Dear Colleagues
Call for Participants
International Conference on OR for Development ICORD 2017
URL: http://ifors.org/icord2017/
Theme:
OR: Impacting Development
Sponsors: IFORS, EWG ORD, CIRRELT
July 13 - 14, 2017
Université Laval, Québec, Canada
(immediately preceding IFORS 2017
at the Quebec City Convention Center, July 17-21)
Background
The International Conference on OR for Development (ICORD) aims to
bring together researchers from around the world to present and
discuss models and methods to overcome issues faced by developing
countries. It aims to improve the links among researchers with the
view to improving each other?s effectiveness at bringing about
meaningful changes towards development.
Eleven ICORDs have taken place since 1992 in countries across Asia,
South America, Africa and Europe (http://ifors.org/icord-history/)
with the latest one held in México City in 2016. In 2017, the ICORD
will be held immediately prior to the IFORS Triennial conference in
Quebec. In the past seven years as in this year, the EURO Working
Group on OR for Development (EWG ORD) has been a co-organizer of the
ICORD.
Call for Participants
Operations Researchers who have done work in the area of OR for
Development are invited to participate. Participants must submit a
full paper or extended abstracts of their work which has used
Operations Research to help decision-making processes in such areas,
but not limited to: sustainability, healthcare, energy, mobility,
education, natural resource management, public policy and
infrastructure. Purely technical papers, or those that have no
relevance in the developmental context, will not be accepted, and
papers should clearly describe the relevance of the research to
development
The feedback received at ICORD is an opportunity for authors to
improve the quality of the paper in a short time.
Extended abstracts (no less than 1,500 words) will be accepted, though
full papers (needed for a meaningful review) are preferred.
Submit your full papers or extended abstracts not less than 1,500
words to: icord@ifors.org
Those who have participated in previous ICORDs and who have brought
their work forward are encouraged to attend to report on developments
on their previously presented work. They will also be given priority
for the limited slots for delegates who are not presenting papers.
Papers submitted for IFORS Prize for OR in Development are invited.
Competition finalists will find it beneficial to present their work in
this forum and gather feedback prior to the Triennial Conference
Competition.
Conference Format
The conference will be limited to a small number of participants who will
each present their paper to others in their group and will benefit from a
critique of their work by the other participants and invited experts.
All participants will be given all the papers of accepted participants in
advance, which will give them time to study the other papers in detail.
Ample time will be given for a discussion of each of the papers
presented. There will also be plenary session/s for invited speakers and
participants will be given the opportunity to attend a workshop on
techniques especially relevant to developing countries.
Important Dates
Deadline for paper submissions March 30, 2017
Notification of Acceptance April 15, 2017
Deadline for early registration April 20, 2017
Fees
Regular Registration Fee USD 200
Early registration fee (on or before Apr 20) USD 150
Registration fee is inclusive of materials, snacks and lunches for the
two days.
Accommodation
Standard University room accommodation starts @ $60/day.
For more information, please visit http://ifors.org/icord2017/accommodation/
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.
Updates on the Invited Speakers will be posted in the website in the
next few weeks.
For inquiries, please contact any of the following organizing
committee members:
Sue Merchant <suemerchant@hotmail.com> IFORS Developing Committee Chair
Elise del Rosario < elise.del.rosario@stepforward.ph> Past President, IFORS
Gerhard Wilhelm Weber <gweber@metu.edu.tr>, Institute of Applied
Mathematics, METU, Ankara, Turkey
Luciana Buriol < buriol@inf.ufrgs.br> IFORS Vice President
Yan Cimon <yan.cimon@fsa.ulaval.ca> Director, CIRRELT, FSA ULaval