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<div>Dear Colleagues,<br>
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We would like to draw your attention to the 17th British-French-German Conference on Optimization held at Imperial College London, UK, on June 15th-17th, 2015. The conference will address all aspects of optimization and its applications, including optimization
theory and algorithm design, robust and stochastic optimization, variational inequalities and convex analysis as well as applications in control theory, energy, finance, operations management and engineering. More information about the conference series, which
started in Oberwolfach in 1980, can be found at <a href="http://optimisation.doc.ic.ac.uk/bfg2015">http://optimisation.doc.ic.ac.uk/bfg2015</a>. Further enquiries can also be sent to <a href="mailto:bfg2015@imperial.ac.uk">bfg2015@imperial.ac.uk</a>.<br>
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<b>Deadlines</b></div>
<div>05 Jan '15:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Extended abstract submission opening</div>
<div>27 Feb '15:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Proposals deadline for invited sessions<br>
06 Mar '15:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Submission deadline for extended abstracts<br>
13 Mar '15:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Notification of abstract acceptance<br>
08 May '15:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Early registration deadline<br>
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<b>Plenary Speakers<br>
</b>Dimitris Bertsimas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA<br>
Regina Burachik, University of South Australia, Australia<br>
Michael Ferris, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA<br>
William Hager, University of Florida, USA<br>
Stefan Ulbrich, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany<br>
Michel Pierre, ENS Cachan, Antenne de Bretagne, France<br>
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<b>Semi-Plenary Speakers<br>
</b>Paul Armand, Universite de Limoges, France<br>
Amir Beck, The Technion, Israel<br>
Erick Delage, HEC Montréal, Canada<br>
Serge Gratton, CERFACS, France<br>
Karthik Natarajan, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore<br>
Martin Skutella, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany<br>
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<b>Organising Committee<br>
</b>Ruth Misener, Imperial College London, UK<br>
Panos Parpas, Imperial College London, UK<br>
Stratos Pistikopoulos, Texas A&M University, USA</div>
<div>Berc Rustem, Imperial College London, UK<br>
Nilay Shah, Imperial College London, UK<br>
Wolfram Wiesemann, Imperial College London, UK<br>
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<b>Scientific Committee<br>
</b>Danny Ralph, University of Cambridge, UK (chair)<br>
Henri Bonnel, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, New Caledonia<br>
Jean-Baptiste Caillau, Université de Bourgogne & CNRS, France<br>
Mounir Haddou, INSA Rennes, France<br>
Daniel Kuhn, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland<br>
Helmut Maurer, Universität Münster, Germany<br>
Edouard Oudet, Université Joseph Fourier, France<br>
Teemu Pennanen, King's College London, UK<br>
Sabine Pickenhain, TU Cottbus, Germany<br>
Andrea Walther, Universität Paderborn, Germany<br>
Michael Ulbrich, TU München<br>
Huifu Xu, City University London, UK</div>
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