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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<br>
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Susanne Heipcke and Bob Fourer are organizing a session on the topic of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"Optimization Modeling Software" at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting,
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<p class="MsoNormal">scheduled to take place on October 20-23, 2024 in Seattle, Washington, see<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"><a href="https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/seattle2024/"><span lang="EN-US">https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/seattle2024/</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 15 April per
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<p class="MsoNormal">email to the session organizers (<a href="mailto:susanneheipcke@fico.com">susanneheipcke@fico.com</a> and
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<a href="mailto:4er@ampl.com">4er@ampl.com</a>) so that 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/seattle2024/submit/"><span lang="EN-US">https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/seattle2024/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 250 words<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 submission is May 15, 2024.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The speaker registration deadline is August 1, 2024.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Kind regards on behalf of the organizers,<br>
Timo Berthold<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">PD Dr. Timo Berthold</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="color:#BBCC00;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">•</span><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <b>Software
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003F5F;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Managing Director (Geschäftsführer): Dean Sanderson</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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