Early career/PhD researchers who work in the area of OR for Development are invited to participate in this joint workshop in Rome on June 27-28, prior to the EURO-INFORMS conference in Rome, June 30- July 4, 2013. All papers presented are eligible for submission to the IFORS Prize Competition.
Background: The International Conference on OR for Development (ICORD) (http://ifors.org/web/icord-history) is joining with EURO Working Group on Operational Research for Development (EWG-ORD); http://web.ing.puc.cl/~fcrespo/eurofdv/) for this workshop entitled "Operations Research: Addressing Issues of Development".
To qualify, participants are required to submit a full paper (of at least 1500 words) on their work which has used OR to help the decision-making process in the areas of education, health, water and other basic services, technology, resource use (physical or financial), infrastructure, agricultural/industrialization or environmental sustainability, that help optimize development in view of constraints and limited resources. A stress on developmental issues will be an important factor; papers of a purely technical nature, or those that have no relevance in the developmental context, will not be considered. All papers presented are eligible for submission to the IFORS Prize Competition.
Workshop Registration Fee: USD 200
A limited number of places will be available for accommodation and registration support, which will depend on the quality of material submitted.
Please email your proposed paper to: [log in to unmask]
For further details, see the website, http://ifors.org/web/joint-icordewg-ord-workshop/
Important dates: Full Paper Submission: January 30, 2013
Notification of Acceptance: February 15, 2013
If you have any queries, please email Honora Smith, [log in to unmask]
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