•	Friday 8:15 - 9:15, 28th October 2005            Room: R1+2           Chair: Stanley Azen
	Methodology plenary talk:
	Comparing Groups and Studying Associations.
		Prof. Rand Wilcox, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, USA.
•	Friday 18:15 - 19:15, 28th October 2005          Room: R1+2            Chair: Bernard Philippe
	Computational Statistics plenary talk:
	Optimization Heuristics in Economics and Statistics .
		Prof. Manfred Gilli, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
•	Sunday 14:15 - 15:15, 30th October 2005         Room: R1+2           Chair: Jae Chang Lee
	IASC plenary talk:
	Some Statistical Aspects of Credit Scoring.
		Prof. Gilbert Saporta, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, France. President of IASC.
•	Monday 14:30 - 15:30, 31st October 2005        Room: R1+2           Chair: Norbert Victor
	ASA plenary talk:
	Biomedical Informatics: The Key to Translational Research.
		Prof. Joyce C. Niland, City of Hope National Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA. Vice-President of ASA.