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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<br>
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We (Bob Fourer and Susanne Heipcke) are organizing a session on the topic of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"Modeling software" at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting, scheduled to take<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">place on October 15-18, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona, see<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"><a href="http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/phoenix2023"><span lang="EN-US">http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/phoenix2023</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We invite submissions on all aspects of modeling software for optimization,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">modeling tools and software for representing mathematical optimization<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">problems.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please confirm your interest in speaking in this session by March 1 per
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">email to the session organizers (Bob Fourer or Susanne Heipcke) so that<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">we can send you an invitation code.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The abstract submission system is available online via the conference web page:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"><a href="https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/phoenix2023/submit/"><span lang="EN-US">https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/phoenix2023/submit/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Abstracts must be written in English and contain no more than 750 characters<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">in plain text format (no formulas are allowed), with a maximum length of
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<p class="MsoNormal">150 characters for the title of the abstract. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that submissions are limited to one talk per speaker.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The deadline for speakers to complete their submissions is May 16, 2023.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The speaker registration deadline is August 1, 2023.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Kind regards,<br>
Timo, on behalf of Susanne and Bob<o:p></o:p></p>
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