The 15-ICML Local Organizing Committee wishes to thank the following colleagues and friends for their professional help:

R.H. Advani, Stanford, CA (USA)
S. Ansell, Rochester, MN (USA)
T.T. Batchelor, Boston, MA (USA)
P. Boffetta, New York, NY (USA)
C. Buske, Ulm (Germany)
E. Campo, Barcelona (Spain)
L. Ceriani, Bellinzona (Switzerland)
B. Chapuy, Göttingen (Germany)
B.D. Cheson, Washington, D.C. (USA)
N. Chiorazzi, Manhasset, NY (USA)
R. Dalla-Favera, New York, NY (USA)
A. Davies, Southampton (UK)
L. de Leval, Lausanne (Switzerland)
S. Dirnhofer, Basel (Switzerland)
R. Dolcetti, Aviano (Italy)
M. Dreyling, Munich (Germany)
K. Dunleavy, Bethesda, MD (USA)
A. Engert, Cologne (Germany)
M. Federico, Modena (Italy)
A.J. Ferreri, Milan (Italy)
F. Forconi, Southampton (UK)
J.W. Friedberg, Rochester, NY (USA)
P. Gaulard, Créteil (France)
B. Gerber, Bellinzona (Switzerland)
M.K. Gospodarowicz, Toronto (Canada)
M. Hallek, Cologne (Germany)
G. Illerhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
P.W.M. Johnson, Southampton (UK)
B.S. Kahl, St. Louis, MO (USA)
R. Küppers, Essen (Germany)
G. Lenz, Muenster (Germany)
J.P. Leonard, New York, NY (USA)
A. Lopez-Guillermo, Barcelona (Spain)
I.S. Lossos, Miami, FL (USA)
S. Luminari, Modena (Italy)
D.G. Maloney, Seattle, WA (USA)
M.G. Manz, Zurich (Switzerland)
M.V. Mateos, Salamanca (Spain)
M. Meignan, Créteil (France)
A.M. Melnick, New York, NY (USA)
S. Montoto, London (UK)
B. Nadel, Marseille (France)
G.S. Nowakowski, Rochester, MN (USA)
S. O’Brien, Irvine, CA (USA)
O.A. O’Connor, New York, NY (USA)
K. Ohshima, Kurume (Japan)
L. Pasqualucci, New York, NY (USA)
P. Martin, New York, NY (USA)
L. Quintanilla-Martinez de Fend, Tübingen (Germany) M. Raderer, Vienna (Austria)
J. Radford, Manchester (UK)
S.V. Rajkumar, Rochester, MN (USA)
U. Ricardi, Turin (Italy)
S. Rule, Plymouth (UK)
G. Salles, Lyon (France)
K.J. Savage, Vancouver, B.C. (Canada)
M. Seto, Nagoya (Japan)
M.A. Shipp, Boston, MA (USA)
S.M. Smith, Chicago, IL (USA)
L. Specht, Copenhagen (Denmark)
M. Spina, Aviano (Italy)
M. Trněný, Prague (Czech Republic)
U. Vitolo, Turin (Italy)
J.M. Vose, Omaha, NE (USA)
W. Wössmann, Hamburg (Germany)
A. Younes, New York, NY (USA)
W. Zhao, Shanghai (China)
P.L. Zinzani, Bologna (Italy)

The Conference organizers wish to thank the following sponsors for their unrestricted financial support: 

The Conference organizers wish to thank the following contributors for their support: