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Next IFORS Global Webinar - Tuesday 19 May 2026
by secretary ifors.org 05 May '26

05 May '26

Dear Colleague I'm delighted to announce that the next IFORS Global Webinar (in conjunction with Chinese Academy of Science) will focus on OR Applications in Developing Countries. It will feature two exciting talks - see the attached flyer for additional details. Tuesday 19 May 2026 8pm China Standard Time 12noon UTC 1pm BST (UK) 2pm CET (Europe) 8am Eastern Time (USA) This event is free to join. No registration is required. Zoom meeting ID: 849 1348 0979, Passcode: 702554 Add the details to your calendar now! Best wishes Gavin Gavin Blackett FORS IFORS Secretary International Federation of OR Societies [Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated]<ifors.org> 12 Edward Street Birmingham, B1 2RX Direct Tel +44 (0)121 234 7826 secretary(a)ifors.org<mailto:secretary@ifors.org>

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24th IFORS Triennial Conference in Vienna, Austria, 12-17 July 2026
by secretary ifors.org 16 Dec '25

16 Dec '25

Dear Colleagues I'm delighted to let you know that the abstract submission system for the 24th IFORS Triennial Conference in 2026 is now open. Conference details can be found at: Home<https://www.ifors2026.at/home/> Abstract submission: Abstract submission<https://www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2026/?confdb=ifors2026&page=welcome> Please share these details with your members, colleagues and network contacts. We're hoping to make this a truly global event! Please get in touch if you have any further questions. Best wishes Gavin Gavin Blackett FORS IFORS Secretary International Federation of OR Societies [Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated]<ifors.org> 12 Edward Street Birmingham, B1 2RX Direct Tel +44 (0)121 234 7826 secretary(a)ifors.org<mailto:secretary@ifors.org>

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IFORS Global Webinar - Tuesday 30 September 2025
by secretary ifors.org 25 Sep '25

25 Sep '25

Dear Colleagues It's less than a week to the next IFORS Global Webinar on Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 3pm Central European time. Please share this notice with your colleagues and wider networks. This webinar is free to attend. The two speakers are the 2024 Best Paper Award winners and will present their award-winning research. Details can be found in the attached document, or via the IFORS website: IFORS Global Webinar Series - IFORS, Operations Research, Operational Research, Management Science<https://www.ifors.org/ifors-global-webinar-series/> Best wishes Gavin Gavin Blackett FORS IFORS Secretary International Federation of OR Societies [Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated]<ifors.org> 12 Edward Street Birmingham, B1 2RX Direct Tel +44 (0)121 234 7826 secretary(a)ifors.org<mailto:secretary@ifors.org>

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IFORS Global Webinar - Tuesday 30 September 2025
by secretary ifors.org 17 Sep '25

17 Sep '25

Dear Colleagues I'm pleased to announce that the next IFORS Global Webinar will take place on Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 3pm Central European time. The two speakers are the 2024 Best Paper Award winners and will present their award-winning research. Details can be found in the attached document, or via the IFORS website: IFORS Global Webinar Series - IFORS, Operations Research, Operational Research, Management Science<https://www.ifors.org/ifors-global-webinar-series/> Please share this notice with your members and wider networks. This webinar is free to attend. Best wishes Gavin Gavin Blackett FORS IFORS Secretary International Federation of OR Societies [Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated]<ifors.org> 12 Edward Street Birmingham, B1 2RX Direct Tel +44 (0)121 234 7826 secretary(a)ifors.org<mailto:secretary@ifors.org>

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IFORS Global Webinar - OR in Development Prize Winners - Wednesday 4 October
by secretary ifors.org 18 Sep '23

18 Sep '23

Dear Colleagues The next in the IFORS Global Webinar series will take place on Wednesday 4 October 2023. It will feature presentations from the winner and runner-up from IFORS Prize for OR in Development. Please see the attached flyer for more details and the link to register. Please share this with your wider network. The webinar is free to attend. Best wishes Gavin Gavin Blackett FORS IFORS Secretary International Federation of OR Societies 12 Edward Street Birmingham, B1 2RX Direct Tel +44 (0)121 234 7826 secretary(a)ifors.org

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Reminder: IFORS Global Webinar on OR & Sustainability - Thursday 27 April 2023
by secretary ifors.org 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

Dear Colleagues I'm delighted to announce details of the latest IFORS Global Webinar on OR & Sustainability, taking place on Thursday 27 April 2023. The direct link for registrations is https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aDmgJ9jUQ_mib2lq1vxLjg#/registr… Please encourage your colleagues from your national societies and wider networks to register. Gavin Blackett FORS IFORS Secretary International Federation of OR Societies [Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated]<ifors.org> 12 Edward Street Birmingham, B1 2RX, UK Direct Tel +44 (0)121 234 7826 secretary(a)ifors.org<mailto:secretary@ifors.org> [cid:image002.png@01D97363.25B47400][Global Webinar Series][cid:image005.png@01D97363.25B47400][cid:image006.jpg@01D97363.25B47400] OR and Sustainability April 27, 2023 9:00 am Washington DC/ 3:00 pm Rome /9:00 pm China Hosts Janny Leung (IFORS President) Frits Spieksma (IFORS Vice President) Elise Miller Hooks (IFORS SAM Journal Editor-in-Chief) Register for this free webinar on the IFORS website: https://www.ifors.org/ifors-global-webinar-series/ Invited Speakers: [A person smiling for the camera Description automatically generated with medium confidence] Adrián Ramírez Nafarrate, Tecnológico de Monterrey Electric vehicles in Mexico: Adoption and challenges from an OR perspective [A person wearing glasses Description automatically generated with medium confidence] Michael Craig, University of Michigan The value of nuclear small modular reactors for decarbonizing industrial heat processes [cid:image010.png@01D97753.99F82E30] [A person wearing glasses Description automatically generated with medium confidence] Kristen R. Schell, Carleton University Optimizing Power Systems to Support Civil and Social Infrastructure Recovery after Extreme Optimizing [- Description: Camera outline] Marc Reimann, University of Graz Repair in Austria - opportunities for OR research in the Circular Economy [Several times each year, IFORS will offer free webinars on topics of key interest to those developing and applying operational research and analytics methodologies and models.]

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Reminder – Submit your abstract NOW – Acceptances are done on a rolling basis!
by secretary ifors.org 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

IFORS 2023 – ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 30 IFORS 2023 23rd IFORS Triennial Conference Santiago, Chile, July 10 - 14, 2023 https://ifors2023.com/ Abstract submission system is available online at: https://www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2023/ There are over 40 clusters already identified which span a diversity of OR topics. The invited clusters and their chairs are found at https://ifors2023.com/clusters. Abstracts must be written in English with a maximum of 2500 characters; submission deadline: March 30, 2023. All accepted and presented abstracts will be published online as a monograph with ISBN / DOI identifier numbers. We also plan a few special issues of journals for papers taken from the abstracts/presentations at IFORS 2023. More information will be forthcoming soon. We have six exciting options for the included Cultural Tours during the conference – possibilities include emphasis on arts, wine regions, and skiing in the Andes! See details of the tours here: https://ifors2023.com/venue/travel Distinguished Plenaries: * Margaret Brandeau, Stanford University, USA * Juan Carlos Muñoz, Minister of Transportation of the Chilean Government and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile * Paolo Toth, Università di Bologna, Italy (The EURO Plenary) * Andrés Weintraub, University of Chile Stimulating Keynotes: * Rene de Koster, Erasmus University, The Netherlands * Brian Denton, University of Michigan, USA * Andrea Lodi, Cornell Tech, USA, and the Technion, Israel * Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA * Tava Olsen, Melbourne Business School, Australia * Dolores Romero Morales, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Memorable Tutorials: * Carleton Coffrin, National Laboratory at Los Alamos Fred Glover, Entanglement, Inc., and Gary Kochenberger, Entanglement, Inc., USA; A Tutorial on Quantum Computing and Combinatorial Optimization * Nesim K. Erkip, Bilkent University, Turkey: Inventory Problems with Heterogeneous Customers * Andres Gomez Escobar, University of Southern California, USA: Machine Learning * Rosa G. González Ramírez, University of Los Andes (Chile) and Eduardo Lalla-Ruiz, University of Twente (The Netherlands): Seaside Planning: Overview and Implementation (2 sessions) * Kate Smith-Miles, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Australia: Stress-testing Algorithms via Instance Space Analysis The conference webpage https://ifors2023.com/ has details about the hotels with special conference rates along with more logistical information. Registration opens very soon! We look forward to welcoming you to beautiful and interesting Chile! Prof. Dr. Alice Smith PC Chair smithae(a)auburn.edu<mailto:smithae@auburn.edu> Prof. Dr. Jorge Vera OC Co-Chair jvera(a)ing.puc.cl<mailto:jvera@ing.puc.cl>

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Reminder: Submission Deadline 2023 IFORS Fellows is Tomorrow
by secretary ifors.org 24 Feb '23

24 Feb '23

REMINDER The IFORS Fellow Award serves to recognize a distinguished individual’s contribution to international operational research and its communities. Please share this information with the members of your society or with anyone interested. Call for IFORS Fellow Nominations Nominations are due by February 25, 2023. Only individual members of IFORS member societies can act as nominators. The nominator is responsible for compiling and uploading the nomination materials to the IFORS award submission platform. To access the award submission platform, go to the IFORS Fellows webpage<https://www.ifors.org/ifors-fellows-nomination-information/>. Follow these steps during the online submission process: 1. Complete the contact information 2. Upload a nomination letter 3. Upload three reference letters 4. Upload nominee’s resume (at most 4 pages) highlighting accomplishments as called for by the criteria (make certain includes the nominee’s email address) Please note these changes from previous years’ nomination process: * The nominator along with at most one reference may come from the same institution as the nominee. * Membership in at least two societies should be represented among the nominator and references. * Reference letters must come from established experts qualified to independently evaluate the nominee’s contributions and clearly establish the scope and significance of the nominee’s accomplishments. Qualifications An IFORS Fellow is a living person who has been productively engaged with an OR community as a member of his/her OR society for a significant number of years, and in so doing, has helped attain the objectives of IFORS. Such an individual may have played a role in the formation of new OR societies, edited OR journals, participated actively in OR conferences and other IFORS initiatives. The Fellow is chosen on the basis of at least one outstanding and one very good evaluation in any two of the five areas given below: Research – Includes theoretical, empirical or computational innovations in OR which strengthened international links. Practice – Includes application of OR to significant practical problems that contributed to the promotion of the use of OR methods, especially in parts of the world where OR is under-developed. Service – Includes significant responsibility within the IFORS organization for an extended period of time. Education – Includes administrative and other activities that have had a significant impact on the growth and development of OR education. Management – Includes significant responsibility for the development and application of OR methods within organizations that have had a major internal and international impact. The evaluation of impact in these areas will be strongly driven by the international aspects of the contributions. Additional information is listed on the website: https://www.ifors.org/ifors-fellows/ If you have any questions or concerns, please email the IFORS Secretary at secretary(a)ifors.org<mailto:secretary@ifors.org> I take this opportunity to send you my warmest regards and wishes, Grazia Speranza IFORS Fellows Selection Committee Chair

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