1. Trends and Sociodemographic Differentials of Stillbirth and Perinatal Mortality Rates in 78 Surveys in 14 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Application of Modified Gompertz-Makeham Model • Mohamed Ali, World Health Organization (WHO); saverio bellizzi, university sassari; Omnia M ALI, University of Bristol.

2. ASSESSING THE VALIDITY OF MOBILE PHONE SURVEYS FOR MORTALITY DATA COLLECTION: A CASE STUDY FROM OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO. • Kassoum Dianou, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) - Centre for demographic research; Bruno Masquelier, Louvain University (UCL); Bruno Lankoandé, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University (UJKZ); Abdramane Soura, Université de Ouagadougou; Hervé Bassinga, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP) / Université de Ouagadougou; Ashira Menashe-Oren, Universite catholique de Louvain (UCL); Malebogo Tlhajoane, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Georges Reniers, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

3. Estimating Multi-Annual Excess Deaths: A Formula and an Application to the Chronic Us Mortality Disadvantage, 1956-2023 • Patrick Heuveline, University of California, Los Angeles; Nanum Jeon, University of California, CA.

4. Moving Beyond Model Life Table Systems: A New Method for Direct Estimation of Age-Specific Mortality • Austin E. Schumacher, University Of Washington; Christopher J. L. Murray, University of Washington; Aleksandr Aravkin, University of Washington; Peng Zheng, University of Washington.

5. Revisiting Compositional Change to Understand Mortality Inequalities • Alyson A. Van Raalte, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR); Yana Vierboom, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.