25th European Conference on Operational Research, Vilnius, DL 29.02

25TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON OPERATIONAL RESEARCH (EURO XXV) Vilnius,
Lithuania, 8-11 July, 2012

THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

The Organizers of the 25th EURO Conference have a great pleasure of inviting you to take part in this Conference to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 8-11 July, 2012.

The Programme and Organizing Committees, chaired by Marielle Christiansen and Leonidas Sakalauskas, are preparing a high quality scientific programme and an exciting social programme for the Conference.

We are convinced that the EURO XXV Conference will be an excellent opportunity for the OR community to get together again in a pleasant atmosphere, and, thus, we are looking forward to seeing you in Vilnius, the historical capital of Lithuania, in 2012!

Please, visit the EURO XXV Conference website (www.euro-2012.lt) for more information.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Ralph E. Gomory
Finn E. Kydland
Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann

KEYNOTE & TUTORIAL SPEAKERS:

Jon Caulkins - Optimal Control and OR Appications
Guy Desaulniers - Column Generation
Jitka Dupacova - Stochastic programming - a flexible tool for decision making under uncertainty
Erhan Erkut - Education
Ignacio Grossmann - Optimization in Process Systems Enigineering
Karla Hoffman - Combinatorial Auctions and Applications
Ceyda Oguz - Computational Biology
Boris Polyak - Optimization and Optimal Control
Bjorn Jorgensen - Accounting
Anita Schöbel - Optimization in Public Transportation
Kenneth Sorensen - Metaheuristics
Matteo Fischetti - Erraticity in search

CALL FOR PAPERS AND SESSIONS:

We invite all researchers, academicians, practitioners, as well as students interested in any branch of operational research, mathematical modelling or economic analysis to participate at the Conference and to present their papers.

Invited and contributed papers will be organized in parallel sessions. In general, sessions will be a part of the Conference streams, and streams are grouped by areas.

No participant can present more than one paper at the Conference (but may be a co-author for other papers).

Abstract submission and registration are done online, via the Conference web page (www.euro-2012.lt)

Abstracts: max. 600 characters; submission deadline: February 29, 2012.

Researchers who want to organize a stream or an invited session or contribute with a paper within an invited session should contact the PC member of the corresponding area.

AREAS:

(and PC members in charge; see contacts further below)

Continuous Optimization / GW Weber
Control Theory & System Dynamics / R Hart - Data Mining Knowledge Discovery and Artificial Intelligence / V Mousseau
DEA and Performance Measurement / E Fernandez
Decision Analysis, Decision Support Systems / V Mousseau
Discrete Optimization, Geometry & Graphs / S Martello
Emerging applications of OR / GW Weber
Energy/Environment and Climate / P Letmathe
Financial Modeling & Risk Management / SW Wallace
Fuzzy Systems and Softcomputing / SW Wallace
Game, Theory, Mathematical Economics / GW Weber
Location / E Fernandez
Logistics, Transportation, Traffic / M Sevaux
Metaheuristics / R Hartl
Multiple Criteria Decision Making and Optimization / V Mousseau
OR Education, History, Ethics / M Sevaux
OR in Health & Life Sciences / K Aardal
OR in Industry and Software for OR / M Rönnqvist
OR in Natural Resources / M Rönnqvist
OR for Development and Developing Countries / GW Weber
Production Management & Supply Chain Management / E Fernandez
Revenue Management & Managerial Accounting / P Letmathe
Scheduling, Time Tabling & Project Management / M Sevaux
Simulation & Stochastic Programming and Modelling / SW Wallace
Soft OR and Problem Structuring Methods / SW Wallace
Telecommunication & Networks / K Aardal

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline for abstract submission: February 29, 2012 Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2012 Deadline for early registration: April 22, 2012
Deadline for author registration (for inclusion in the program): May 1, 2012
Conference: July 8-11, 2012

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:

Prof. Marielle Christiansen (Chair), Norway ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Karen Aardal, The Netherlands ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Elena Fernandez, Spain ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Richard Hartl, Austria ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Silvano Martello, Italy ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Vincent Mousseau, France ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Peter Letmathe, Germany ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Mikael Rönnqvist, Norway ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Leonidas Sakalauskas, Lithuania ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Marc Sevaux, France ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Stein W.Wallace, United Kingdom ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Gerhard Wäscher, Germany ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ),
Prof. Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber, Turkey ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Leonidas Sakalauskas (Chair), Lithuania
Marielle Christiansen, Norway
Gerhard Wäscher, Germany
Saulius Preidys, Lithuania
Tatjana Vilutiene, Lithuania
Jonas Zaptorius, Lithuania

AWARDS:

During the EURO XXV conference the following prizes will be awarded:

The EURO Gold Medal 2012,
The EURO Distinguished Service Medal (EDSM 2012),
The EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award (EDDA 2012),
The EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EPA 2012),
The EURO/ROADEF Challenge 2012,
The EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper.

THE PROGRAMME IN BRIEF:

The Conference starts July 8 (Sunday), 4 pm, with the Opening Session, including the awards ceremony. This will be followed by the Welcome Reception at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, at 6 pm.

The working sessions will occupy most of the following three days, July 9-11, starting Monday morning.

In the evening of July 9 conference participants and accompanying persons are invited to a Reception by the Mayor of Vilnius, followed by a dance performance.

The Conference Gala Dinner will be held in the evening of July 10, at the yard of Vilnius Picture Gallery which is an outstanding building of the late classicism style and one of the finest ensembles of its kind in Vilnius.

In the late afternoon of July 11, the Conference ends with another social event which should not to be missed: The Farewell Party, being held in the courtyard of Vilnius University.

For detailed information about Vilnius, please, visit the Conference webpage
www.euro-2012.lt

REGISTRATION FEES:

Regular: 320 Euros (early); 420 Euros (late),
Student: 120 Euros (early); 180 Euros (late),
Accompanying persons: 120 Euros.
Early registration ends April 22, 2012.

The regular/student registration fee includes:

Participation in all sessions, and access to the exhibition area,
Conference materials (Final Program, Book of Abstracts),
Participation in the Welcome Reception, July 8,
Participation in the Mayor of Vilnius City reception, July 9,
Participation in the Farewell Party, July 11,
Coffee breaks and lunches, July 8-11,
3-day city public transportation card (with badges).

The registration fee for accompanying persons includes:

Participation in the Welcome Reception, the Mayor Vilnius City reception and the Farewell party,
Lunches, July 8-11,
Vilnius City tour,
3-day city public transportation card (with badges).

The Gala dinner is charged separately, at 55 Euros per person.

EURO will provide up to 10,000 Euros to cover (in parts) the registration fees (in early registration rates) of attendees in need. Preference will be given to regular and student participants from Eastern Europe. All applicants should send an email to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it before registration.

Reduced fees for retired persons are limited to 20, dispensed on a first-come-first-serve basis.

All applicants for both groups should send an email to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it before registration.

Conference participants from research institutes of Belarus, Bulgaria,Czech, Estonia, Hungary, Montenegro, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia,Slovenia, and Ukraine, can apply for partial support to the expenses of their stay in Lithuania according to agreements signed between the Academies of Science of these countries and the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (http://lma.lt/index.php?lang=en). Requests for invitation letters, which arenecessary for such applications, should be addressed by email to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it after registration.

ABOUT LITHUANIA AND VILNIUS

Lithuania with its modern capital of Vilnius is geographically situated in the centre of Europe on the crossroads between East and West. The country is interesting and in fact exciting from the viewpoints of its unique nature, its thousands year old history, and its attractive culture. Vilnius can be reached by plane from the most important hubs in Europe.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

We recommend participants to book:

hotel rooms and air tickets as early as possible
accommodation in Vilnius through the Conference webpage. The Conference Secretariat has reserved a large number of rooms in a variety of hotels in Vilnius at specially negotiated rates.

For more details, consult the conference site, www.euro-2012.lt, where all relevant information will progressively be included.

Further proposals for Book or Software Exhibitions are welcome.

For any further information please contact:
Conference secretariat:
AIM Group Baltic
Kestucio 59/27, Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone: +370 212 00 03, fax: +370 212 00 13
E-mail:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

www.euro-2012.lt