Dear all, This is to announce the upcoming *One World YoungStatS Webinar (with discussant) "Recent advances in extreme value theory"*. When & Where: - Thursday, April 20th, 6:00 PT / 9:00 ET / 15:00 CET - Online, via Zoom. The registration form is available here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeixPUhPzfQfGMGC8YcSNiK9kfgGpNujyj_l6p5z7TwUE5sQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0> . Speakers: - Stefano Rizzelli <https://docenti.unicatt.it/ppd2/it/docenti/85092/stefano-rizzelli>, Department of Statistical Sciences, Catholic University of Milan. Title: *Mathematical foundations of empirical Bayesian analysis of maxima* - Nicola Gnecco <https://www.math.ku.dk/english/about/news/new-names/nicola-gnecco-postdoc/>, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Title: *Extremal Random Forests* - Jonathan Koh <https://www.imsv.unibe.ch/about_us/staff/dr_koh_jonathan_boon_han/index_eng.html>, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern. Title: *Predicting risks of temperature extremes using large-scale circulation patterns with r–Pareto processes* Discussant: Sebastian Engelke <https://www.unige.ch/gsem/en/research/faculty/all/sebastian-engelke/>, Research Center for Statistics, University of Geneva The webinar is part of YoungStatS project of the Young Statisticians Europe initiative (FENStatS) supported by the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). For additional information, please visit the YoungStatS website <https://youngstats.github.io/post/2023/04/04/recent-advances-in-extreme-value-theory/> . Best wishes, Alessia Caponera