WORAN Event: OR, Lockdown and You
The Women in OR and Analytics Network (WORAN) would like to invite you to
register for their first virtual networking event via Zoom at 4pm on 12 May
2020.
Everybody's experience of lockdown is different, depending on their home
circumstances, their work situation, their personality, and no doubt many
more variables. But typically, women's experience of lockdown is different
from men's.
"OR, Lockdown and You" has a number of purposes: to discuss issues for women
in OR during the COVID emergency, and identify possible mitigating actions
for individuals, WORAN, the OR Society, employers or the community as a
whole; to give participants the chance to 'meet up' with colleagues in
similar situations and share experiences; to pilot this new approach to
building networks and connections; and, we hope, to help each other during
difficult times.
The event programme is as follows:
16:00 Introduction, welcome
16:05 Scene-setting talks from our two speakers
16.20 Break-out groups.
When registering for this event, you will be able to indicate your
preferences amongst the current breakout topic selection. Full details of
the breakout group topics can be found below. The actual topics on the day
will depend on the numbers of participants and level of interest expressed.
The aim is for each group to have minimum 4 maximum 10 participants.
16.55 Plenary session and report back from groups
17.15 Informal micro-group Networking over drinks and nibbles - bring
your own drinks and nibbles.
17.25 Next steps
17.30 Close
Everyone is welcome regardless of gender. However, the event is particularly
intended to ensure that the female voice is heard, and female perspectives
are aired and shared.
Please note that as this meeting will take place via Zoom, you will
automatically join the meeting via video. You will have the option to turn
off both your video and sound during the meeting.
To register for this event please visit the OR Society page:
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUucOqtpjgpHtLlGsMiQoqEd11giieCkb
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https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUucOqtpjgpHtLlGsMiQoqEd11giieCkb4
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Dr Frances O'Brien
Associate Professor, Operational Research and Management Science
Warwick Business School,University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL
