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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’d like to draw your attention to the 1<sup>st</sup> call for abstracts of the 10th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization (EUROPT-2012) (to be held in </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Siauliai, Lithuania in July</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>). The CfP can be found at the bottom of this message as well as at the Workshop homepage. The deadline for abstracts is end of April, 2012. All contributions related to continuous optimization are warmly welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>NOTE: In addition, all members of EUROPT (EURO Working Group of Continuous Optimization) are invited to </span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>nominate a candidate as EUROPT Fellow. </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The call for nominations can be found below. The deadline has been extended till<i> end of January, 2012.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>EUROPT Fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Call for Nominations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EUROPT, the Continuous Optimization Working Group of EURO (</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.iam.metu.edu.tr/EUROPT/</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>), honors researchers in continuous optimization with the EUROPT Fellowship. The fellowship is awarded in a ceremony at EUROPT Workshops based on the decision of the Managing Board of EUROPT. The fellow is expected to give an invited plenary talk at the EUROPT workshop, the EUROPT Fellow Plenary. A gallery of EUROPT <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>fellows is presented on the EUROPT web page </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.iam.metu.edu.tr/EUROPT/</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nomination and Decision<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All EUROPT members are eligible to nominate a candidate for the fellowship. The nomination must include a nomination letter of no more than<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>two pages and a short CV of the candidate. Information of how the candidate matches with the nomination criteria should be included<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>in the nomination letter. The EUROPT Managing Board is responsible for making the final decision of whether EUROPT fellowship is awarded and if so, who will be awarded. Representatives of the managing board will present the award at the EUROPT Workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nomination Criteria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To be nominated as EUROPT fellow, a researcher must satisfy one (or preferably) both of the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. Outstanding scientific contributions to continuous optimization, consisting of original theoretical results, innovative applications, or successful software development.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. Outstanding administrative contributions to the continuous optimization community, in particular to EUROPT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EUROPT encourages the nomination of candidates whose contributions should receive a wider recognition and who have not yet been honored by prices of other organizations and who are members of EUROPT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The nomination material must be sent in electronic form to the Chair of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EUROPT </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:fuchsia'>kaisa.miettinen@jyu.fi </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>no later January 31, 2012.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yours, Kaisa Miettinen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chair of EUROPT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>************************************<br>Professor Kaisa Miettinen, PhD<br>Industrial Optimization Group, </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Dept. of Mathematical Information Technology<br>University of Jyvaskyla, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Stockholm, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>* President of the International Society on MCDM: </span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><a href="http://www.mcdmsociety.org/">http://www.mcdmsociety.org/</a></span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>======================================= <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>First Call for Abstracts of EUROPT-2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=======================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>the Organizers of the 10th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization (EUROPT-2012) have a pleasure inviting you to take part in this workshop to be held in Siauliai, Lithuania on 5-7 July, 2012, <a href="http://www.mii.lt/EUROPT-2012">http://www.mii.lt/EUROPT-2012</a>. We welcome abstracts related to any aspects of continuous optimization, in particular, related to the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Topics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=============================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The program of our Workshop consists of tutorials, invited and contributed papers. We encourage those interested in e.g. the following topics to participate:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>convex optimization and generalized convexity;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>local nonlinear optimization;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>global nonlinear optimization;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>optimal control -- theory and applications;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>multiobjective optimization;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>conic optimization and semidefinite programming; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>semiinfinite optimization;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>robust optimization;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>stochastic optimization;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>large-scale methods in global search;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>optimization in data mining;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>data visualization for optimal decisions;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>applications of continuous optimization to combinatorial problems;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>optimization in industry, business and finance;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>supply chain management;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>analysis and engineering of algorithms;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>software development.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Abstracts must be written in English and contain no more than 600 characters (no formulas or mathematical notations are allowed). Each attendee is allowed to present ONE paper at the conference. To submit an abstract, use the abstract submission system of EURO-Online at <a href="http://www.euro-online.org/conf/display.php?page=welcome">http://www.euro-online.org/conf/display.php?page=welcome</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Location and Venue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>==============================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The workshop will be held in the Siauliai city (<a href="http://www.maps.lt/map">http://www.maps.lt/map</a>), located about 250 km from Vilnius. Shiauliai is the capital of Northern Lithuania having old historical traditions. Livonian Order Chronicles describe the battle of Saule between ancient Lithuanians and crusaders that took place not far from Shiauliai and later on gave the name for the city. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Workshop will be hosted by the Siauliai University. The registration will take place in the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (P.Visinskio st. 19, Siauliai). The Sessions will take place in the Library of Shiauliai University (Vytauto st. 84,Shiauliai).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Invited Speakers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>==============================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Prof. Boris T. Polyak (Institute of Control Problems, Moscow, Russia)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Prof. Adilson Xavier (University Federal Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Other speakers will be announced later.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Deadlines: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>===============================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Deadline for abstract submission: April 30, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Notification of acceptance / rejection: May 15, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Deadline for early registration: May 25, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Workshop: July 5-7, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Registration fee: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>===============================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> till May 25, 2012 after May 25, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For regular participants 190 Eur 220 Eur<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For students (Phd, Master) 70 Eur 100 Eur<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Conference fee includes a get-together party, conference dinner, coffee breaks, participant</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>s package, volume of abstracts, participation in the sessions and tutorials.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Travel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>===============================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The participants who wish will be transferred from Vilnius to Siauliai and back to Vilnius by bus (about 3 hours). The bus departs from Vilnius on July 4, at 18:00, and comes back from Shiauliai on July 7, at 12:00. Vilnius (<a href="http://www.vilnius.sav.lt">http://www.vilnius.sav.lt</a>), the capital of Lithuania, is directly connected by plane and other means of transport with many cities in Europe. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Accommodation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>===============================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We have reserved quotas of rooms in several hotels close to the meeting place. The list of hotels will be published later.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Social Programme <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>===============================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The social program of the Conference includes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Welcome reception (Botanical Garden of Siauliai University), July 5, 2012; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Farewell Party (restaurant :Smaku smakas"), July 6, 2012;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Excursion to the Hill of Croisses , July 7, 2012;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Organizing institutions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>==============================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- EURO Working Group on Continuous Optimization (EUROPT);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Lithuanian Operational Research Society (LitORS);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Siauliai University, Siauliai, Lithuania;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Vilnius University Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius, Lithuania.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Co-Organizing Institutions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>============================== <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>International Programme Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mirjam Duer (University of Trier, Germany) - Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Julius Zilinskas (VU Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania) - Co-chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Adil Bagirov (University of Ballarat, Australia)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Nelson Maculan (University Federal Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FI style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kaisa Miettinen (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Arkadi Nemirovski (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yurii Nesterov (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Leonidas Sakalauskas (VU Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fabio Schoen (University of Firenze, Italy)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tatiana Tchemisova (University of Aveiro, Portugal)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tamas Terlaky (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Otu Vaarman (Institute of Cybernetics, Estonia)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gerhard Wilhelm Weber (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Organizing Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Vaida Bartkute-Norkuniene (VU Institute of Mathematics and Informatics)- Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Valerijonas Dumskis (Siauliai University, Lithuania)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Grazvydas Felinskas (Siauliai University, Lithuania)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Donatas Jurgaitis (Siauliai University, Lithuania) - Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Liudvikas Kaklauskas (Siauliai University, Lithuania)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sigita Turskiene (Siauliai University, Lithuania) - Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gerhard Wilhelm Weber (Middle East Technical University, Turkey, EWG EUROPT) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ingrida Vaiciulyte (VU, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FI style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kestutis Zilinskas (Siauliai University, Lithuania)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FI style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FI style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Contacts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Secretariat of EurOPT-2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Vilnius University, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Akademijos 4, LT-08663 Vilnius, Lithuania<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tel. +3705 2109323<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fax: +3705 2729209<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>E-mail: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:europt2012@vu.mii.lt"><span lang=DE>europt2012@vu.mii.lt</span></a></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>homepage: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.mii.lt/europt-2012">http://www.mii.lt/europt-2012</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>