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<p style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Please, find below the call for abstracts of the MCDM2017 conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Yours, Kaisa Miettinen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">CALL FOR ABSTRACTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">I cordially invite you to contribute to and participate in the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">24<sup>th</sup> International
Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, MCDM 2017, that will take place at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa in Canada from July 10 to July 14, 2017. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Abstracts with at most 6000 characters can be submitted here: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mcdm2017">Submit
abstracts</a>. If you are submitting an abstract as part of an invited session, please select the title of your <u>invited session</u> under “Topics”.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">This international gathering of researchers and practitioners is an opportunity to highlight recent advances in MCDM. Abstracts
should revolve around theoretical developments and applications of MCDM to sustainable-management and aim to explore decision-making challenges around social, environmental, health, safety, and performance objectives.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Note that the deadline for submitting abstracts is
<b>February 1, 2017</b>. A set of special journal issues (with the submission deadlines after the conference) will allow you to submit your work.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Please visit the <a href="http://sites.telfer.uottawa.ca/mcdm2017/">conference website</a> for information on dates, registration,
accommodation and other information.<br>
You are also welcome to contact me at your convenience at <a href="mailto:MDCM2017@Telfer.uOttawa.Ca">MDCM2017@Telfer.uOttawa.Ca</a>.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Thank you,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Sarah Ben Amor<br>
MCDM 2017 Conference Chair</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Sarah Ben Amor, Ph.D.<br>
École de gestion Telfer / Telfer School of Management<br>
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa<br>
55 Laurier E. (Desmarais 7123)<br>
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5<br>
Tel: (613) 562-5800 x4909<br>
Fax: (613) 562-5164</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Faculty of Information Technology, P.O. Box 35 (Agora)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/rehtorit/miettinen"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/rehtorit/miettinen</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">tel. +358 50 3732247 (mob.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">fax: +358 14 2602771<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">email: kaisa.miettinen at jyu.fi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">homepage:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
and </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">* Immediate-Past-President of the International Society on MCDM:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.mcdmsociety.org/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mcdmsociety.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">* My book: Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization, Kluwer:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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