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MADRID May 5, 2005

Registration and Breakfast 8:00-9:00 AM

GENERAL SESSION: KEYNOTE SPEAKER 9:00-9:10 AM

Welcoming Remarks Dan Steinberg, CEO Salford Systems, California, U.S.A.

GENERAL MORNING SESSION 9 :15-10:00 AM

Data Preparation and Data Mining: Steps You Should and Should NOT Attempt Mikhail Golovnya, Salford Systems, California, U.S.A.

10:05-10:50 AM

"Evolution of High-Diversity Areas in Ecuador in the Context of Global Climate Change" Jesus Muñoz, Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid, Spain

Coffee Break 10:50-11:10 AM

11:10-11:55 AM

"Comparison of TreeNet, RandomForests, and CART for Applied Prediction Problems in Financial Services" Kasindra Maharaj and Robert Ceurvorst, Synovate, Inc., Chicago, USA

12:00-12:45 PM

"Modelling Differential Response Rates" Cristina Bellido, Director of Data Mining, la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain

Lunch Break 12:45-1:45 PM

1:45-2:30 PM

"Linking Heterogeneous Data Sources: Using TreeNet to Develop a Model for Classifying Subjects Linked to a Disease Registry" Sigurd W. Hermansen, Westat, Maryland, U.S.A.

2:35-3:20 PM

"Using CART to Assess "Missing at Random" in the Development of Multivariable Risk Adjustment Models" Paul Kolm, Emory University, Georgia, U.S.A.

Coffee Break 3:20-3:40 PM

3:40-4:25 PM

Maximum Predictive- Minimum Redundancy Gene Subset Selection from Microarray Data. Predictive Accuracies with CART and Random Forests Jorge Martin Arevalillo, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, Spain

4:30-5:15 PM

A look at Future Developments in Data Mining Technology Dan Steinberg, Salford Systems, California, U.S.A.

Program Schedule is Subject to Change