[DMANET] AIROYoung for ODS 2021: Second call for presentations for the special sessions "OR PROMOTION AND PITCH TALKS" and "PhDs MEET INDUSTRIES"

AIROYoung (the youth chapter of AIRO, the Italian Operations Research Society - https://www.airoyoung.org<https://www.airoyoung.org/>) organizes two special sessions during ODS 2021 dedicated to:
1) presenting Operations Research to the public;
2) making young OR researchers meet industries and practitioners.

1) PRESENTING OR TO THE PUBLIC:
Each participant will have a slot of 5 minutes to present her/his work in a clear and understandable way to a heterogeneous audience, i.e., researchers but also laypeople. The topic of the pitch talk can be theoretical and/or practical, with references to some applications.
Everybody can apply for this, from young researchers to full professors and practitioners, such as:
- PIs who would like to present a group research project;
- researchers who are interested in science communication.
Everybody interested to participate can submit his/her application at the following link: https://forms.gle/5jo29KCZeywf9mE49

2) MAKING YOUNG OR RESEARCHERS MEET INDUSTRIES AND PRACTITIONERS:

This session gives PhD students the opportunity to present his/her research work in front of an audience mainly composed of representatives of industries and practitioners.

- Each participant will have a 20-minute slot to present his/her PhD thesis

- At the end of the session a free time of 20 minutes will be left for the candidates to discuss with the audience.

- All the students submitting their PhD thesis in the period between August 1st, 2020 and July 31st, 2021 are eligible to participate in the session.

The students interested to participate can submit their application at the following link:https://forms.gle/ADWm9JiHV8S3nixe6

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The deadline for both applications is June 25th, 2021
Both sessions will be held on September 14-17, 2021, at Sapienza University Campus (Rome, Italy), during ODS 2021, the International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science organized by AIRO (Italian Operations Research Society) and DSS - Dept. of Statistical Sciences (Sapienza University of Rome).

Further details will be directly communicated by e-mail to the participants.

Please notice that:
- you can present your work both in a regular session and in these special ones too;
- your registration in these special sessions does not imply your registration to ODS 2021. In order to be able to participate, you have to register to ODS 2021 by following the instructions here: http://www.airoconference.it/ods2021/conference-registration

For any questions or doubts, you can contact us by email: airo.young.researchers@gmail.com<mailto:airo.young.researchers@gmail.com>

The AIROYoung board


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