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Subject: Current call, OR for Development: Joint ICORD/EWG-ORD workshop
June 27-28, Rome
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Early career/PhD researchers who work in the area of OR for Development are
invited to participate in this joint workshop in Rome on June 27-28, prior
to the EURO-INFORMS conference in Rome, June 30- July 4, 2013. All papers
presented are eligible for submission to the IFORS Prize Competition.
Background: The International Conference on OR for Development (ICORD)
(http://ifors.org/web/icord-history) is joining with EURO Working Group on
Operational Research for Development (EWG-ORD);
http://web.ing.puc.cl/~fcrespo/eurofdv/) for this workshop entitled
"Operations Research: Addressing Issues of Development".
To qualify, participants are required to submit a full paper (of at least
1500 words) on their work which has used OR to help the decision-making
process in the areas of education, health, water and other basic services,
technology, resource use (physical or financial), infrastructure,
agricultural/industrialization or environmental sustainability, that help
optimize development in view of constraints and limited resources. A stress
on developmental issues will be an important factor; papers of a purely
technical nature, or those that have no relevance in the developmental
context, will not be considered. All papers presented are eligible for
submission to the IFORS Prize Competition.
Workshop Registration Fee: USD 200
A limited number of places will be available for accommodation and
registration support, which will depend on the quality of material
submitted.
Please email your proposed paper to: icord_ewgsubmissions@ifors.org
For further details, see the website,
http://ifors.org/web/joint-icordewg-ord-workshop/
Important dates: Full Paper Submission: January 30, 2013 Notification of
Acceptance: February 15, 2013
If you have any queries, please email Honora Smith, honora.smith@soton.ac.uk
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