[DMANET] Online meeting of the EURO Working Group on the Practice of Operations Research

Dear colleagues,

We cordially invite you to the 3rd meeting of the EURO Working Group on the Practice of Operations Research, which will be a virtual event this year.

The meeting takes place as a Zoom Webinar, on 28th and 29th of September, 2pm-3.15pm Berlin time (CEST). Our focus will be OR projects that have met with difficulties during their implementation, including
- particularly tricky or unusual technical requirements that had to be addressed during the development phase; or
- issues related to the use or acceptance by non-OR expert end-users.

Confirmed Keynote Presentations:
- Optimization in Finance Practice and Challenges by Adrian Zymolka, Managing Director at Axioma, Germany
- Delivering OR Solutions for Everyday Operations in Energy Trading by Colin Silvester, Senior Modelling Specialist at Uniper, UK
- Successful Value Chain Optimization at a Chemical Company by Steffen Klosterhalfen, Operations Research Expert at BASF SE, Germany
- Operations Research Supporting Germany's Energy Transition by Ralf Werner, Head of IT Management and Digital transformation at Open Grid Europe GmbH, Germany
- Putting Operations Research into Operations in Deutsche Post DHL Group transition by Baris Cem Sal of Deutsche Post DHL Group Data Analytics Center of Excellence

More information:
https://ewg_por_berlin_2020.eventbrite.co.uk

Register directly at:
https://fico.zoom.us/webinar/register/9315939757940/WN_gb2az8OJR8u9y5FPl51RaA

Sincerely,
Timo Berthold, on behalf of the programme committee


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