We are sending this notice to remind you that February 10, 2017 is the abstract deadline for the The 21st Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) 2017. The conference will take place in Quebec City (QC, Canada) on July 17-21, 2017. See ifors2017.ca/welcome for more details.
Quebec City is a dynamic and modern French-speaking North American city with a unique “Old France” charm. The program committee is committed to preparing a high quality scientific program with diverse participants sharing their vision, knowledge and experience of operational research and analytics.
The venue is the Quebec International Convention Center, conveniently located in the heart of Quebec City and one of Canada’s top convention destinations with renowned hospitality and exceptional service, cutting-edge technology and creative cuisine inspired by the rich culinary traditions of North America’s fine dining capital.
We thereby invite you to participate to IFORS 2017 and be part of the great IFORS community by organizing a session, giving a talk, and meeting new and old friends and colleagues!
The IFORS 2017 is shaping up to be a memorable scientific event.
The plenary speakers are outstanding:
- Egon Balas (Harold Larnder prize winner),
- Martine Labbé (EURO plenary speaker),
- Alvin Roth (2012 Nobel prize winner),
- Andres Weintraub (Edelman and Harold Larnder prize winner)
In addition, there will also be a collection of excellent keynote speakers who will deliver tutorials (one hour each) on a variety of topics:
- Stefania Bellavia (Computational aspects in second order methods for large scale optimization),
- Julia Bennell (Get packing! Key concepts and future directions in cutting and packing problems),
- John Birge (Stochastic optimization with particles and Markov chains),
- Sophie D'Amours (Value chain modeling and optimization in the forest sector),
- Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger (Operations research and behavioral economics),
- Avishai Mandelbaum (Theoretical research in OR/IE/OM: A theory- and data-based journey through service systems),
- Asuman Ozdaglar (Incremental methods for additive convex cost optimization),
- Roman Slowinski (Preference learning through robust ordinal regression),
- Dave Stanford (Key performance indicators and their optimal performance),
- Detlof von Winterfeldt (Decision analysis to improve homeland security).
Details concerning abstract submissions (maximum 1500 characters) are available at ifors2017.ca/submit-abstract
Again, please remember that the deadline for submitting abstracts is February 10, 2017
We look forward to seeing you in Quebec City.
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Karla Hoffman, Professor
George Mason University
Systems Engineering and Operations Research Dept.
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