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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, "Aptos_EmbeddedFont", "Aptos_MSFontService", Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We are pleased to announce a stream on “Multi-Objective
Optimization (MOO/MOP)” at the 24th IFORS Conference, to be held in Vienna in 2026. This stream will focus on both discrete and continuous multi-objective optimization methodologies, as well as on recent real-world applications of MOO/MOP.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, "Aptos_EmbeddedFont", "Aptos_MSFontService", Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We cordially invite you to organize a session within
this stream. As a session organizer, you will be responsible for selecting abstract submissions and/or inviting speakers to present their work. Each session will last 90 minutes and will typically consist of three to four talks.</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, "Aptos_EmbeddedFont", "Aptos_MSFontService", Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">If you are interested in organizing a session,
please let us know by February 1, 2026, by providing a tentative title for your proposed session. Once approved, the session will be included in the electronic Abstract Submission System, allowing you to conveniently invite speakers.</span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, "Aptos_EmbeddedFont", "Aptos_MSFontService", Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We also welcome individual talk submissions to
this stream. Abstract submission is open and will close on March 15, 2026.</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, "Aptos_EmbeddedFont", "Aptos_MSFontService", Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">If you are interested in presenting a talk,
please contact us. We will provide you with a submission code to ensure that your contribution is correctly assigned to the stream.</span></p>
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Vienna, Austria, July 12–17, 2026<br>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, "Aptos_EmbeddedFont", "Aptos_MSFontService", Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">If you know colleagues who may be interested
in organizing a session within this stream, please feel free to forward this invitation. Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.</span></p>
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Lavinia Amorosi (<a data-linkindex="1" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" title="mailto:lavinia.amorosi@uniroma1.it" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAab4ce096-2981-e59e-421a-05086d2d9fda" href="mailto:lavinia.amorosi@uniroma1.it">lavinia.amorosi@uniroma1.it</a>)<br>
Andrea Raith (<a data-linkindex="2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" title="mailto:a.raith@auckland.ac.nz" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA24877cec-3d55-e06a-9bbf-e932b41ce1ed" href="mailto:a.raith@auckland.ac.nz">a.raith@auckland.ac.nz</a>)</span></p>
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Andrea Raith (She/Her)</div>
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Associate Professor, ORSNZ President<br>
Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering</div>
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Faculty of Engineering and Design<br>
University of Auckland</div>
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New Zealand</div>
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Phone: +64 9 9231977<br>
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