Schedule and Presentations 2016

Sunday, June 5 – Friday, June 10

Sunday, June 5
Afternoon
Travel in
2:00 pm
Bus Departs SeaTac Airport for Anacortes Ferry
2:30 pm
Small Vans Depart SeaTac Airport for Anacortes Ferry
4:30 pm
Anacortes Ferry Departs for Friday Harbor
6:30-7:30 pm
Dinner, Welcome, Overview & Introductions Maria Glymour

Monday, June 6

7:45-8:15 a.m.

Breakfast

 

8:45-9:00 am

Gather, admin stuff, software, etc Dan Mungas. Maria Glymour, Laura Gibbons

9:00 am-3:00 pm

Scientific and Methods Lectures

9:00-9:45 am

Introduction to a counterfactual framework for causal inference and using DAGs; relevance to dementia research Maria Glymour

Slides

9:45-10:10 am DAG practice activity

10:10-10:30 am

Introduction to REGARDS George Howard & Virginia Wadley

Slides

10:30-10:50 am

Introduction to WHICAP Jennifer Manly

Slides

10:50-11:00 am

Break

 

11:00-11:40

Introduction to Inverse Probability Weighting Jennifer Weuve

Slides

12:15-12:45 pm

Lunch

 

1:10-1:30 pm

Introduction to HAAS Lon White

Slides

1:30-1:45 pm

Defining a clear causal question, including counterfactual contrast, population, and causal parameter Maria Glymour
1:45-2:00 pm Brief Descriptions of Workgroups
2:00-2:30 pm Partner DAG Drawing Activity

2:30-3:30 pm

Mediation Eric Vittinghoff

Slides

3:30-3:45 pm

Break

 

3:45-5:15 pm Workgroup Organization

6:00-6:30 p.m.

Dinner

 

Evening

FREE (social activities in dining hall, volleyball)

Tuesday, June 7

7:45-8:15 a.m.

Breakfast

 

9:00-9:30 am

Introduction to instrumental variables Stefan Walter

Slides

9:45 am-12:00 pm

Workgroups

12:00-12:15 pm

Rowboat orientation at the docks

12:15-12:45 p.m.

Lunch

 

1:30-3:00 pm

Workgroups

3:00-3:15 am

Break

 

3:15-5:30 pm

Workgroups
6:00-6:30 p.m. Dinner

 

7:00-7:45 pm

Causal inference from observational data Group discussion

Evening

FREE (social activities in dining hall, volleyball)

Wednesday, June 8

7:45-8:15 a.m.

Breakfast

 

8:45-9:00 am

Planning for Free Afternoon – Commons

9:00-10:00 am

Workgroups report on preliminary statement of their causal question

10:00-10:15 am

Break

 

10:15 am-12:00 pm

Workgroups

12:15-12:45 p.m.

Lunch

 

Afternoon

FREE (*Weather cooperating*)

6:00-6:30 p.m.

Dinner

 

Evening

FREE (social activities in dining hall, volleyball)

Thursday, June 9

7:45-8:15 a.m.

Breakfast

 

9:00-10:15 am

Workgroups

10:15-10:30 am

Break

 

10:30 am-12:00 pm

Workgroups

12:15-12:45 p.m.

Lunch

 

1:00-2:00 pm

Workgroups – Wrap Up and Post-Conference Plans

2:00-2:15 am

Break

 

2:15-4:00 pm

Workgroup Reports

4:00-4:15 pm

Break

 

4:15-5:15 pm

Workgroup Reports

5:15-5:45 pm

Wrap Up

6:00-6:30 p.m.

Dinner

 

Evening

FREE (social activities in dining hall, volleyball)
Friday, June 10
~5:10 am
Leave for 5:45 ferry to bus. There is also an 8:05 ferry (for those with later departures from SeaTac who do not have to catch the bus).
~10:00 am
Bus arrives at SeaTac Airport