Dear Hank:

The email address you sent out for IFCS (at least as my computer reads it)
did not work. Here is what I have from the CSNA website, and it DOES work.

http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/info/ifcs06/

works as opposed to

_http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/info/ifcs06_

Mel J
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On Mon, 2 Jan 2006, H.A.L.KIERS wrote:

> *IFCS 2006 Conference: Data Science and Classification
> **July 25-29, 2006*, *Ljubljana, Slovenia*
>
> As I hope you already know, the /IFCS 2006 Conference: Data Science and
> Classification/ is scheduled for July 25-29, 2006, in Ljubljana,
> Slovenia. It provides an interdisciplinary forum for social scientists,
> mathematicians, computer scientists, biologists, ethnologists and all
> others interested in data analysis and classification. Conference
> sessions allow individuals interested in theory, methods or applications
> of data analysis or classification to share ideas and explore common
> interests.
>
> Details on submission of abstracts (*deadline February 15, 2006*),
> registration (e.g., conference fees), set up of the program, and CHA
> travel fund for young researchers are now available on the website, and
> further information will become available soon. So please quickly take a
> look at
>
> _http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/info/ifcs06_
>
> Also new is that names of the invited speakers are available now:
>
>
> *Presidential Address:* */David J. Hand/*
> *Keynote Speaker:* */Adrian E. Raftery/*
> *Invited Speakers:* */Hamparsum Bozdogan, Maria Paula Britto, Patrick
> Doreian, Christian Hennig, Carlo Lauro, Pierre Legendre, Jacqueline
> Meulman, Boris Mirkin, John Shawe-Taylor/*.
>
>
> I hope to meet you all in Ljubljana,
>
> sincerely,
>
> Henk A.L. Kiers,
> Past President of IFCS (International Federation of Classification
> Societies).
>