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The theme of this year's conference of the <b>EURO Practitioners’ Forum</b> is the Collaboration of Operations Research practitioners with practitioners from other fields,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">like Machine Learning, Econometrics, Simulation, etc. We will talk about inspiring examples of synergies arising across fields, where<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">multiple disciplines amplify each other in the ultimate quest to deliver impact on business, society, economics, and human lives in<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">general. Speakers are also invited to share their experiences of difficulties they have encountered with such multi-disciplinary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">collaboration and any insights or strategies on how to address these.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">We invite submissions that showcase successful collaboration examples of Operations Research with other fields and look<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">forward to insightful discussions and networking opportunities with practitioners from various fields.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Please send your (maximum of) 1-page abstract in MS Word or PDF format to
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