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ORP3 - Operation Research Peripatetic Postgraduate Programme A EURO conference for young OR researchers

July 16 -- 20, 2012
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Aims and Scope

ORP3 is the EURO peripatetic conference, each edition of which is hosted by a European university. It is organised (bi-)annually and is devoted to the Operational Research field in its broadest sense. Previous conferences have been held in Paris (2001), Lambrecht (2003), Valencia (2005), Guimarγes (2007), Cadiz (2011).

ORP3 aims at being a forum promoting scientific and social exchanges between the members of the future generation of Operations Research in academic research.

The conference is open to the whole scope of Operations Research, but the following topics are mostly welcome:

Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization
Discrete Optimization; graphs & networks
Supply Chain Management
Cutting and Packing
Machine and Project Scheduling
Timetabling
Production Planning and Lotsizing
Transportation and Logisticst
Stochastic Optimization
Multiobjective Optimization
Location Analysis
Metaheuristic

The conference is composed only of plenary sessions and each participant will act as the chair and discussant of another session. In addition, the Scientific Program includes five keynote tutorials dedicated to specific issues whose speakers are internationally renowned experts:

Tutorial I: Multiobjective Optimization - Xavier Gandibleux, University of Nantes, France.
Tutorial II: Heuristic Techniques for Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization - Walter J. Gutjahr, University of Vienna, Austria.
Tutorial III: Metaheuristics - Richard F. Hartl, University of Vienna, Austria.
Tutorial IV: Scheduling issues in vehicle routing - Gilbert Laporte, CIRRELT, Montreal, Canada.
Tutorial V: Models and Algorithms forPassenger Railway Optimization Problems - Paolo Toth, Professor in Operations Research - University of Bologna, Italy.

Conference Venue:
The conference will be held at the Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria organized by the Institute of Production and Logistics Management.

The conference will take place in July, 16-20, 2012, at the campus of the Johannes Kepler University Linz.

Submission Requirements:
In order to attend ORP3 as a participant you must satisfy one of the following conditions: 
A young PhD student
A young post doctoral OR researcher (maximum two years after completing your doctoral thesis at the deadline for submission)

The selection of participants is made by the scientific committee on the basis of full paper submissions of publishable quality in an international OR journal.

Co-authored papers are acceptable as long as they are presented by a participant satisfying the aforementioned requirements.
The paper submission may be in a PDF or Postscript format sent to: orp3<στο>jku[dot]at

Registration Fee:
The registration fee is only 200 EUR. This includes all expenses (conference fee, meals, coffee breaks, accommodation, social program, conference dinner, preprints,...)

Important dates:
February 28, 2012 Extended deadline
April 30, 2012 Notification of acceptance
May 15, 2012 Deadline for registration


Special Issue:
A special or feature issue of Annals of Operations Research (AOR) will be published devoted to the ORP3 Meeting.
The deadline for the submission of the full paper will be in September, 2012.

Further Information: 
Send your request by e-mail to orp3@jku.at.
Website: orp3.jku.at