Events & Conferences


The OR Society has a busy calendar full of conferences, events, workshops and networking opportunities. Our events are generally open to all, with members receiving preferential rates on events fees.

Webinar Wednesday

Are pie charts evil? - An exploration of what makes data visualisations work

Wednesday 31 January 2024 | 12:00 - 13:00

 

As quantitative scientists we forget just how hard most people find dealing with maths and data.  This creates a huge problem if lay decision-makers can't understand our complex analyses.  At best, our analysis isn't used in the decision-making process, at worst it gets corrupted and abused.

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Webinar Wednesday

Rich Notes and and Soft OR Practice: New tools to help develop your consultancy practice

Wednesday 21 February 2024 | 12:00 - 13:00

 

In this webinar Karthik Suresh will explore how a practitioner can develop a Soft OR practice by using Rich Notes, a novel approach to note taking and diagramming during online meetings that uses a non-linear, non-hierarchical, unconstrained and distributed layout which helps explore the richness of real-world problematic situations.

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Joint SIG Event

How to make better futures with systems approaches

Wednesday 28 February 2024 | 10.00 – 17.30

 

This event will bring together practitioners and academics to explore the topics of systems thinking, problem structuring methods, and behavioural operational research. Together, they will examine how we can significantly influence decision-making and policymaking within both government and the private sector.

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Analytics Summit

23 May 2024

IET Austin Court, Birmungham

The Analytics Summit brings together over 300 analysts and data scientists from across the academic, public and private sector delivering insights from analytics, AI and operational research to give you the tools and skills to drive business results with your data.

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Annual Conference

The biggest event in the OR and analytics community's calendar is always The OR Society's annual conference, typcially hosted by a prestigious university, and takes place every September.

 

 

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Beale Lecture 2024

Thursday 8th February 2024

Our free-entry spring lecture celebrating the best of OR excellence.

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International Symposium on Military Operational Research

ISMOR explores the application of OR to practical issues in defence and security.

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New to OR Conference

This biennial conference is for academics and practitioners whose careers in operational research span 10 years or fewer.

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Regional Society & SIG Events

Full listing of all upcoming Regional Society and SIG events.

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Webinar Wednesdays

Our regular webinars bring you tips, insights and case studies from experts in different disciplines of operational research. The diverse subject matter and the practical nature of these short, online sessions provide you with interesting opportunties to learn and develop your own practice.

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WORAN Land Lecture

The WORAN Land Lecture is an annual event held in honour of Professor Ailsa Land, pioneer of branch-and-bound and computational OR, role model and mentor. 
Our 2022 speaker was Professor Carole Mundell.

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Joint SIG Event

How to make better futures with systems approaches

This event will bring together practitioners and academics to explore the topics of systems thinking, problem structuring methods, and behavioural operational research. Together, they will examine how we can significantly influence decision-making and policymaking within both government and the private sector.

Read more