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Plenary
Presentations
Track 1: Analytic Methods in Practice
Track 2: Applications
of
Analytics
Track 3: Best Practices and Case Studies
Track 4: Professional Development: Operations Research Methodologies
Track 5: Professional Development: Operations Research Methodologies
Track 6: Software Tutorials
Make Contacts: Networking Opportunities
Business Marketplace
Important Extras & Take-Away Value
PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS
Plenary
Presentations
Yosef Sheffi, Professor of Engineering Systems and Director, Center for
Transportation Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Robert
E. Bixby, President of the ILOG Technical Advisory Board, ILOG, Inc.
present thought-provoking insights and perspectives.
Six
Learning Tracks
Customize a program that meets your needs. Six tracks incorporating 66
sessions give you lots of choices focused on real-world applications, best
practices and professional development.
Track
1: Analytic
Methods in Practice
Experts from companies like United Parcel Service and Procter &
Gamble, and from universities like UCLA and Princeton, explore how
quantitative techniques are being applied across the enterprise.
Track
2: Applications
of Analytics
Choose from applications sessions on finance, health care,
telecommunications, manufacturing and other sectors. Two panel discussions
bring practitioners together to share ideas on packaging OR for non-OR
users and positioning the OR competency within the company.
Track
3: Best
Practices and Case Studies
On Monday, the Franz Edelman Award competition for best operations
research in practice gives you an inside look at the most current and
significant analytic work being done today. On Tuesday, learn from case
studies on a variety of OR techniques, including revenue management and
ant colony optimization.
Track
4: Professional
Development - Operations Research Methodologies
Track
5: Professional
Development - Operations Research Methodologies
Whether you’re looking for an update, an overview or an introduction,
these tutorials provide a full menu of choices. Sessions are taught by
leading OR faculty, known for their teaching skill as well as their
technical expertise.
Track
6: Software
Tutorials
TOP
Explore the most current technology solutions in these software
demonstrations. Leading companies in the field provide the training.
Best
of the Best: The
Franz Edelman Competition
Sponsored by the College on the Practice of Management Science, the
Practice Section of INFORMS
Six
organizations will compete for the 2002 Franz Edelman Award, vying for
honors as the most outstanding examples of operations research work in
practice. Criteria for the $10,000 first prize emphasize projects with
verifiable results that had major impacts on the client organizations.
From
the Roundtable
The INFORMS Roundtable is a cooperative group of business leaders who
represent their organizations’ commitment to the effective application
of OR technology. Several sessions sponsored by the Roundtable give you a
high-level look at the latest applications.
Make
Contacts: Networking
Opportunities
TOP
Bring a supply of business cards!
The conference is designed as a business forum with structured
opportunities for networking and information-exchange built into the
program.
-Facilitated
roundtable discussions, led by conference speakers and Advisory Council
members, provide informal opportunities to get to know other attendees.
-Social and meal
functions are part of the program, included in your registration fee, and
designed to encourage interaction.
-Birds-of-a-Feather
Discussion Groups, Monday May 20, 5:30pm-6:30pm
These informal but spirited discussion groups were a highlight of the 2001
conference and we’re bringing them back this year. Over beer, soda and
munchies, we invite you to relax and get engaged in good conversation
around thought-provoking topics. Advisory Council members and conference
speakers facilitate the groups.
We welcome your
suggestions on topics. What are the issues in your work, in your company
and in our discipline that keep you awake at night? What questions would
you like to sound out with colleagues, getting some candid advice and
opinions? Let us know your ideas at meetings@informs.org
(telephone: 800-343-0062 or 401-274-2525).
-Special Discussion
The OR Entrepreneur
5:30-6:30pm
Facilitator: Thomas M. Cook, PhD
Lots of companies, large and small, have an OR entrepreneur behind them.
Have you founded an OR-based company? Do you have a start-up in the
planning--or the idea--stages? Tom Cook, INFORMS President-Elect and
long-time entrepreneur, will facilitate a discussion about the challenges,
struggles and satisfactions of going the entrepreneurial route. Bring your
experiences, opinions and ideas.
Connect
At The Business Marketplace
TOP
Explore the most current product solutions in our business marketplace
where the emphasis is on informal, relaxed interaction. All social and
meal functions during the conference will take place in the exhibit hall.
It’s a great atmosphere for learning from exhibiting companies, getting
technical advice, networking and socializing.
Important Extras & Take-Away Value
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Presentation outlines and notes for every session on the program.
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Continental breakfasts, lunches and evening receptions included in your registration fee.
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A great location! A combination of Gallic joie de vivre and North American know-how, Montreal is a cosmopolitan, vibrant city famous for its fabulous restaurants, historic sites and cultural attractions.
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Our hotel, the Hilton Montréal Bonaventure, is right in the center of it all, within walking distance of the best shopping, charming Vieux Montréal, restaurants to suit every purse and palate, wonderful museums and more.