Dear colleague,

The 16th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization will be held in Almería, Spain, in the Mediterranean cost, July 12-13, 2018, just after the EURO 2018 conference (29th European Conference on Operational Research), to be held in Valencia, Spain, 8-11 July, 2018.

The scope of the EUROPT conference can be seen at http://www2.ual.es/EurOPT18/call-for-sessions/

In particular, a special session devoted to 'Continuous location' has been accepted in the conference, and we would like to invite you and your co-workers to submit a contribution to that special session.

SUBMISSION DETAILS ============== The submission details will be available soon. A one page latex abstract will be required. For the moment, please, express your interest by sending an e-mail to boglarka@inf.szte.hu  and josefdez@um.es with the title of your talk and the name and affiliation of your (co)-authors.

IMPORTANT DATES ============ Early bird registration: April 6, 2018 Abstract submission: March 5, 2018 Author registration: April 20, 2018 Workshop: July 12-13, 2018

REGISTRATION FEES ============= Early registration: 175 € Standard registration: 220 € Early PhD students: 150 € Standard PhD student: 180 € Include: Lunches, Coffee breaks, Welcome Cocktail, Gala dinner, Tour, Proceedings, bus tickets from city to the University.

Additional Gala dinner: 50 € Bus Almería-Valencia: 20 €

VENUE ==== University of Almería Carretera de Sacramento s/n 04120 La Cañada de San Urbano Almería, Spain

Almería International Airport is connected to various Spanish and European destinations by regular and charter flights Málaga International Airport offers many additional flight options For EURO 2018 participants, a shuttle service between Valencia and Almería will be available the 11 th of July

FURTHER INFORMATION =============== For up-to-date information visit the the Conference web page http://www2.ual.es/EurOPT18/

We look forward to welcome you in Almería at EUROPT 2018

Boglárka G.-Tóth and José Fernández (organizers of the special session in 'Continuous location' of the 16th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization).

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