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Look through printed samples of INFORMS latest Focus On... Index at INFORMS Booth #125. INFORMS Focus On... collections bring together articles that address similar topics, practices, or regions from all the INFORMS journals. This index, "Focus on the Environment," features 18 articles on the successful application of operations research to combat environmental issues. The index will be available online after the Annual Meeting. Check out the other available indexes here.
Come to the INFORMS Booth for the latest information on INFORMS services, awards, activities, and product offerings. Pick up copies of INFORMS journals, magazines, and books. Ask for a demo of INFORMS PubsOnLine or speak to an INFORMS staff member to answer your membership or communities-related questions.
What's your social networking strategy for yourself or for INFORMS? We invite all contributors to IOL (our Institute website) and INFORMS social networking sites to come and meet face to face in Westin, Trade on Sunday, November 13, from 6-7pm. Join us for refreshments and drinks. We are your INFORMS Online community.
If you are a subdivision officer or webmaster and would like to learn more about optimizing your website, you'll want to attend INFORMS webmaster Shirley Mohr's technical session. This special training session introduces EZ Publish, a hassle-free and 'EZ' tool for quickly creating and updating websites without the need for web design experience or special software. Any community or Subdivision that wishes to utilize a ready-made INFORMS template and intuitive tools to create and maintain their website should attend. Special features you can incorporate include blogs, forums, password-protected areas, and analytics reports about your site. Session is Tuesday, November 15, 4:30-6pm in Charlotte Hall, Hilton.
Students will find lots of food, drink, and networking opportunities at a special career-focused student reception on Monday, November 14, 7:30-9:00pm at the Westin Grand C, Level 2. Professionals and academics will share advice in a special panel for those with their eyes on what happens after graduation. Get together with your friends at this special reception, which is sponsored by PROS Pricing.
Click here to join the Annual Meeting LinkedIn Group and connect with fellow attendees and discuss key topics of the day. Comment right now on the discussion of the week: Why do students attend the INFORMS Annual Meeting?
Be a part of the largest gathering of O.R. and analytics job seekers and employers. The Job Fair is free to meeting registrants. Employers must register for the Job Placement Service to participate. Direct questions to jps@mail.informs.org for more details.
INFORMS job placement services (JPS) at the Annual Meeting connect job seekers and employers in an informal atmosphere. You can take advantage of both the Job Fair (Sunday, noon to 5:00pm) and the Job Placement Service (Monday and Tuesday, 9am-5pm; and Wednesday, 9am-3pm). In addition, panel discussions on the meeting program focus on the academic job search (Tuesday, November 15, 8-9:30am in Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Westin) and the industry job search (Tuesday, 11am-12:30pm, in Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Westin.)
All exhibitors for the 2011 Annual Meeting are encouraged to rent attendee email addresses for use before and after the meeting. Email addresses are competitively priced for one-time use. However, exhibitors may rent email addresses multiple times on a first-come, first-served basis. For pricing, available slots and additional information, please contact our list rental management company:
INFOCUS Marketing
4245 Sigler Road, Warrenton, VA 20187
Phone: 800-708-5478
sales@infocusmarketing.com
www.infocusmarketing.com/datacard/informs-mtg
Exhibitors are also welcome to advertise in eNews Daily. Click here for advertising information.Payment can be made at INFORMS Booth #121.
Each morning of the Annual Meeting - Sunday through Wednesday - attendees will receive in their inbox an electronic copy of eNews Daily. eNews Daily features previews of the upcoming day's key events and recap of the previous day's happenings. Student reporters are still needed for eNews Daily. If interested, contact mary.leszczynski@informs.org. Click here to see one issue from last year.
