Dear Colleagues,
As the Cluster Chair of the Section on Location Analysis (SOLA) track at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Conference, I would like to invite you to organize and chair a sponsored session for the track. This year, the INFORMS Annual Meeting will be held October 15 - 18, 2023 in Phoenix, AZ.
We welcome anyone who is interested to chair a session, including students, faculty, and industry/nonprofit professionals. As session chair, you will be responsible for inviting 4-5 speakers to present in a 75 minute session, with each presentation lasting approximately 15 minutes.
A list of potential topics consistent with the aims of SOLA from prior conferences are included below. We welcome sessions from any of these themes, as well as others you may think of.
If you are interested in serving as a session chair for one or more sessions, please contact cluster chair Kayse Lee Maass (k.maass@northeastern.edu) by March 14, 2023.
Cluster Char
Important Dates
- March 14: Deadline for session chair identification
- May 2: Deadline for session chairs to enter presenters
- May 16: Deadline for presenters to submit abstract
- August 1: Speaker registration deadline
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List of potential session topics:
- Emerging topics in location analysis
- Location and logistics
- Public sector location analysis
- Location analysis for social good
- Service facility location during a pandemic
- Location analysis for electric vehicle charging
- Algorithmic advances in location science for spatial demands
- Role of location analysis in smart mobility
- Location problems in innovative transportation and logistics applications
- Location problems and geometric optimization
- Ensuring equity in location analysis
- Hub location problems
- SOLA Student Panel
- SOLA Best Student Paper Award
- Anything else location related!
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Kayse Lee Maass
Assistant Professor
Northeastern University
k.maass@northeastern.edu------------------------------