Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the 2nd New York-Ontario (NYON) Operations Workshop will be held on Friday, October 9, 2026, at the Simon Business School, University of Rochester.
The NYON Workshop aims to showcase cutting-edge research across different areas of Operations Management, including supply chains, service operations, artificial intelligence, technology, and healthcare.
This one-day, in-person workshop will bring together distinguished faculty from leading institutions across the New York-Ontario region for a series of invited research talks in operations management, operations research and related fields. The event will also feature a keynote address delivered by Professor Serguei Netessine from the Wharton School of Business.
We hereby warmly invite faculty members and students from near and far to join us for what promises to be a stimulating and collegial day of scholarship and exchange.
Registration for the event is free but required, and due by September 27th. Further details, including the program schedule and registration information, can be found on the event website: https://simon.rochester.edu/events/nyon-2026
Student Best Paper Award: We invite submissions in the field of Operations Management and Operations Research to a student paper competition open to final-year or near-final-year Ph.D. students who are attending one of the workshop's participating institutions. Finalists will be invited to present their research during the event, with winners will be announced at the end of the workshop. Submission deadline is 7/10/2026. For more details, please visit our website https://simon.rochester.edu/events/nyon-2026.
We look forward to seeing you in Rochester this October!
Sincerely,
Burak Kazaz, Milind Sohoni, Ricky Roet-Green, Shreyas Sekar, Jack Zhang
Organizing Committee of NYON Workshop 2026
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Ricky Roet-Green
Associate Professor of Operations Management
Simon Business School
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
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