33rd annual conference of the Belgian Operational Research Society - call for abstracts

ORBEL 33

Hasselt University, Belgium, February 7 – 8, 2019

We invite all researchers, practitioners, and students interested in quantitative methods for decision making to attend the 33^rd annual conference of the Belgian Operational Research Society(ORBEL 33) on February 7 – 8, 2019 at the Old Prison (University campus) in Hasselt.

The conference is intended as a meeting place for researchers and users of OR, statistics, computer science, and related fields. It provides managers, practitioners, and researchers with a unique opportunity to exchange information on quantitative techniques for decision making. 

The confirmed keynote speakers of this edition are:

• Prof. Claudia Archetti, Università degli Studi di Brescia
• Prof. Richard F. Hartl, Universität Wien
• Prof. Sandra Transchel, Kühne Logistics University

Conference topics include (but are not limited to):

• continuous, discrete or stochastic optimization, graphs and networks, multicriteria decision making, decision theory, game theory, simulation, queueing theory, complexity theory, data mining, ...;
• supply chain management, production planning, scheduling, project management, transportation and traffic management, energy management, DEA and performance management, financial modelling, ...;
• applications in industry, in the energy sector, in life sciences and in bioinformatics, in public services, in engineering, in sports, in health care institutions, in banking, in telecommunications, ...;

Important dates:

• Abstract submission deadline: December 21, 2018
• End of early registration: January 25, 2019
• Conference: February 7-8, 2019

For more information, registration or abstract submission, go to the conference website:https://www.orbel.be/orbel33/

We look forward to meeting you in Hasselt, on 7 and 8 February 2019!

The local organizers