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Professional's Guide to the INFORMS San Diego National MeetingExchange ideas with practicing professionals at the INFORMS Meeting on Managing Services in the Next Millennium, and take back to your own projects more effective management skills and an increased understanding of the current methods and best practices of the top organizations in your markets and related industries. The events described below are of particular interest to practicing professionals. For more information on the conference, see the main conference page, complete with registration information.
Special Presentations
Practice-focused Sessions and TutorialsPractice-focused sessions and tutorials address recent technological advances and new business strategies, and include examples of both successful and unsuccessful real world implementations. For example, a major track on The Applications of Decision Analysis in Industry include sessions focused on applications of decision analysis in the health care, logistics, manufacturing and telecommunications industries.With the field of Decision Analysis growing rapidly within corporations, the technical sessions at this meeting will be of interest to DA professionals who want to gain insight to the issues of strategic decision modeling, priorities for decision analysis resesarch, and communicating about probabilities and uncertainties. Several industries are represented, so decision analysts will hear the perspectives of their colleagues in pharmaceuticals, R&D, environmental management, and other fields. Health Care Perspective highlights some of the most current research and results in health care management, designed to give professionals an opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences among their colleagues in health care practice, research, and the business community. From efficiency and managed care to diagnostics and treatment using telemedicine, learn about the role of information technology in health care and its implications for future study and practice. The complexity and variety of Logistics issues - from the topic of integrated supply chain management to using the world wide web to form a closer relationship with your customers and suppliers - are covered at all levels and across many industries. The Manufacturing track offers new concept and decision tools and a great networking opportunity for managers, educators, and administrators from industry and government. Learn to apply operations research and management science skills more effectively and efficiently through sessions that focus on improved demand forecasting, scheduling procedures, and service operations management. Companies are rapidly expanding the capabilities and uses of Telecommunications. This track has been designed for both service providers and researchers and includes discussions of new services, access technologies, global and local networks, data simulation and network design, among other topics. The military founded the field of operations research and continue to use its methods in such areas as warfare planning, manpower analysis, medical modeling and many other fields. Planning in a changing environment is particularly critical: operations research and management science can help handle this planning. Our tourism track represents a new area of application for management science. Learn how to use techniques like forcasting and simulation to better run restaurants, to create a tourism strategy, and to forecast market trends. WorkshopsWorkshops offer in-depth analysis of the latest techniques and products. Here are a few of particular interest to practitioners.
Technology Update and ExhibitsIn-depth presentations show how cutting-edge software systems help you solve your problems. Software demonstrations will be complemented by dozens of exhibitors showcasing their latest products, technical reference materials, and specialized services.
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A Session SamplerThere are over 1500 presentations to be made at this conference, of which roughly 300 are of clear interest to full-time practitioners. Our Online Bulletin makes it easy to find presentations about your field. Here are some highlights for some particular areas, with commentary on particular talks. The Personal Bulletin system allows you to pick out just the sessions of interest. A group of INFORMS members, including Art Geoffrion (President of INFORMS) and Leon Schwartz (Vice President/Practice Activities), have gone through the bulletin and picked out a number of papers of interest to practicing professionals. The following personal bulletins are divided by area (note that sessions where only some of the talks were chosen have the other abstracts deleted).
Local Information and Guest ProgramThe Guest Program for the San Diego Meeting includes a continental breakfast on Monday through Wednesday (for registered guests only -- wear name badges please!) and a General Reception on Monday (for a $25 registration fee).The Town & Country Hotel in Mission Valley is minutes away from many of San Diego's attractions, including the Old Town San Diego State Park, Mission Bay, Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park museums and Galleries, and Bay and Harbor tours. The city is served by all major air carriers, and special fares are available for conference attendees. San Diego has both a bus and trolley system. The temperature in San Diego in May can vary from 50 in the evenings to the seventies or eighties during the day. Two tours of the San Diego region's famous sites are planned.
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