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Call for Session Proposals – ENRE Clusters at INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting

  • 1.  Call for Session Proposals – ENRE Clusters at INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting

    Posted 03-18-2025 15:48
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    Dear Colleagues,

    We are pleased to invite session proposals for the Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment (ENRE) clusters at the INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting. This year, the ENRE section encompasses five clusters:

    ENRE Electricity (Chair: Joseph Duggan, University of Dayton)

    ENRE Energy (Chair: Ahmed Aziz Ezzat, Rutgers University)

    ENRE Energy and Climate (Chair: Kai Pan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

     ENRE Environment and Sustainability (Chair: Fariba Farajbakhsh Mamaghani, Tulane University)

    ENRE Natural Resources (Chair: Esra Buyuktahtakin Toy, Virginia Tech)

     We welcome innovative session proposals that address cutting-edge research, methodologies, and applications within these domains. Given the session cap for this year's conference, all proposals will be reviewed to ensure a diverse, high-quality program.

    Submission Deadline: April 7, 2025

    Submission Form: https://forms.gle/b3dksBBAYKQU5sRf7

    Session Proposal Criteria:

     Relevance to one or more ENRE clusters

     Originality and contribution to the field

     Clarity of session objectives and structure

      Organizer expertise and experience

    Please note that INFORMS maintains the one-talk-per-speaker rule, and we encourage session organizers to include at least four to five speakers per session.

    Please refer to the attached document for more details on the clusters and proposal guidelines. 

    We look forward to your submissions and an exciting conference!



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    Esra Buyuktahtakin Toy
    Associate Professor
    Grado Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
    Virginia Tech217 Durham Hall, 1145 Perry Street, Blacksburg, VA 24061
    Phone: 540-231-0483 (office) Fax: 540-231-3322                        email: esratoy@vt.edu
    webpage: https://soml.ise.vt.edu/
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