ISF 2009 PROCEEDINGS I Organizing Committee Prof. Haiyan Song General Chair The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong SAR, China hmsong@polyu.edu.hk Prof. Rob Law Co-Program Chair The Hong Kong PolytechnicUniversity Hong Kong SAR, China hmroblaw@polyu.edu.hk Dr. Kevin K.F. Wong Co-Program Chair The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong SAR, China isf2009.hk@polyu.edu.hk Prof. Antonio García-Ferrer President of IIF Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Spain antonio.garcia@uam.es Prof. Stephen F. Witt The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong SAR, China stephen_f_witt@hotmail.com Prof. Paul Goodwin University of Bath United Kingdom mnspg@bath.ac.uk Prof. Ralph Snyder Monash University Australia ralph.snyder@buseco.monash.edu.au Pam Stroud International Institute of Forecasters USA isf@forecasters.org