IFORS 2002

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IFORS 2002

• The sixteenth triennial conference of the
  International Federation of Operational Research
  Societies, hosted by the UK Operational Research
  Society 8 - 12 July 2002
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• The Theme of the conference is
• OR in a globalised, networked world economy.

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• From Self ltFOB-F1/BLEVgt
• To Andres Weintraub
• Subject IFORS2002
• Cc Peter Bell, Bob Abrams, and Graham Rand
• Date Wed, 6 May 1998 153428 EST5EDT
• Dear Andres,
• ...You, Peter, Bob and Graham caught be by
  surprise when we met and it took me several days
  to realize the challenge in organizing the
  program for the IFORS 2002. It is a big honor
  for me to serve in this capacity and I appreciate
  the trust and confidence you have given in me.
  For such an international conference to succeed,
  I will need the help and guidance of many
  individuals including all of you.
• I look forward to working with you on this major
  international event in Operations Research.
• Best regards and thanks again.
• Ben

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PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

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• Chair Ben Lev, USA
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• Members
• Suk-Gwon Chang, Korea
• Goutam Dutta, India
• John Friend, UK
• Michel Gendreau, Canada
• John Hearne, South Africa
• Phua Kang Hoh, Singapore
• Robin Keller, USA
• Jakob Krarup, Denmark
• Jan-Peter Lechner, Germany
• Sergio Maturana, Chile
• Fred Murphy, USA
• Costas Pappis, Greece

John Ranyard, UK Giovanni Rinaldi, Italy Ruhul
Sarker, Australia Zilla Sinuany-Stern,
Israel Moshe Sniedovich, Australia Cid Carvalho
de Souza, Brazil Luis Tavares, Portugal Tim
Traynor, Canada Luk Van Wassenhove, France Rupert
Weare, UK Yoshiyasu Yamada, Japan XiangSun Zhang,
China
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Program Committee
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IFORS Conferences
Year 1957 1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981
1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005
City Oxford, U.K. Aix-en-Provence, France Oslo,
Norway Boston, USA Venice, Italy Dublin,
Ireland Tokyo/Kyoto, Japan Toronto,
Canada Hamburg, Germany Washington, D.C.,
USA Buenos Aires, Argentina Athens,
Greece Lisbon, Portugal Vancouver,
Canada Beijing, China Edinburgh, Scotland Hawaii,
USA
Attendance                         768 922 969 1,
150  
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Country Distribution
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• Over the last two years
• IFORS2002 web site had about 40,000 hits
• I sent 10,000 email (must have received similar
  amount).

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• I looked at the dictionary for the definition of
  volunteer work, A person who voluntarily
  undertakes or expresses a willingness to
  undertake a service as a one who enters into
  military service voluntarily b (1) one who
  renders a service or takes part in a transaction
  while having no legal concern or interest (2)
  one who receives a conveyance or transfer of
  property without giving valuable consideration
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• But I would like to suggest a different
  definition in this context
• A volunteer is a person who takes time away from
  his family and spend it on IFORS.

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• HAVE FUN in Edinburgh