All listed times are in Eastern Daylight Standard Time, but all content will be available on demand and will remain accessible for three months after the Virtual 2020 INFORMS Annual Meeting.
Sunday, November 8
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12noon-3pm | Exhibit Hall Opens |
| 12noon-12:15pm | Welcome by INFORMS President |
| Welcome and Committee Thank You by Co-chairs and Introduction to Plenary Speaker | |
| 12:15-1:15pm | Opening Plenary: Sheldon Jacobson, Operations Research and Public Policy: Making a Difference |
| 1-3pm | Poster Sessions and Competition |
| 1:15-2:30pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 2:30-2:45pm | Break |
| 2:45-3:45pm | INFORMS Membership Meeting |
| 4-5pm | Community Business Meetings & Special Events |
Monday, November 9
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7am | On Demand Content from Previous Day is Available |
| 8-10am | Release of On Demand Contributed Presentations |
| 9-11am | Technology Workshops |
| 10-11am | Chat with Contributed Presenters |
| 11am-5pm | Exhibits and Career Center Open |
| 11am-12noon | Plenary Panel Discussion: Forecasting Models for the COVID-19 Pandemic; Panelists: Julie Swann, Retsef Levi, Nicholas Reich, Nicoleta Serban, Moderator: Anne Robinson |
| 12noon-12:30pm | Organized Networking |
| 12noon-2pm | Technology Workshops |
| 12:30-1:45pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 1:45-2pm | Break |
| 2-3:15pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 3-5pm | Technology Workshops |
| 3:15-3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Keynote: Elad Hazan, Optimization and Machine Learning |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Keynote: Guru Pundoor, Evolution of Retail Supply Chains- A Pratitioner’s Perspective |
| 4:30-5:45pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 5:45-6:45pm | Community Business Meetings & Special Events |
Tuesday, November 10
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7am | On Demand Content from Previous Day is Available |
| 8-10am | Release of On Demand Contributed Presentations |
| 9-11am | Technology Workshops |
| 10-11am | Chat with Contributed Presenters |
| 11am-5pm | Exhibits and Career Center Open |
| 11am-12noon | Plenary: Nancy Potok, The Future of Federal Statistics and the Role of the Chief Statistician |
| 12noon-12:30pm | Organized Networking |
| 12noon-2pm | Technology Workshops |
| 12:30-1:45pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 1:45-2pm | Break |
| 2-3:15pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 3-5pm | Technology Workshops |
| 3:15-3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Keynote: Peter Glynn, Philip McCord Morse Lecturer: Statistics, Stochastics, and Service Operations |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Keynote: Simon Lee, What We Wish Application Engineers Knew About Analytics |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Keynote: UPS Prize Winner |
| 4:30-5:45pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 5:45-6:45pm | Community Business Meetings & Special Events |
Wednesday, November 11
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7am | On Demand Content from Previous Day is Available |
| 8-10am | Release of On Demand Contributed Presentations |
| 9-11am | Technology Workshops |
| 10-11am | Chat with Contributed Presenters |
| 11am-5pm | Exhibits and Career Center Open |
| 11am-12noon | Plenary: Mike Watson, AI is the Right Term for Our INFORMS Profession |
| 12noon-12:30pm | Organized Networking |
| 12noon-2pm | Technology Workshops |
| 12:30-1:45pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 1:45-2pm | Break |
| 2-3:15pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 3-5pm | Technology Workshops |
| 3:15-3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Keynote: Maria Mayorga, From Patient to Population: Integrating Personalized Medicine and Public Health |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Keynote: Yianni Gamvros, Quantum Computing and Optimization |
| 4:30-5:45pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 6-6:45pm | INFORMS Awards Ceremony |
Thursday, November 12
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7am |
On Demand Content from Previous Day is Available |
| 8-10am | Release of On Demand Contributed Presentations |
| 9-11am | Technology Workshops |
| 10-11am | Chat with Contributed Presenters |
| 11am-5pm | Exhibits and Career Center Open |
| 11am-12noon | Keynotes: Linda Burtch, Stop Chasing Unicorns and Start Hiring the Data Scientists You Need |
| 11am-12noon | Keynotes: Matteo Fischetti, IFORS Distinguished Lecturer, Mathematical Optimization for Social Distancing |
| 12noon-12:30pm | Organized Networking |
| 12noon-2pm | Technology Workshops |
| 12:30-1:45pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 1:45-2pm | Break |
| 2-3:15pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 3-5pm | Technology Workshops |
| 3:15-3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Keynote: Barry Nelson, Rebooting Simulation for Big Data, Big Computing and Big Consequences |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Keynote: Edelman Award Winner |
| 4:30-5:45pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 5:45-6:45pm | Community Business Meetings & Special Events |
Friday, November 13
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7am | On Demand Content from Previous Day is Available |
| 8-10am | Release of On Demand Contributed Presentations |
| 9-11am | Technology Workshops |
| 10-11am | Chat with Contributed Presenters |
| 11am-5pm | Exhibits and Career Center Open |
| 11am-12noon | Keynote: David Simchi-Levi, Statistical Learning in Operations: The Interplay between Online and Offline Learning |
| 11am-12noon | Keynote: Wagner Prize Winner |
| 12noon-12:30pm | Organized Networking |
| 12noon-2pm | Technology Workshops |
| 12:30-1:45pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 1:45-2pm | Break |
| 2-3:15pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
| 3-5pm | Technology Workshops |
| 3:15-3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Keynote: Richard Tapia, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
| 4:30-5:45pm | Pre-recorded Technical Sessions with Live Q&A |
