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Final Call for Session Chairs and Speakers --- 2026 IFORS, Prescriptive Analyticsin Operations Management Stream, Vienna

  • 1.  Final Call for Session Chairs and Speakers --- 2026 IFORS, Prescriptive Analyticsin Operations Management Stream, Vienna

    Posted 2 days ago

    Dear Colleagues,

    We are organizing the stream "Prescriptive Analytics in Operations Management" at the upcoming IFORS 2026 conference, taking place 12–17 July 2026 in Vienna, Austria.

    The stream aims to bring together researchers working at the intersection of operations management, optimization, and data-driven decision-making. We particularly welcome research that develops or applies prescriptive analytics methods to support operational decisions in complex, data-rich environments. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

    • Data-driven optimization and decision-focused learning
    • Predict-then-optimize and integrated prediction–decision frameworks
    • Robust and distributionally robust optimization
    • Reinforcement learning and AI methods for operational decision-making
    • Supply chain analytics and logistics optimization
    • Pricing, revenue management, and marketplace design
    • Transportation, mobility, and service operations
    • Healthcare operations and other emerging OM applications

    We warmly invite you to join us by:

    Organizing a session (as a session chair)

    Giving a talk (as a contributing speaker)

    If you're interested, please indicate your interest via the Google Sheet below:

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N75fOO9TvJRHDxuk_hvVPC_pvHwy2LugfDgtPLxbyQs/edit?usp=sharing

    or complete your submission via the EURO conference system here: www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2026. Each session consists of 3–4 presentations. As a session chair, you may organize a group of speakers on a coherent topic and chair the session. If you would simply like to contribute a presentation, we are happy to help you find a session.

    Key Dates

    Abstract deadline: 25 March 2026

    Registration deadline: 25 April 2026 

    Location: University of Vienna, Austria – a beautiful historic venue in the heart of Europe.

    Conference Info: https://ifors2026.at/home/

    Feel free to share with your networks. We look forward to your participation!

    Warm regards,
    Melvyn & Qinshen



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    Qinshen Tang
    Assistant Professor
    Nanyang Business School
    Nanyang Technological University
    Singapore
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