Dear Locators,

We are happy to announce that the abstract submission system is open for ISOLDE XV and EWGLA XXVI taking place in Hamburg and Timmendorfer Strand (at the Baltic Sea) in Germany on June 14 - 19, 2020.

You can find further information on the submission and the conference at www.isolde2020.dehttp://www.isolde2020.de. Here is a direct link to the submission system: http://www.isolde2020.de/submissions. Please note that you need a (free) EURO-online account for the abstract submission.

Aims and Scope The meeting intends to gather the operations research community from different parts of the world to share experiences in the field of locational analysis. We invite participation from all areas related to location theory including, but not limited to:

* Continuous Location * Network Location * Discrete Location * Hub Location * Location and Logistics * Location Decisions in Traffic Planning * Network Design * Location under Uncertainty * Location-Routing * Applications of Location Problems * Territory Design

Contributions are welcome from academia, industry or the public sector. In addition to presentations, the meeting is intended to be a forum for exchange of recent experiences and results.

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: January 31th, 2020 Notification of acceptance: February 20th, 2020 Early registration deadline: March 15th, 2020 Registration deadline: May 15th 2019 Conference: June 14-19th, 2020

Scientific/Program Committee

Stefan Nickel (chair) (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany) Sibel Alumur (University of Waterloo, Canada) Zvi Drezner (California State University, Fullerton, USA) Jörg Kalcsics (University of Edinburgh, UK) Kathrin Klamroth (Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany) Dmitry Krass (University of Toronto, Canada) Gilbert Laporte (CIRRELT, Université de Montréal, Canada) Vladimir Marianov (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile) Teresa Melo (Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Germany) Alan Murray (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA) Justo Puerto (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain) Francisco Saldanha da Gama (University of Lisbon, Portugal) Mihiro Sasaki (Nanzan University, Japan) Anita Schöbel (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern and Fraunhofer ITWM, Germany) Boglárka G.-Tóth (University of Szeged, Hungary)

Organizing Committee

Anita Schöbel (chair) (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern and Fraunhofer ITWM, Germany) Sven Müller (co-chair) (Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany) Nicolas Fröhlich (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany) Knut Haase (Universität Hamburg, Germany) Horst Hamacher (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany) Kathrin Klamroth (Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany) Lena Leiss (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany) Teresa Melo (Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Germany) Stefan Nickel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany) Thomas Ullmert (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)

We look forward to seeing you in Germany in June

Stefan (chair of the program committee)

Info: www.isolde2020.dehttp://www.isolde2020.de Contact: isolde@mathematik.uni-kl.demailto:isolde@mathematik.uni-kl.de

[signature_1360998979] Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute of Operations Research

Prof. Dr. Stefan Nickel Discrete Optimization and Logistics Director FZI Director KSRI

Kaiserstraße 89 Building 05.20 – 4A-12 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany

Phone: +49 721 608-43381 (Secretary: -43951) Fax: +49 721 608-46874 Email: Stefan.Nickel@kit.edumailto:Stefan.Nickel@kit.edu Web: http://dol.ior.kit.edu/ KIT – The Research University in the Helmholtz Association

Since 2010, the KIT has been certified as a family-friendly university.