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PrefaceGlobal Optimization, the field including theory, methods and applications of optimizationtechniques aimed at detecting a global optimum for difficult mathematical programmingproblems in which many local optima might exist, is a rich area of research. The subject generatesmany papers published in qualified scientific journals and books; a journal and a series ofmonographs explicitly dedicated to the field exist now for more than a decade. Research doneby PhD students, young researchers and seniors is scattered over the world and we see GOapplied in many scientific fields. The workshop aims at bringing together researchers fromvarious fields that are dealing with this topic.The organising committee initiated the idea of the workshop at the MPS meeting in Kopenhagen.Inspired by the style of earlier workshops on GO in Sopron (1990), Szeged (1995) andFirenze (1999) the idea was to attract young researchers to be able to interact with experiencedresearchers in Global Optimization. The workshop is organised in single stream sessions, inorder to give all participants the opportunity to enjoy each of the presentations, implying alimited number of participants. The number of accepted contributions was close to the maximum,such that finally the program of the workshop is filled completely.The workshop might not have been possible without the supporting help of many peopleand organisations. Among these, we would like to express our sincere thanks to the contributionof:Ministerio de ciencia y tecnologíaConsejería de innovación, ciencia y empresa. Junta de AndalucíaUniversidad de AlmeríaDiputación de AlmeríaAyuntamiento de NijarOrganising committee:Emilio Carrizosa, SevillaTibor Csendes, SzegedInmaculada García, AlmeríaEligius Hendrix, WageningenPanos Pardalos, FloridaLocal organisers:Miguel CoboLeocadio CasadoJosé Antonio MartínezPilar OrtigosaBoglárka TóthConsolación GilRaúl BañosJuana Redondo