Conferences - Introduction
The OR Society organises several conferences every year. Listed below is general information on the conferences organised.
The Annual Conference
This main event is usually held in early September and attracts over 300 delegates from the UK, Europe, North America and elsewhere. The most recent annual conference was OR53, and was held in September 2011 (the next is OR54). The three-day conference programme contains a mixture of plenary sessions given by keynote speakers and parallel streams, covering all aspects of OR. In addition there is a comprehensive social programme.
The YoungOR Conference
Every other year the Society holds this conference, intended for young academics and practitioners with up to ten years' experience in OR. The most recent was YoungOR 17, and the next will be YoungOR 18. It gives younger members of the profession an opportunity to present their work in a non-threatening environment to an audience of their peers. There are plenary talks by keynote speakers, interspersed with parallel streams and a comprehensive evening social programme.
One and two day conferences
Each year, the society holds a variety of one and two-day conferences on specialist topics. In recent years conferences have covered such areas as the evaluation of investment in Information Technology, the role of analysis in Business Process Re-engineering, the use of simulation in healthcare, and developments in Soft OR methods.
Recent, present and future conferences include: a two-day Simulation Workshop (Simulation Workshop 2012), the 2009 European Conference on Intelligent Management Systems in Operations (IMSIO 4), the Knowledge Management Conference (KMAC 2006), and a Tribute to Jonathan Rosenhead at 70.