[Opt-net] Workshop "Optimization of, Maintenance Activities - Models, Methods and Applications" (from Michael Patriksson, mipat@chalmers.se)

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Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology,
Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden

About the workshop

Performing the right maintenance activities is crucial for the safety,
reliability, availability, and profitability of a large range of
operations and activities; performing the right maintenance activities is
also more and more widely recognized as important for the sustainability
of resources. The workshop aims to gather people from different fields
within academia and industry to discuss the state-of-the-art and future
challenges and possibilities in modelling and solving these problems. We
hope that stimulating discussions across subject boundaries will enrich us
all.

The organizers are looking for presentations that use or describe
operations research based modeling and analysis approaches to maintenance
problems. Theory and applications, cases, as well as tutorials on
state-of-the-art practice and methods, are all welcome.

The talks will be given in English. The workshop is organized and partly
sponsored by GMMC (Gothenburg Mathematical Modeling Centre) which is a
research centre placed at the Department of Mathematical Sciences
(Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg) and FCC (Fraunhofer-Chalmers
Centre for Industrial Mathematics); it is a strategic research centre
funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research.

Plenary speakers

We have confirmed the following plenary speakers:

- Prof. Rommert Dekker, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University, Rotterdam;

- Prof. Andrew Jardine, Centre for Maintenance Optimization and
Reliability Engineering, University of Toronto

Publication

Following the Workshop a special issue of Annals of Operations Research 
will be edited and published by Springer-Verlag, with tentative
publication date December 2010.

Submission

A summary of your proposed presentation, maximum 150 words of length,
should be sent to the workshop address GothMaint09.math at chalmers.se not
later than 6 November.

Registration and important dates

Registration is made by (a) sending an e-mail to
GothMaint09.math at chalmers.se, including name, company/university,
department and electronic addresses, and any dietary requests regarding
the workshop lunches and dinner; by (b) arranging for the payment.
Payment:

Swedish participants: Please pay using Plusgiro 458 93 58-3; mark your
payment with "GothMaint09" + your name.

International participants: Please pay through bank transfer:

Nordea Bank Sverige AB
Östra Hamngatan 16 SE-405 09 Göteborg, Sweden
Phone: +46 31 771 6000
IBAN-account: SE26 3000 0000 0305 57711 371
SWIFT/BIC: NDEASESS
Account holder: Chalmers University of Technology

Mark your payment with "GothMaint09" + your name.
Registration deadline:

27 November for all participants
Workshop fees (inclusive VAT 25%):

Regular speakers: 2500 SEK (before 6 November); 3750 SEK (after 6 November)
Participants: 3125 SEK (before 6 November); 4690 SEK (after 6 November)
Students: 1250 SEK (before 6 November); 1875 SEK (after 6 November)

We look forward to seeing you at Chalmers in December!
The organizing committee

Professor Michael Patriksson, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden; phone
(46) 317723529; e-mail: mipat at chalmers.se

Dr. Ann-Brith Strömberg, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers
University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden; phone (46)
317725378; e-mail: anstr at chalmers.se
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There is also a web page, havnig the above information and in addition a
link to hotels with which we have discount deals. That web page is at

http://www.chalmers.se/math/EN/research/gmmc/research-programme8144/optimisation-modelling/optimization-maintenance