[R-SIG-Finance] R/Finance 2009: Applied Finance with R -- Registration discount window closing

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

    Quick reminder that early-bird pricing ends April 1, 2009. Conference
    details, including program details and registration information are at
    	http://www.RinFinance.com
    Please feel free to send any questions about the conference to 
        committee at rinfinance.com


    R/Finance 2009: Applied Finance with R
    April 24 & 25, Chicago, IL, US

    The first annual R/Finance conference for applied finance using R, the
    premier free software system for statistical computation and graphics,
    will be held this spring in Chicago, IL, USA on Friday April 24 and
    Saturday April 25.

    The two-day conference will cover topics as diverse as portfolio theory,
    time-series analysis, as well as advanced risk tools, high-performance
    computing, and econometrics. All will be discussed within the context of
    using R as a primary tool for financial risk management and trading.

    Assembled to talk over the two days are some of the industry's most
    recognizable authorities within the world of R and quantitative finance.

    R/Finance 2009 is organized by a leading group of R package authors and
    community contributors, and hosted by the International Center for Futures
    and Derivatives [ICFD] at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

    Conference registration is now open. Special advanced registration
    pricing is available, as well as discounted pricing for academic 
    and student registrations.

    EARLY-BIRD PRICING ENDS APRIL 1, 2009

    More details and registration information can be found at the web site at

               http://www.RinFinance.com

    For the program committee:

         Gib Bassett, Peter Carl, Dirk Eddelbuettel, John Miller,
         Brian Peterson, Dale Rosenthal, Jeffrey Ryan

    Sponsors:
         International Center for Futures and Derivatives at UIC
         University of Illinois at Chicago
         REvolution Computing
         Microsoft Windows HPC
         ia: insight algorithmics

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