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Keynote Speakers for INFORMS 2018 Government & Analytics Summit

  • 1.  Keynote Speakers for INFORMS 2018 Government & Analytics Summit

    Posted 03-22-2018 14:03

    I am delighted to announce that, with the help of our partners at Signal Group, we have secured two keynote speakers for the INFORMS 2018 Government & Analytics Summit in Washington, D.C. on May 21st. Both of these keynote speakers are prominent former leaders in Washington. Their participation will move us closer to our goal of attracting the interest of policymakers and government leaders, as well as key congressional and agency staff, and other policy thought leaders, to the invitation-only Summit.

    Our first keynote speaker of the Summit will be Anthony Foxx, who served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation (July 2013 – January 2017). He previously served as the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina (December 2009 – July 2013). The scheduled title of Secretary Foxx's talk is, "Beyond Traffic: How Operations Research and Analytics are Driving the Emergence of the Connected City."

    Our second keynote speaker of the Summit will be General Michael Hayden, a retired four-star general who served as director of the National Security Agency (March 1999 – April 2005), and as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (May 2006 – February 2009). General Hayden also served as the country's first principal deputy director of national intelligence (April 2005 – May 2006), and the highest-ranking military intelligence officer in the country. The scheduled title of General Hayden's talk is, "The Importance of Data Analytics and Operations Research in Government and Defense."

    INFORMS is honored that Secretary Foxx and General Hayden have agreed to participate in the INFORMS 2018 Government & Analytics Summit. It is rare that government leaders of their prominence participate in events of this type. This marks an important step in INFORMS' 2018 Visibility and Awareness initiatives.



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    Nicholas G. Hall
    INFORMS President 2018
    president@mail.informs.org

    Fisher College of Business Distinguished Professor,
    The Ohio State University
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