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All attendees receive free access to the INFORMS 2011 TutORials in Operations Research online book concurrently with the Meeting! For access, click here and LOG IN using your INFORMS username and password. Non-member meeting attendees: use the username and password you selected as part of the online registration process. You can order the 2011 book or previous volumes or CDs (2005-2010) through the TutORials website. For more information, visit INFORMS Booths #121-125-127.
The impressive list of plenary speakers includes Salah Elmaghraby, North Carolina State University; James Rogers, Duke Energy; Keith Collins, SAS; Barry Nelson, Northwestern University (Omega Rho Distinguished Lecture); Susan DeVore, Premier, Inc.; and the 2011 Daniel H. Wagner Prize winner. Keynotes will be presented by Yves Crama (IFORS Distinguished Lecture) and the 2011 Edelman Award winner, Midwest ISO.
Plant tours include the Duke Energy Building, boasting a green roof and efficient energy usage, and the Siemens Charlotte Turbine-Generator Center. Two guest tours are planned: one to the Carolina Raptor Center and Latta Plantation, and the second to Charlotte city sights. Click here for all details. If you have already registered, call 800-446-3676 or 443-757-3500, ext. 591 to add this workshop.
Be sure to stop by the General Interactive Sessions on Monday and Tuesday, 12:30-2:30pm, in the Ballroom Foyer. On display will be 50+ posters and laptop demonstrations each day on diverse ORMS topics. Authors will be on hand to describe their work during these times. Three prizes will be awarded each day to competition participants. Two subdivisions have incorporated focused poster sessions into their tracks: Health Applications, Monday, MA31, 8-9:30am, Convention Center, Room 217A; Quality, Statistics & Reliability, Monday, MB33, 11am-12:30pm, Convention Center, Room 217D.
Free wireless Internet is available in the Exhibit Hall, along with an email center with computers at the back of the hall. Name badges must be worn for admittance. Email center access will be available Sunday, 12-5pm; Monday and Tuesday, 9am-5pm; Wednesday, 9am-3pm.
INFORMS Communities encourage members and interested attendees to attend their meetings and receptions. For a complete listing click here.
Celebrate the achievements of your colleagues: Sunday, 8:30-9:45pm, Convention Center, Room 217. A dessert reception will be served following the ceremony which is open only to guests who attend the ceremony. Doors will close at 8:45pm.
Convention Center - Crown Ballroom & NASCAR Hall of Fame
Featuring a meal of real Southern cooking, with food buffets located in the Crown Ballroom. You can easily walk between the Ballroom and NASCAR, where you will receive a keycard providing access to all the interactive exhibits. Note that food and drink are not allowed in NASCAR.
The perfect venue to meet colleagues, visit the exhibits and enjoy light refreshments: Sunday, 7:30-9pm, Convention Center, Exhibit Hall.
New INFORMS members are invited to attend a welcome and orientation session, Sunday, 4:30-5:30pm, (Westin, Grand C, Level 2). INFORMS leaders will provide information on membership benefits, communities/subdivisions services and tips on how to navigate the INFORMS meeting.
