[Opt-Net] Deadline of Abstract Submission Extended: February 28 --- 55th Meeting of EURO WG "Commodities and Financial Modelling"

[Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber]

Dear Colleagues,

the organizers would like to kindly inform you about the

Extended Deadline of Abstract Submission:  February 28, 2015.

Thank you cordially for your valuable consideration.

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55th Meeting of the EURO Working Group "Commodities and Financial Modelling"

METU, Ankara, Turkey, May 14-16, 2015

First Call For Papers

http://ewgcfm2015.iam.metu.edu.tr/


55th Meeting of the EWGCFM (EWGCFM 2015) is organized by Institute of
Applied Mathematics (IAM; http://iam.metu.edu.tr/) of Middle East Technical
University (METU), EURO Working Group ?Commodities and Financial Modelling?
(EWGCFM; http://www.ewgfm.eu/) and The Association of European Operational
Research Societies (EURO; http://www.euro-online.org/). This conference will
take place at the campus of METU (http://www.metu.edu.tr/) in Ankara,
Turkey, on May 14-16, 2015.

EWGCFM 2015 is an element of the conference series, whose 54th meeting is
going to take place in Milano, Italy, in December 2014. The EURO Working
Group EWGCFM was founded in September 1986 in Lisbon. The primary field of
interest for the working group can be described as "financial models that
help to solve problems faced by financial managers in the firm". EWGCFM 2015
will contribute to this purpose in modelling and problem solving through
advances in theory, methods and practice, by applications of mathematics and
statistics, economics and management sciences, engineering and environmental
sciences, supported by modern Operational Research.

We are pleased to announce the following Invited Speakers of the conference:

Vedat Akgiray  (Bogazici University, Turkey), Constantinos Kardaras  (London
School of Economics, UK), Rüdiger Kiesel  (University of Duisburg-Essen,
Germany), Stan Uryasev  (University of Florida, USA).

Abstract Submission:

We invite all researchers, academicians, practitioners, as well as students
interested in commodities and financial modelling to participate at the
conference and to present their research. Abstract submission and
registration are both online, via the conference web page
(http://ewgcfm2015.iam.metu.edu.tr/). Abstracts with max. 3000 characters
should be submitted online latest by February 28, 2015 (extended deadline).

The Conference also offers its registered participants submit their full
manuscript to the "Special Issue of Annals of Operations Research Advances
of OR in Commodities and Financial Modelling". Authors should select the
category "Special Issue: Advances of OR in Commodities and Financial
Modelling" when looking for the (right) special issue in the submission
system.


Institute of Applied Mathematics (IAM), established in the year 2002, is a
Graduate School and interdisciplinary centre with four programs:
Financial Mathematics, Actuarial Sciences, Scientific Computing and
Cryptography; it fosters various research and teaching activities in
mathematical sciences. IAM supports and coordinates mathematics-based
interdisciplinary education and research at METU, and it initiates and
undertakes collaborative research with different industries and scientific
organizations in Turkey, Europe and all over the world. IAM is pleased to
welcome colleagues and friends from Europe and all over the world to celebrate
an unforgettable premium conference at the beautiful campus of METU in Ankara,
capital of hospitable Turkey!

Sevtap Selçuk-Kestel   skestel at metu.edu.tr,
Yeliz Yolcu Okur   yyolcu at metu.edu.tr,
Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber   gweber at metu.edu.tr