[APDIO] EWG ORD Conference in Glasgow, July 9-10

["A. Ismael F. Vaz" <aivaz@dps.uminho.pt>]

OR for Development Conference  July 9-10, 2015,  Graham Hills Building,

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

OR: Uplifting Living Conditions

In both developed and developing countries, problems of poor planning,

policy execution and institutional weaknesses have contributed greatly to

the problems we face today such as hunger, poverty, pollution, massive

wealth divide, poor education, inadequate health services, inadequate

disaster response, access to government services.

Armed with the tools necessary to alleviate these conditions, many

Operations Researchers have worked in these areas. A quick look at the

papers in literature (such as those found in

http://ifors.org/developing_countries/index.php?title=Main_Page) including

entries and winners of the IFORS Prize for OR in Development

(http://ifors.org/web/ifors-prize-for-or-in-development/) will show that a

lot of work had been done in OR for Development.

This conference aims to bring together operations researchers who have used

OR tools to address problems in education, health (e.g., spread of

infectious diseases), basic public services, water, technology, resource use

(physical or financial), infrastructure, agricultural, industrialization,

environmental sustainability, energy, unabated population growth and climate

change.

Call for Participants

Participants must submit their work (either full paper or abstract of not

less than 1,500 words) to to Honora Smith (honora.smith@soton.ac.uk) by 16

March 2015.

Conference Format

The Workshop will feature presentations by the participants of their papers.

Paper reviewers will be assigned in advance. All participants will be given

all the papers of accepted participants in advance, which will give them

time to study the other papers. Ample time will be given for a discussion of

each of the papers presented.

There will also be a plenary session where invited speakers from the well

known company Simul8 will talk about their experiences in using the

company¹s excellent visual simulation software, Simul8, in a variety of

projects and the benefits that resulted. The session will include a workshop

which will enable delegates to try out Simul8 and see the power of visual

simulation for themselves .=

Important Dates

Extended Abstract Submission: March 16, 2015

Notification of Acceptance: March  20, 2015

Subsidised Conference Registration Fee:  EURO 200, inclusive of materials,

snacks & lunch

Support for Participants

A limited number of slots for accommodation and registration support will be

available, and will depend on the quality of material submitted.