Invited Sessions
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Title: Savage Award Session
Organizer: ISBA
Speakers: Gun Ho Jang (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Kaisey Mandel (Imperial College London, UK)
Juan Carlos Martinez Ovando (Banco de Mexico, Mexico)
Fabian Scheipl (LMU Munich, Germany)

Title: Model Selection
Organizer: Susie Bayarri (University of Valencia, Spain)
Speakers: Ed George (University of Pennsylvania)
James Scott (University of Texas at Austin)
Susie Bayarri (University of Valencia, Spain)
Discussant: Gonzalo Garcia-Donato (University of Castilla-La Mancha)

Title: Time Series Analysis and Finance
Organizer: Siddhartha Chib (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
Speakers: Antonietta Mira (University of Lugano, Switzerland)
Jouchi Nakajima & Mike West (Duke University, USA)
Yasuhiro Omori (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Discussant: Teruo Nakatsuma (Keio University, Japan)

Title: Bayesian analysis of inverse problems
Organizer: Colin Fox (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Speakers: Heikki Haario (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland)
Radu Herbei (Ohio State University, USA)
Colin Fox (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Discussant: J Andres Christen (CIMAT, Mexico)

Title: Spatial State-Space Models
Organizer: Dani Gamerman (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Speakers: Bruno Sanso (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
Ioanna Manolopoulou (Duke University, USA)
Christopher Strickland (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Discussant: Sudipto Banerjee (University of Minnesota, USA)

Title: Bayesian Econometrics
Organizer: John Geweke (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Speakers: Sylvia Fruehwirth Schnatter (Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria)
Andriy Norets (Princeton University, USA)
John Geweke (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Discussant: Robert Kohn (University of New South Wales, Australia)

Title: Adaptive Bayesian Function Estimation
Organizer: Subhashis Ghosal (North Carolina State University, USA)
Speakers: Eduard Belitser (Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Surya Tokdar (Duke University, USA)
Heng Lian (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Discussant: Subhashis Ghosal (North Carolina State University, USA)

Title: Partial Identification and Causal Inference: What can Bayes bring to the Table?
Organizer: Paul Gustafson (University of British Columbia, USA)
Speakers: Toru Kitagawa (UCL, UK)
Chenguang Wang (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Paul Gustafson (University of British Columbia, USA)
Discussant: David Stephens (Mc Gill University, Canada)

Title: Matrix, Array and Relational Data
Organizer: Peter Hoff (University of Washington, USA)
Speakers: Tyler McCormick (University of Washington, USA)
Mark Handcock (University of California Los Angeles, USA)
Simon Lunagomez (Harvard University, USA)
Discussant: Abel Rodriguez (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

Title: Bayesian methods in Biostatistics
Organizer: Valen E. Johnson (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA)
Speakers: Andrea Riebler (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Peter Mueller (University of Texas Austin, USA)
David Rossell (IRB Barcelona, Spain)
Discussant: Donatello Telesca (University of California Los Angeles, USA)

Title: Applications of particle filtering and sequential updating
Organizer: Robert Kohn (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Speakers: Julien Cornebise (UK)
Scott Sisson (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Robert Kohn (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Discussant: Hedibert Lopes (University of Chicago, USA)

Title: Predictive Inference and Bayes Methods
Organizer: Fumiyasu Komaki (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Speakers: Bertrand Clarke (University of Miami, USA)
Matthew Parry (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Fumiyasu Komaki (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Discussant: Xinyi Xu (Ohio State University, USA)

Title: Advances in Gaussian Processes
Organizer: Herbie Lee (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
Speakers: Waley Liang (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
Cari Kaufman (University of California Berkeley, USA)
Herbie Lee (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
Discussant: Kate Calder (Ohio State University, USA)

Title: On the uses of random probabilities in Bayesian inference
Organizer: Antonio Lijoi (University of Pavia, Italy)
Speakers: Peter Orbanz (University of Cambrdige, UK)
Ramses Mena (IIMAS-UNAM, Mexico)
Antonio Lijoi (University of Pavia, Italy)
Discussant: Julyan Arbel (University of Paris Dauphine, France)

Title: S'Bayes: constructing and using subjective priors for Bayesain modelling
Organizer: Kerrie Mengersen (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Speakers: Michael Goldstein (University of Durham, UK)
Sama Low Choy (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Jeff Gill (Washington University St. Louis, USA)
Discussant: Kerrie Mengersen (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)

Title: Nonparametric Bayes Applications in Biostatistics
Organizer: Luis E. Nieto-Barajas (ITAM, Mexico)
Speakers: Michele Guindani (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA)
Lorenzo Trippa (Harvard University, USA)
Luis E. Nieto-Barajas (ITAM, Mexico)
Discussant: Sujit Ghosh (North Carolina State University)

Title: Auxiliary variable and particle MCMC methods
Organizer: Omiros Papaspiliopoulos (University Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Speakers: Nicolas Chopin (ENSAE, France)
Anthony Lee (University of Warwick, UK)
Pierre Jacob (Université Paris-Dauphine, France)
Discussant: Arnaud Doucet (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Title: Problem-driven developments in Bayesian Nonparametrics
Organizer: Sonia Petrone (Bocconi University, Italy)
Speakers: Yee Whye Teh (UCL, UK)
Sergio Bacallado (Stanford University, USA)
Sonia Petrone (Bocconi University, Italy)
Discussant: Raffaele Argiento (CNR-IMATI Milan, Italy)

Title: Topics on Bayesian Statistics
Organizer: Raquel Prado (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
Speakers: Valen E. Johnson (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA)
Michael J. Daniels (University of Florida, USA)
Hans R. Kuensch (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Discussant: Steven MacEachern (Ohio State University, USA)

Title: Being Simultaneously Bayesian And Frequentist
Organizer: Kenneth Rice (University of Washington, USA)
Speakers: Thomas Lumley (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Bhramar Mukherjee (University of Michigan, USA)
Kenneth Rice (University of Washington, USA)
Discussant: David Stephens (Mc Gill University, Canada)

Title: Bayesian analysis of network data: from network determination to network modeling
Organizer: Abel Rodriguez (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
Speakers: Veera Baladandayuthapani (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Natesh Pillai (Harvard University, USA)
Abel Rodriguez (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
Discussant: Tyler McCormick (University of Washington)

Title: Bayesian semi-parametric analysis: theory
Organizer: Judith Rousseau (University of Paris Dauphine, France)
Speakers: Harry van Zanten (Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Ismael Castillo (University of Paris VI, France)
Pierpaolo De Blasi (University of Torino, Italy)
Discussant: Judith Rousseau (University of Paris Dauphine, France)