28 April 2026 | 10:00 - 16:30 | University of Warwick
Ticket Prices
- Members: Free to attend
- Non-Members: £99.00 (Excluding vat)
Join a community of managers, policymakers, academics, and practitioners dedicated to improving sustainability within the OR sector.
Share insights, tackle challenges, and explore opportunities for innovation together.
Overview
Sustainability is no longer a single-sector challenge. It’s a systems challenge that spans energy, transport, food, finance, manufacturing, and beyond.
This event brings together perspectives from across these sectors to explore how decisions are made, what drives them, and how they can be improved.
From policy frameworks and operational strategies to individual behaviours and organisational culture, we will examine the behavioural, economic, and data-driven
factors that shape sustainable outcomes. By connecting insights across disciplines, we aim to better understand not only what needs to change, but how to enable
meaningful, evidence-based transitions toward a more sustainable future.
Key Topics
This one-day event includes a selection of keynotes and workshops exploring:
- Data-Driven Pathways to Net Zero: Modelling, optimisation, and scenario planning
- OR and Energy Transition: Forecasting, grid optimisation, and energy storage modelling
- Data Science for the Global Workforce: Modelling workforce resilience, productivity, supply chain, and migration
- Circular Economy Modelling: Optimisation techniques for material reuse and waste reduction
- Sustainable Supply Chain Analytics: Network modelling for reduced emissions
Programme (details may change)
| 09:30 |
Registration |
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| 10:00 |
Welcome & introduction |
The OR Society |
| 10.10 |
Using explainable AI to reduce risk and improve efficiency in GB electricity reserve setting |
Kieran Kalair, Smiths Institute |
| 10:45 |
Break |
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| 11:00 |
Co-Designing Clean Energy Systems through Facilitated Modelling
|
Kathy Kotiadis, Centre for Advanced Diagnostics Development and Application |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
|
| 13:00 |
Systems thinking and sustainability challenges |
Irene Pluchinotta, Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, UCL |
| 14:00 |
Trade Offs between sustainability and other factor in Defence and Government Departments |
Shona Allman, Arke Ltd |
| 14:30 |
Break |
|
| 15:00 |
Visitor Analytics for Sustainable and Resilient Tourism Destinations |
Linda Osti / Heather He, Bangor University |
| 16:00 |
Panel Discussion |
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