2000-2009

2009

October 2009, San Diego, CA  
Theme: Transportation

• Tom Vanderbilt, Author of "Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)"
• Jeff Winters: "From the lab to the road, deploying OR"
• Cynthia Barnhart: "Using OR to improve airline schedule reliability"
• Doug Smith: "Blending Optimization and Simulation for Analysis of an Inland Waterway Transportation System"
• Karl Kempf: "The Cultural Story behind winning the INFORMS Prize"
• Marc Mandler: "The Systems Approach to Transportation Safety: Moving from Safety Compliance to Safety Management"
• James E. Moore: "Economic Impact Models for freight Transportation"

April 2009, Phoenix, AZ 
Theme: Roundtable Companies

• Karl Kempf: "Frontiers of Decision Making at Intel Corporation"
• Arnie Greenland: "How IBM Runs on Business Analytics and Optimization"
• Mike Cramer: "McDonald's Innovation - The Emerging Role of Operations 
   Research" 
• Marlize Meyer: "A Sasol OR perspective"
• Srinivas Bollapragada: " Improving Operations at General Electric Company"
• Raj Nigam and Russ Labe: "Structuring and Sustaining Excellence in
   Management Science at Merrill Lynch

February 2009, San Antonio, TX 
Theme: Strategic Planning

• Rear Admiral Scott R. Van Buskirk, USN: "Senior Leadership’s Role in Strategy Development"
• Glenn W. Wegryn: "Influence of OR Practices to Drive Corporate Strategic Choices at Procter & Gamble"
• Gerald G. Brown: "Optimization Tradecraft: Hard-Won Insight from Real-World Decision Support"
• Jeffrey Karrenbauer: "Frontiers in Strategic Supply Chain Design"
• Louis Anthony Cox, Jr.: "Risk Management Priority Rankings Are Ineffective: A Call for Change"
• Gerald G. Brown: "Department of Homeland Security: Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change"

2008

October 2008, Washington, DC (Photos)
Theme: OR in Policy Analysis

• Bruce D. Collins: "Keynote Address"
• Norm Fujisaki: "Impact of Dynamics on Policy Decisions"
• Dan Michael Berkovitz: "The Foundations of Federal Regulation of Energy Markets: Facts or Fiction?"
• Rear Admiral David A. Gove, USN: "Naval Oceanography - Analysis to Capability"
• Sherry J. Gillespie: "Policy, Politics and Procedure"

 
April 2008, Baltimore, MD 
Theme: Roundtable Companies

• Pete Buczkowski: "Engineering the Magic at Disney"
• Kathy Lange: "Data Driven Insight for Better Decision Making with SAS Analytics"
• Robert Benson: "Leveraging OR/MS Within a Supply Chain Management Consulting Firm"
• Milton F. Pope: "Use of Analytics and Operations Research at the Aerospace Corporation"
• Gertjan de Lange: "OR/MS at Paragon Decision Technology"

February 2008, New Orleans, LA (Photos)
Theme: Managing an Operations Research Practice

• Outing: Gray Line Katrina Tour
• Dr. Elizabeth Haas Edersheim: "Peter Drucker's Advice for Managers of Operations Research Groups"
• Admiral Kirkland H. Donald, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Training and Managing Technical Personnel
• Dr. Andris A. Zoltners, Professor of Marketing, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management and Founder and Co-Chairman ZS Associates: "Selling Operations Research Products"
• William C. Stone, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies, Inc.: "Managing Growth & Transition"
• Dr. Don N. Kleinmuntz, Co-Founder, Strata Decision Technology, LLC: "Roundtable Member Company Presentation: Strata Decision Technology, LLC"

2007

November 2007, Seattle, WA (Photos)
Theme: Simulation, Optimization, Visualization

• Permutations of Simulation, Optimization & Visualization
• Roundtable Overview
• New Applications and Innovations in Simulation Optimization
• Visualization Inside Optimization and Simulation Applications
• 25 Year Anniversary Trivia
• Meeting with the INFORMS Board
• Simulation Modeling Using AnyLogic
• Combining Simulation/Visualization/Optimization in an Automotive Manufacturing
• Environment at Ford
• Roundtable Business

April 2007, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Photos)
Theme: Military OR and Relevance to History 

• History of Military OR, Dr. Phil DePoy, Center for Naval Analyses
• Application of Quantitative and Qualitative OR/MS Tools and Techniques to
  Address Contemporary DoD Challenges in (1) Portfolio Management and (2) 
  Measuring Effect of Net - Centricity on Mission Outcome, Michael Lavine, MITRE
  Corporation 
• Roundtable Strategic Planning Team Update, Glenn Wegryn, Proctor & Gamble
• Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma in Military Logistics, Darrell Gooden, Port
  Hueneme Division Naval Surface Warfare Center 
• Readiness Based Sparing - A Retrospective, T.J. O'Malley, LMI Government
  Consulting 
• Presidential Issues: A Discussion with INFORMS President-Elect Cynthia
  Barnhart - Roundtable Feedback on What is Lacking in Masters/PhD Programs 
• Nightcap Dessert Reception

February 2007, Tampa, FL  (Photos)
Theme: Human in the Loop

• Roundtable Strategic Planning Team Discussion
• Predictive Markets, Problem Solving, and the Wisdom of Crowds
• Playing Games for Better Business Using Market Mechanisms to Improve Forecasting
• Applications and Thoughts About Behavioral Economics in Schneider National
• Beyond the Efficient Frontier: A Novel Wealth Allocation Framework for Individual
  Investors 
• The Ford Prediction Exchange
• Panel Discussion: What Would I have to Do To Make These Available in My
  Company? What Internal Expertise Do I Need? Can I Hire Someone To Do It? Is
  This OR? 
• INFORMS Professional Colloquium Activity
• Roundtable Strategic Planning Team Direction Wrap-Up
• 2006 Roundtable Pulse Taking Summary

2006

November 2006, Pittsburgh, PA  
Theme: Sustainability

• Sustainable Development and OR Modeling
• Where do we go in Practice
• Recent Sustainable Business Experience
• Driving Sustainability Through Optimizaing Re-Use at Cisco
• P&G Efforts in Sustainable Development
• Some Thoughts About Sustainable Mobility From an OR Perspective
• Applications of OR/MS in recycling and product take-back at Hewlett Packard: Similarities and key differences with traditional supply chain problems
• Group Activity: Opportunities for Profitable Sustainability in Roundtable Companies
• Roundtable Strategic Planning Team Discussion of Vision, Mission and Strategic Goals
• Roundtable Dues Proposal Discussion
• Update on INFORMS Professional Colloquium
• Meeting with the INFORMS Board

April 2006, Miami, FL  (Photos)
Theme: Project Management

• Enhancing Project Delivery Capabilities through Project Analysis
• Integrated Cost - Schedule Risk Analysis using Monte Carlo Simulations
• Critical Chain Project Management
• Delivering Results: Operations Research at Air Products
• Presidential Issues: A Discussion with the President-Elect Brenda Dietrich - "OR" Deployment Best Practices

February 2006, Marina del Rey, CA  (Photos)
Theme: Forecasting

• Eta™ Analysis: Forecasting and Quantitative Analysis for Investment Banking and Hedge Funds
• EconomicInvestor’s Eta® Analysis
• Exploring the Intersection of Large Scale Forecasting, Time Series Mining and
   Visualization 
• Forecasting Without Looking in the Rearview Mirror (OR Forecasting in Markets
   Where There is Insufficient (Relevant) Historical Data) 
• Forecasting and Network Balance in Full-Truckload Transportation Networks
• OR Applications at Hewlett-Packard
• Follow-up to the San Francisco Roundtable/INFORMS Board Meeting

2005

November 2005, San Francisco, CA  (Photos)
Theme: Pricing and Revenue Management

• Revenue Management in the Airline Industry: From Gumball Dispensers to Rocket Science
• Revenue Management Tutorial, The Theory and Practice of Revenue Management
• Effective Pricing Analysis & Design Methods for Manufacturers and Distributors to Create Optimal Price Guidelines
• Revenue Management in the Broadcast Television Industry, Srinivas Bollapragada, GE
• Pricing in the Less-Than-Truckload Transportation Industry 
  Meeting with the INFORMS Board: The Roundtable’s Role in INFORMS 

April 2005, Palm Springs, CA  (Photos)
Theme: Structured Networking 

• OR at Procter & Gamble
• OR at Jeppesen Sanderson
• Structured Networking: Topic 1 – Methods of Bringing OR Theory to Application
• Structured Networking: Topic 2 – Why Are “Good” Projects Not Funded?
• Presidential Issues: A Discussion with the President-Elect Mark Daskin -
  INFORMS Publications 
• Roundtable Meeting Schedule

February 2005, Amelia Island, FL  (Photos)
Theme: Data Mining

• Introduction to Data Mining Concepts and Methods
• Applications of Text Data Mining
• Data Mining Methodologies and Trends
• Overview of the Roundtable Website
• Data Mining Mistakes - and How to Avoid them
• Data Mining Applications in Marketing
• Data Mining in a Transaction World
• Roundtable Discussion about Data Mining

2004

October 2004, Denver, CO (Photos)
Theme: Risk Analysis and Management

• Lockheed Martin Facility Tour - "Shuttle Return to Flight Activities"
• Presentation of Outcomes of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board by Board Member Sheila Widnall
• How to Remove Subjectivity from Risk Assessments
• The Role of Precursors in Forestalling Accidents
• Risk Management and Decision Theory
• OR Work at Member Company Applied Mathematics
• Roundtable Member Pulse-taking Learnings and Feedback
• Meeting with the INFORMS Board: Meeting the Needs of OR Masters Level Professionals

April 2004, Cambridge, MA  (Photos)
Theme: OR and Six Sigma

• Presidential Issues: A Discussion with the President-Elect Richard C. Larson-Strategic Efforts to Get More Non-PhD's to Join INFORMS
• Six Sigma and OR at Boeing
• Six Sigma and OR at Ford

February 2004, Orlando, FL  (Photos)
Theme: OR in the Service Industry

• Mission: SPACE
• Importance of IE & OR at Walt Disney World
• Transportation Modeling at Walt Disney World
• Mission Space Simulation Modeling
• The Birth of FASTPASS
• Why OR Systems Fail, UPS

2003

October 2003, Atlanta, GA  (Photos)
Theme: OR and the Roundtable Community

• How Do You Re-Launch a Profession?
• OR at Weyerhaeuser
• OR at Boeing
• OR/MS in the Roundtable Community
• Meeting with the INFORMS Board: Marketing the Profession Update
• Roundtable Luncheon Meeting with the Association of Chairs of Operations Research Departments (ACORD)
• Synchronizing Global Commerce: Operations Research at UPS

May 2003, Phoenix, AZ 
Theme: How to be a Better Communicator

• How to be a Better Communicator (two sessions)
• Marketing 101: Marketing a Marketing Science Group
• Presidential Issues: A Discussion with INFORMS President-Elect Michael Rothkopf
• Integration of Theory and Practice
• Running INFORMS' Businesses More Effectively

February 2003, Charleston, SC (Photos)
Theme: Marketing OR

• Marketing, Market Communications, Brands and the OR/MS Family of Discipline(two sessions)
• Platform for Discussion
• Interactive Workshop
• Marketing 101: Marketing a Marketing Science Group
• Marketing CPLEX: A Historical Perspective
• Brief Update on the INFORMS Marketing Project

2002

November 2002, San Jose, CA (Photos)
Theme: Visualization

• Information Visualization (3 integrated sessions) The Case for Information Visualization
• Structured Data
• User Controls
• Representing Trees Using Microsoft Doughnut Charts<
• Meeting with the INFORMS Board: Practice Initiatives – Where should immediate emphasis be placed?

May 2002, Montreal, Canada  (Photos)
Theme: Personality Types

• Myers-Briggs Training Session
• Presidential Issues: A Discussion with the INFORMS President-Elect Planning and Managing the Future Direction of INFORMS Through Collaborative Strategic Planning

February 2002, Chandler, AZ  (Photos)
Theme: Giving OR a Friendly Face 

• Spreadsheet Engineering
• Promoting OR by Hiding OR
• Optimizers Inside
• OR Disguised: The Wagner Experience
• Panel/Open Discussion on “OR Inside

2001

November 2001, Miami, FL  (Photos)
Theme: The B2B Context of OR/MS

• Auction Theory for OR/MS Practice
• E-Business at Air Products: Shifting to a Second-Generation Strategy
• The Effect of New Technologies on Transportation
• Putting the "e" in Eastman Business
• Streamlined Sales Tax Initiative: Internet-Based Sales Tax Engine for the 21st Century
• Informal Discussion on the Practice Portal
• Meeting with the INFORMS Board: Avoiding "Myth-understandings" in Academic/Practitioner Collaboration

May 2001, La Jolla, CA  (Photos)

• Managing Best Practices
• Presidential Issues: A Discussion with the INFORMS President-Elect Social Capital as a Professional Asset

February 2001, Savannah, GA  (Photos)
Theme: The Changing Computing Environment of OR

• Optimization Modeling in Distributed Applications: 
  How new technologies such as XML and SOAP allow OR to provide Web-based services 
• Optimization over the Internet
• A Case Study in Implementation: Feeder Schedule Optimization System
• Constraint Based Programming at ILOG
• Exploiting Web Technology to Deliver OR Solutions
• Panel Discussion: The Impact of the Changing Computing Environment of OR

2000

November 2000, San Antonio, TX  (Photos)
Theme: CRM

• Marketing Strategy and Customer Equity in the Information Age
• The 1 to 1 Marketing Approach and CRM
• Predictive Modeling and Robust Optimization in eCRM
• Management Science Approaches to Personalization
• Operations Research at Qwest Communications International
• Planning for the First INFORMS Practice Meeting in San Diego
• Meeting with the INFORMS Board: Practice Portal for INFORMS Online

May 2000, Salt Lake City, UT  (Photos)
Theme: e-Business

• The Effect of E-Business on the Supply Chain
• Applying Quantitative Marketing Techniques to the Internet
• A Review of the Evolution of e-Commerce and Operations Research in Travel and Transportation
• How the Internet is Transforming HP’s Business Models: Opportunities for OR/MS
• Presidential Issues: A Discussion with the INFORMS President-Elect Improving INFORMS Online for Practitioners
• Restructuring INFORMS

February 2000, Las Vegas, NV  (Photos)
Theme: ERP 

• Beyond Enterprise Resource Planning Systems to Fact-based, Coordinated Decision Making
• The Compleat ERP Strategy
• Operations Research Activity in the Defense World at Raytheon Company
• Beyond ERP to Active Supply Chain Management, APS, CRM, and more
• Brainstorming Opportunities for OR/MS in the Deployment of ERP