and one day of parallel sessions In Delta Marriot Suites Audience and presenters expanded to Abbvie Epidemiology, HEOR, DDC and Astellas RWI 4 sponsors Free 2-hour cocktail reception with open-bar, hors d’oeuvre and live music added 2018: The fourth meeting Free Caricatures Free 1-night hotel stay for out of state students who submitted posters Paid travel for short course teachers

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First Day Reception Pictures

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First Day Reception Pictures

2018 Registrants Summary Total: 139 registrants

2018 Registrants Summary Students: 45 17 students actually submitted posters

2018 Registrants Summary Students: 45 17 students actually submitted posters Professors: 7

Academia

2018 Registrants Summary Students: 45 Professors: 7 Industry total: 87

Summary of Company Registration

Online State Address Registration Summary

Summary The conference is attracting more sponsors The conference is attracting more students and poster award participations The conference is attracting more attendees from different functions The conference is covering more hot topics in RWE and ML

Keynote Speaker Kyle Holen, MD, Head of Development Design Center, AbbVie

Keynote Speaker Kyle Holen, MD, Head of Development Design Center, AbbVie