SUBMISSION IS CLOSED

Submission deadline: December 15, 2009
Selection notification: February 1, 2010

You are invited to submit a proposal to present at the 2010 INFORMS Conference on O.R. Practice. Speakers selected through this process will receive a discounted registration fee of $495.

Questions?
Contact Teresa Cryan at 800-343-0062 or 401-722-2595 ext. 210; terry.cryan@informs.org

Send submission to: practice@informs.org.

This prestigious INFORMS conference has earned a reputation for high-quality, invited presentations directed to a “listener” audience. For the 2010 conference, we are expanding the reach of speaker invitations to a broad spectrum of practitioners and academics. Accepted submissions will be incorporated into the program in a special track.

We encourage you to submit a proposal for review by the Selection Committee. Both presentation content and speaking expertise will be considered in selection, with priority given to real-world business topics and high-quality academic work geared to real situations.

Benefits Of Presenting

    — A discounted registration rate of $495 (regular conference rate is $870).

    — Registration covers the conference program, plus the Sunday Welcome Reception, Edelman Awards banquet
        and breakfast, lunch and breaks for two days.

    — The prestige of being selected to present at an INFORMS top-quality conference.

    — An opportunity to participate fully in the conference, networking with industry practitioners, academics and
        consultants.

Requirements Of Presenting

    — A 50-minute presentation by one speaker (multiple presenters and panels not accepted).

    — Final presentation slides submitted by March 15, 2010 (five weeks before the conference).

    — Willingness to tailor a presentation for a listener audience and to accept direction from the
        selection committee in doing this.

    — Willingness to serve as a discussion leader for small group roundtables, if requested.

    — Full participation in the conference (both the education and social program), for at least the day
        of the presentation and preferably the entire conference.

Presentation Content

    — Real-world business topics, with technical content included.

    — High quality academic work geared to real situations.

    — Applications reports, case studies, best practice examples, emerging topics and tutorials
        with a practice-orientation.

    — All application areas of OR/MS considered.

    — Presentations directed to a “listener” audience (most members of the audience attend the
        conference to listen to high quality presentations, not to present), of which a large
        percentage are practitioners.

Presentation Expertise

    — Presenters must have demonstrated speaking experience.

    — Speaking references will be requested.

    — Potential speakers will be interviewed by phone.

Please provide the following information in a Word attachment and send to practice@informs.org:

    — Contact information: name, academic degree, position title, organization, address, telephone, fax, email.

    — Your CV, resume or other biographical information.

    — Presentation title.

    — Abstract: a 500-word extended abstract written with the listener’s perspective in mind. Your abstract should
        answer the listener’s basic question: “What will I learn from this session? What information/knowledge/ideas
        will I come away with?” It’s important that you describe in as much detail as possible what you will cover
        in your presentation. A bulleted list of topics, points, examples and issues can be an effective technique
        for doing this.

    — Speaking experience: please list your relevant speaking experience, and provide the name, email and phone
        number for at least one individual who can comment on your speaking expertise.

    — Available dates for presentation: Monday, April 19, and/or Tuesday, April 20. Preference will be given to
        speakers who are available both days.

    — Send submission to: practice@informs.org.