Wednesday, November 2, 2011

[DMANET] ORBEL26 - First announcement and Call for Papers

Dear colleagues,

Please find below the announcement of the next congress of the Belgian
Operations Research Society, ORBEL 26, which will take place in the
buildings of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Plaine campus) on
February 2 and 3, 2012.

The abstract template and abstract submission form are available on
the conference website http://www.orbel.be/orbel26

Abstract submission deadline: January 6, 2012.

Registration will be open on November 15.

Feel free to distribute this announcement among colleagues who might be
interested.

Best regards,
Bernard Fortz
Conference chair ORBEL 26


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ORBEL 26

26th Annual Conference of the Belgian Operations Research Society

Brussels, February 2-3, 2012

http://www.orbel.be/orbel26

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** ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

ORBEL is the annual conference of the SOGESCI-B.V.W.B., the Belgian
Operations Research (OR) Society, member of EURO, the association
of European OR Societies, and Belgian representative of IFORS
(International Federation of OR Societies).

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

** CONFERENCE CHAIR
Bernard Fortz (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

** SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
El-Houssaine Aghezzaf (Universiteit Gent)
Raymond Bisdorff (University of Luxembourg)
Yves Crama (Université de Liège)
Patrick De Causmaecker (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Campus Kortrijk)
Yves De Smet (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Bernard Fortz (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
François Glineur (Université catholique de Louvain)
Gerrit Janssens (Universiteit Hasselt)
Pierre Kunsch (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Martine Labbé (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Etienne Loute (Université catholique de Louvain)
Marc Pirlot (Université de Mons)
Frank Plastria (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Annick Sartenaer (FUNDP Namur)
Michaël Schyns (Université de Liège)
Kenneth Sörensen (Universiteit Antwerpen)
Frits Spieksma (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Thomas Stützle (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Filip Van Utterbeeck (RMA)
Greet Vanden Berghe (KaHo Sint-Lieven)
Pieter Vansteenwegen (Universiteit Gent)
Mathien Van Vyve (Université catholique de Louvain)
Sabine Wittevrongel (Universiteit Gent)

** ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Daniele Catanzaro (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Bernard Fortz (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Martine Labbé (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Luciano Porretta (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Alessia Violin (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

** REGISTRATION

A registration form will be available on the conference website on
November 15. All payments should be made by bank transfer. Please
use the account information and communication provided during the
registration process.

** IMPORTANT DATES

ORBEL 26 February 2-3, 2012
End of Early Registration January 23, 2012
Acceptance Notification January 20, 2012
Abstract Submission Deadline January 6, 2012


** PLENARY SPEAKERS

Ángel Corberán (University of Valencia)
Luis Gouveia (University of Lisbon)
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