Keynote talks will be given by Soren Asmussen (Aarhus), Saul Jacka (Warwick), Ioannis Karatzas (Columbia), Goran Peskir (Manchester), Paavo Salminen (Abo Akadami), David Siegmund (Stanford), and Nizar Touzi (Ecole Polytechnique). This conference will also honor the scholarship of our colleague, mentor, and friend, Professor Larry Shepp (1936-2013).