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CLAIO 2016 deadline: We are having some issues with our web server and some people are having problems visiting the CLAIO 2016 site. We hope to have a robust solution very soon, but in the meantime we are extending the deadline to submit abstracts or papers to April 7th. We apologize for the problems and we hope you submit your contributions soon!
The XVIII CLAIO, Latin-Iberian-American Conference on Operations Research, will take place in Santiago de Chile, October 2-6, 2016. We invite members of the Latin-Iberian-American Association of Operations Research (ALIO) and the worldwide Operational Research (OR) community to participate in this event and to submit contributions. We are assembling and exiting scientific program consisting of parallel, technical, plenary talks and tutorials, covering several aspects of OR.
CLAIO 2016 will also host the IX meeting of the Iberian-American Network on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (Red-M). Special tracks will be organized within CLAIO and will be open to all attendants.
IMPORTANT DATES
7/April/2016 Submission deadline for papers or abstracts.
01/Jun/2016 Acceptance/rejection notification.
1/July/2016 Final versions of papers deadline.
15/Jul/2016 Early registration deadline.
30/Aug/2016 Cut-out date for registration, to be included in the schedule.
ABSTRACT / PAPER SUBMISSION
To participate in the conference, an abstract of a maximum 1000 characters or a 8-page paper must be submitted. All submissions will go through a review process by the Scientific Committee.
Papers and abstracts may be written in Spanish, English, or Portuguese, the three official languages of CLAIO. All abstracts of accepted contributions will be published in the conference book of abstracts and accepted papers of registered authors will be published in the conference proceedings, in electronic media, with an ISBN.
A post conference special issue of Annals of Operations Research will be edited with the best research presented at the conference. Further instructions will be available soon.
Detailed information on the conference, including paper submission instructions, venue, program committees, speakers, and other practical information is available through the conference web page, www.claio2016.cl
We look forward to see all of you in Santiago!
Jorge R. Vera, Chair, CLAIO 2016.
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Jorge Vera
Catholic University of Chile
Santiago
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