FIRN National Research Symposium

2006 Symposium on Credit Risk, Extreme Values, and Actuarial Studies

Rydges Lakeside, Canberra
Thursday 9 - Friday 10 March 2006

Aim of the symposium
A national conference on cutting-edge developments in credit risk, value at risk and extreme value theory, with contributions from acknowledged world leaders.

Venue
Rydges Lakeside, Canberra

Keynote speakers

Prof. Paul Embrechts	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Dr. Marek Rutkowski	Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw
Prof. Paul Kofman	University of Melbourne, Melbourne
Dr. Emiliano Valdez	University of New South Wales, Sydney
Prof. David Dickson	University of Melbourne, Melbourne

Registration
If you would like to register, please print out this form and phone, fax or e-mail it (details on the form). Attendance is free, but places are limited, so please register as soon as possible.

Program
A draft schedule is available here. A full program with abstracts will be provided to participants on arrival at the Symposium.

Student Scholarships
A small number of student scholarships will be offered. Please send enquiries to andrea.schnaufer@uts.edu.au.

Accommodation
Please refer to our list of suggested accommodation.

Organising committee

Terry O'Neill	The Australian National University
Chris Heyde	The Australian National University
Ross Maller	The Australian National University
Carl Chiarella	University of Technology, Sydney
Priya Dev	The Australian National University
Tim Higgins	The Australian National University
Ben Kaehler	The Australian National University

Supported by

School of Finance and Applied Statistics, ANU		Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, ANU		Financial Integrity and Research Network