Invited Sessions

Nonparametric methods for copulas (organizer: Axel Bücher, Bochum, DE ) Speakers: Betina Berghaus, Axel Bücher, François Portier, Bruno Rémillard, Noël Veraverbeke (Copula) Models for Extremal events (organizer: Elena Di Bernardino, Paris, FR ) Speakers: Julie Carreau, Olivier Faugeras, Olivier Lopez, Veronique Maume-Deschamps, Didier Rullière Dependence Models, Copulas and R (organizer: Fabrizio Durante, Bozen, IT ) Speakers: Marta Di Lascio, Thomas Nagler, Christian Schellase, Simon Trimborn Dependence and Risk Measures (organizer: Maria Rita Iacò, Graz, AT ) Speakers: Valeria Bignozzi, Corina Costantinescu, Alfred Müller, Stefan Thonhauser On theoretical issues concerning copulas and their estimation (organizer: Piotr Jaworski, Warsaw, PL ) Speakers: Jean-David Fermanian, Christian Genest, Piotr Jaworski, Johanna Nešlehová Estimating Copulas (organizer: Ostap Okhrin, Dresden, DE ) Speakers: Jan Gorecki, Alexander Ristig, Anastasia Tetereva, Nathan Uyttendaele Advances in copula theory and its applications (organizer: Carlo Sempi, Lecce, IT ) Speakers: Enrique de Amo Artero, Giovanna Nappo, Mauro Piccioni, Gianfausto Salvadori