Following is a brief synopsis of the meetings held since the chapter reactivation in January 2010.
October 10, 2019- Dr. Robert Inman and Dr. Peiling Wu-Smith, Technical Fellow and Manager at GM’s Chief Data & Analytics Office, presented Operations Research Practices at General Motors, Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI
March 25, 2019- Dr. Ali Taghavi, Applied Research Manager at LLamasoft Inc., presented Considering Safety Stock Costs in Network Optimization Problem, Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI
November 01,2018- Jorge Lozano, Leader of Applied Data Science Team and Bryan Flietstra, Supervisor of Advanced Analytics, Steelcase presented Embracing Analytics in a Century-Old Manufacturing Company - A Discussion on Steelcase's Analytics Journey Past, Present, and Future at Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI
August 14,2018- Erika McBride, Director of Diamond Systems Analytics, The Dow Chemical Company, presented Dow Analytics Journey with Erika McBride at Dow Chemical, Midland, MI
May 10,2018- Dr. Nolen Akerman, Principal Data Scientist, Global Analytics, Kellogg’s, presented Translating Data Models into Action at Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI
May 4, 2017 - Dr. Dan Reaume, Director, Advanced Analytics, The Dow Chemical Company, presented 25 Years of Operations Research - A Career Retrospective at Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI.
Feb 14, 2017 - Dr. Pascal Van Hentenryck, Seth Bonder Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan, presented Branch and Price and Check for Vehicle Routing with Location Constraints at LLamasoft, Ann Arbor, MI.
May 14, 2016 - The 
3rd Annual INFORMS Southeast Michigan Symposium was hosted by Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI.
February 11, 2016 - Dr. Seth Guikema, Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, presented "Natural Hazards Modeling: From Storm Impacts to the Evolution of Regional Vulnerability Over Time" at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
November 9, 2015- Dr. Jyrki Wallenius, Professor of Management Science, Aalto University, presented "Voting Advice Application: A Novel Approach" at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. This was a joint event with COIN-MSU.
September 18, 2015 - Data in the D, a Quicken Loans/Title Source Big Data Conference co-organized with the INFORMS SE MI Chapter, was hosted by Quicken Loans in Detroit.
December 3, 2014 - Dr. Joyce Lee, Professor of Pediatrics and Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, presented Making for Health: A Model For Patient-Centered Participatory Design at TechShop Detroit, Allen Park, MI. The meeting was sponsored by Ford Motor Company.
October 3, 2014 - The 2nd Annual INFORMS Southeast Michigan Symposium sponsored by LLamasoft and the MSU Supply Chain Management Department, was hosted by Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
August 6, 2014 - Dr. Robert Bordley, Fellow, Booz Allen Hamilton, presented Addressing a Nobel Laureate's Challenge to Modeling and Simulation at the Columbia Center, Troy, MI.
March 25, 2014 - Dr. Brian Denton, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, presented Operations Research in Medicine: Past, Present and Future at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
November 8, 2013 - The 1st Annual INFORMS Southeast Michigan Symposium was hosted by Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
October 29, 2013 - Dr. Michael Cavaretta, Technical Leader of Predictive Analytics / Data Science, Ford Motor Company, presented "The Business Case for Big Data" at the Ford Research and Innovation Center, Dearborn, MI.
June 17, 2010 - Sean Devine, VP of Pricing and Engineering, Con-way Freight, presented "Why Isn't OR Leveraged by Corporations and Groups that Really Need It? What is the Secret to Creating OR Leverage" at Con-way Freight, Ann Arbor, MI.
April 28, 2010 - Dr. Erica Klampfl, Strategy and Sustainability Analytics, Ford Motor Company, presented "OR at Ford" at the Ford Research and Innovation Center, Dearborn, MI.
February 23, 2010 - Dr. Mark S. Daskin, Department Chair, Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, presented "Perspectives on Operations Research and Health Care" at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.