The Valencia 9 invited programme will include 25 talks of 30 minutes each, whose presentation will be followed a by 10 minutes invited discussion, and some discussion from the floor. These talks will be delivered in plenary sessions in the mornings.

The list of invited speakers is (in alphabetical order) is

Abrams, Keith (University of Leicester, UK) Bernardo, José M. (Universitat de València, Spain) Carvalho, Carlos (University of Chicago, USA) Chopin, Nick (ENSAE, France) Consonni, Guido (Università di Pavia, Italy) Donnelly, Peter (University of Oxford, UK) Dunson, David (Duke University, USA) Fruehwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria) Goldstein, Michael (University of Durham, UK) Huber, Mark (Claremont McKenna College, USA) Ickstadt, Katjia (Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany) Lee, Herbie (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA) Lopes, Hedibert (University of Chicago, USA) Loredo, Tom (University of Cornell, USA) Louis, Tom (Johns Hopkins University, USA) Madigan, David (Columbia University, USA) McCallum, Andrew (University of Massachusetts, USA) Meek, Christopher (Microsoft Research, USA) Meng, Xiao-Li (Harvard University, USA) Polson, Nick (University of Chicago, USA) Richardson, Sylvia (Imperial College London, UK) Richardson, Thomas (University of Washington, USA) Schmidt, Alexandra (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Tebaldi, Claudia (Climate Central, USA) Wilkinson, Darren (University of Newcastle, UK) A separate programme will be organized by ISBA. This will be take place in plenary sessions the afternoons starting on June 3.

Contributed papers will be presented in poster form in the plenary evening sessions which have become an identity sign of the Valencia meetings. There will be five poster sessions, every evening from June 3rd through June 7th.

Only one presentation (whether oral or poster) per person will be allowed, and any presenter (whether speaker or poster) must be a registered participant. Coauthoring meeting both restrictions will, of course, be possible.

Local Organizer José M. Bernardo (Universitat de València, Spain) jose.m.bernardo@uv.es

Programme Committee Susie Bayarri (Universitat de València, Spain) [susie.bayarri at uv.es] James O. Berger (Duke University, USA) [berger at stat.duke.edu] José M. Bernardo (Universitat de València, Spain) [jose.m.bernardo at uv.es] A. Philip Dawid (University of Cambridge, UK) [a.p.dawid at statslab.cam.ac.uk] David Heckerman (Microsoft Research, USA) [heckerma at microsoft.com] Adrian F. M. Smith (Director General for Science and Research, UK) [adrian.smith at dius.gsi.gov.uk] Mike West (Duke University, USA) [mw at stat.duke.edu]

ISBA will organize a set of tutorials on Bayesian Statistics on Thursday, June 3rd. Thus, delegates who wish to attend the tutorials are expected to arrive one day earlier, by Wednesday June 2nd.