The 1st International R/Rmetrics User and Developer Workshop ... will take place from July 8-12th, 2007 at Meielisalp, Lake Thune, Switzerland. See www.rmetrics.org The Workshop Focuses on ... > using R/Rmetrics as the premier open source solution for financial market analysis, valuation of financial instruments, and insurance tasks, > providing a platform for R/Rmetrics users to discuss and exchange ideas how R and Rmetrics can be used to do computations, data analysis, and visualization in finance and insurance, > giving an overview of the new features of the rapidly evolving R/Rmetrics project and discussing future developments. The Program Consists of ... > presentations of new R/Rmetrics directions and developments through keynote lectures. > user-contributed presentations reflecting the wide range of fields in which R and Rmetrics are used in finance and insurance to analyze and model data. > bringing together developers, practitioners, and users from finance and insurance providing a platform for common discussions and exchange of ideas. Organization ... Rmetrics Foundation, co-organized by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, and University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna. Web Site: www.rmetrics.org Conference Chairs: Diethelm W?rtz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Kurt Hornik, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna