Emilio Gómez-Déniz is Professor of mathematics at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. His research focuses on distribution theory, Bayesian statistics, robustness, Bayesian applications in economics with emphasis in actuarial statistics (credibility, ruin theory...). He is widely published in peer-reviewed national and international journals on these topics, such as Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Economics, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Astin Bulletin, Quantitative Finance, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Physica A, among others. He was awarded the Julio Castelo Matrán international research award granted by the Mapfre Foundation in 2008 for his research in the area of insurance. He has also worked as an associate editor of journals such as Statistical Methodology, Symmetry, Risks, Spanish Statistical Journal, etc. He has also been a reviewer for Mathematical Reviews (American, Mathematical Society, AMS). He has more than 100 publications in research journals, most of them with JCR impact, and also has an extensive catalog of published books and invited conferences.

Enrique Calderín-Ojeda, Ph.D has degrees in mathematics (UNED, Spain) and applied statistics (ULPGC, Spain). He is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Actuarial Studies at the University of Melbourne. He is author of numerous scientific papers in the field of actuarial statistics and econophysics. He is a member of the editorial board of the Spanish Journal of Statistics. He was awarded with best oral presentation in the International Conference for Applied Statistics ICAS 2015. He also received the Ignacion H. de Larramendi research grant 2017 sponsored by Fundación Mapfre in insurance and social protection.