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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Sir,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would it be possible to include details of our forthcoming conference in the Opt-Net Digest?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pam<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pamela Bye</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Conference Support Officer</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Institute of Mathematics and its Applications</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tel: 01702 354020</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Charity Registration number 1017777</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:17.0pt">IMA and OR Society Conference on Mathematics of Operational Research<span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Innovating Mathematics for New Industrial Challenges<span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">20 - 21 April 2017, Aston University, Birmingham, UK</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The conference will aim to draw together the considerable community of researchers and practitioners who develop new mathematics of relevance to and which underpin
applications in Operational Research (OR). It will take a comprehensive view, will showcase activity from across OR, and will welcome both contributions which have a clear application focus as well as those which are theoretically driven.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Contributions will be expected to showcase both significant new mathematics and OR relevance. The conference will host plenaries from leading international experts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b>Invited Speakers</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Professor Jacek Gondzio (University of Edinburgh)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Professor Edward Kaplan (Yale School of Management)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Guillermo Ortega (European Space Agency)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Professor Bert Zwart (CWI Amsterdam)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>Call for Papers:</b> <i>Please note that the deadline for oral and poster presentations has now passed.<span style="color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>Conference Fees – registration is open via
</b><a href="https://my.ima.org.uk/">https://my.ima.org.uk/</a> *<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u>Early Bird Fees<b><o:p></o:p></b></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">IMA/OR Society Member £245<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">IMA/OR Society Student £160<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Non IMA/OR Society Member £325<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Non IMA/OR Society Student £170<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Early Bird fees will be available until Monday 27 March 2017, after which the fees will be:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">IMA/OR Society Member £265<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">IMA/OR Society Student £180<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Non IMA/OR Society Member £345<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Non IMA/OR Society Student £190<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i>Early Bird Fees must be paid by Monday 27 March 2017 otherwise the higher price will be implemented.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Residential Fee £240 <i>including 2 nights single B&B accommodation at the university with the conference dinner
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Conference Dinner £40 <i>for non-residents</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i>*If you are an IMA Member or you have previously registered for an IMA conference, then you are already on our database. Please “request a new password” using the email address previously used, to log in.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>Organising Committee</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Kevin Glazebrook (Lancaster University)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Joerg Fliege (University of Southampton)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Andy Harrison (FICO)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">John Hopes (EY)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Djamila Ouelhadj (University of Portsmouth)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Dan Tilley (NSC)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>Conference webpage: <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.ima.org.uk/conferences/conferences_calendar/maths_of_operational_research.html">http://www.ima.org.uk/conferences/conferences_calendar/maths_of_operational_research.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>Further information<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">For general conference queries please contact Lizzi Lake, Conference Officer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:conferences@ima.org.uk"><span lang="FR">conferences@ima.org.uk</span></a><span lang="FR"> Tel: +44 (0) 1702 354 020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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