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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>5th IMA and OR Society Conference on Mathematics of Operational Research<br>
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</b>Date: Wednesday April 30 - Friday May 2, 2025<br>
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm<br>
Birmingham <b><br>
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<a href="https://ima.org.uk/24367/5th-ima-and-or-society-conference-on-mathematics-of-operational-research/"><span style="font-weight:normal">https://ima.org.uk/24367/5th-ima-and-or-society-conference-on-mathematics-of-operational-research/</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>#MathsofOR<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Building on the success of the four previous conferences (held in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023) this biennial event will aim to draw together the considerable community of researchers and practitioners who use and / or develop innovative mathematics
and data driven approaches, relevant to the applications and theory of Operational Research (OR).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The conference will be held at the beautiful and easily accessible Conference Centre Aston in Birmingham and will showcase activities from across all areas of OR. We welcome contributions that are empirically motivated and with a focus
on application, as well as those that are theoretically driven. The conference will host plenaries from leading international experts, sessions of themed talks, as well as poster sessions, and will provide plenty of opportunities for networking. We look forward
to seeing you in Birmingham in April 2025 for a terrific event and to celebrate together the successes of OR!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>EDI</b><br>
The IMA, the OR Society, and the conference committee strongly support diversity and inclusion. It is our intention to host a conference that is welcoming and inclusive for all, and we will be making active efforts to support the participation of individuals
and groups who are under-represented at such academic events and in our discipline more broadly.<br>
As part of improving understanding amongst the OR community of the different barriers individuals face, we would like to invite session leaders and individual speakers to include as part of their presentation(s) their own experiences of achievement, inclusion,
and exclusion. This will be complemented with a number of focused sessions with key speakers on the particular challenges faced by different groups.<br>
A pack for delegates will include details on the venue’s accessibility, baby changing facilities and the nearby Martin Luther King multi-faith prayer centre. We will also include information to signpost details on transport links, and other local amenities.
We also welcome special requests and suggestions, and will accommodate them where possible.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Call for session organisation<br>
</b>We welcome suggestions for the organisation of sessions in all areas of OR. If you are interested in organising a session, then please fill out this form -
<b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfctQopWzhzCX1pe_pHa780SQKu5ou0_OurNLrqBvLcclENHQ/viewform"><span style="font-weight:normal">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfctQopWzhzCX1pe_pHa780SQKu5ou0_OurNLrqBvLcclENHQ/viewform</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deadline for submissions is the <b>6th December 2024</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>IMAMAN Submission<br>
</b>Presenters are encouraged to submit their full paper to the IMA Journal of Management Mathematics (IMAMAN). Deadline for submission of full papers to IMAMAN is the 30th of June 2025 (i.e. 2 months after the conference). We welcome papers in any of the 6
major Areas covered by the journal.<br>
• Decision Analysis<br>
• Finance<br>
• Health and Society<br>
• Multidisciplinary management mathematics<br>
• Operations<br>
• Sport<br>
Please reach out to the journal’s editors, many of whom will be in the conference, to discuss your work and its possible submission to IMAMAN.<br>
All submission details can be found on the website <b><a href="https://academic.oup.com/imaman"><span style="font-weight:normal">https://academic.oup.com/imaman</span></a></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Conference Chair - </b>Aris Syntetos, Professor of Decision Science, DSV Chair, Cardiff University<b> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For further information, please contact:<br>
Conferences Department: <b><a href="mailto:conferences@ima.org.uk"><span style="font-weight:normal">conferences@ima.org.uk</span></a></b><u>
</u>Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Catherine Richards House, 16 Nelson Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1EF, UK.<u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
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