INFORMS Open Forum

Friday December 15th - WISDOM, WORAN, and Women in OR/MS present a Winter Webinar!!

  • 1.  Friday December 15th - WISDOM, WORAN, and Women in OR/MS present a Winter Webinar!!

    Posted 12-14-2023 00:18

    WISDOM, WORAN, and Women in OR/MS present a Winter Webinar!!

    Join us for a festive coffee and a chat: An opportunity to build connections across women in operations research societies, identify common goals and grow together in achieving these.

    • What: World Wide Women (W^3) in OR: WISDOM1, WORAN2, and Women in OR/MS3
    • Where: Online via Zoom - Register: https://bit.ly/W3winterEvent
    • When: Friday 15th Dec 2023, 16:00 – 17:00 (Central European Time)

    Webinar Format 

    • Introductions/Webinar etiquette
    • Ice-breaker social quiz - 15 minutes
    • Meet-the-forum, incl background, aims and 2023 wrap-up - 30 minutes
      •  WORAN: Supporting and making women visible events
      • Women in OR/MS: To my younger self initiative
      • WISDOM: Introduce the 2024 Young Women for OR cohort
    • Brainstorm session of best practices between societies - 10 minutes o Where do our goals overlap?
      • And how can we collaborate in the future?

    ----

    1 WISDOM is a forum to support, empower, and encourage the participation of all genders in Operational Research and Management Science. It is an initiative supported by EURO, the Association of European Operational Research Societies. Please visit: WISDOM
    2 WORAN is a forum to advance knowledge, interest and education in operational research, in as far as this concerns women. It is an initiative supported by the Operational Research Society of the UK. Please visit: WORAN

    3 WORMS is a forum to encourage interest in and discussion amongst individuals regarding issues facing women in the field of operational research and the management sciences, and to advise the INFORMS board accordingly. It is an initiative supported by INFORMS, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Please visit: Women in OR/MS



    ------------------------------
    Gabriela Gongora-Svartzman, Ph.D.
    WORMS Sr VP of Communications
    Committee on Teaching and Learning (CTL) INFORMS Chair
    Assistant Teaching Professor
    Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Email: ggongora@cmu.edu
    ------------------------------