Call for contributions to ISMP 2018 in Bordeaux

The 23rd International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2018) will take place in Bordeaux, France, July 1-6, 2018. The organizers have the great pleasure of inviting you to prepare contributions to this world congress of mathematical optimization gathering scientists as well as industrial researchers and users of mathematical optimization.

Plenary, semi-plenary, and keynote speakers for ISMP2018 have been announced on the conference website along with their provisional talk titles: https://ismp2018.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/4 This very attractive program was kindly setup by the program committee: https://ismp2018.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/5

The richness of the conference scientific program shall be further enhanced by the attendees' contributions that are organized in parallel sessions by the scientific committee. These contributions can take the forms of mini-symposium, invited sessions and contributed presentations. Each attendee can submit at most one talk as a speaker. For further details see https://ismp2018.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/16Interested . Candidate session organizers are invited to contact the scientific committee for their particular stream of interest. Its composition is given on https://ismp2018.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/13 along with contact information.

ISMP is also a great opportunity for deep tech companies, publishers, research institutes and schools in the field to meet the community, to present their work, to communicate on recruitment opportunities, or to illustrate their good-will through sponsorship. These options are presented on https://ismp2018.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/17 As the slots are in limited number, bookings are organized on a first come first served basis.

Important Dates --------------------- * As early as possible: your registration on the conference website to receive any further communication on ISMP 2018. Simply select create account in the login menu on the upper right corner of the website: https://ismp2018.sciencesconf.org/user/createaccount * November 15, 2017: Opening of reservations for exhibits and sponsorship opportunities * January 3, 2018: Opening of abstract submissions * February 1, 2018: Opening of registrations * February 28, 2018: Abstract submission deadline * April 15, 2018: Notification of acceptance * April 30, 2018: Early bird registration deadline and registration deadline for presenting authors * July 1-6, 2018: The symposium being held in Bordeaux

The details of the program and practical information on the venue, accommodations and registration are being progressively added on the conference website: https://ismp2018.sciencesconf.org/

Francois Vanderbeck, for the organizing committee fv@math.u-bordeaux.fr Institute of Mathematics (IMB), University of Bordeaux Team ReAlOpt, INRIA-Bordeaux-Sud-Ouest https://realopt.bordeaux.inria.fr