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Registration will be located in the Phoenix Convention Center, West 301 BCD (West Building, 300 Level). Hours are: Saturday, 7am-7pm; Sunday-Tuesday, 7am-5pm; Wednesday, 7am-4:30pm.

If you haven't registered yet, do it now and avoid lines at on-site registration. Online registration is open through Thursday, October 11 at 11:59pm EST; after that, you must register onsite. Please note if you have a balance due when you arrive, be sure to stand in one of the "On-site" registration lines.

Computer projectors will be available in every technical session room. Please bring your own laptop (or plan to share with another presenter) and AC power adaptor. Technical assistance will be available for any AV problems. During technical sessions, please turn off cell phones and other mobile devices. Also note that use of cameras and recording devices is prohibited unless you have received prior permission from the speaker. Click here for additional speaker information.

Click to view a map showing the location of the Convention Center, Hyatt, Renaissance and additional hotels. Signage at the Second Street entrance of the Convention Center (West Building) will indicate how to get to INFORMS registration and other events.

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There are three ways to get from the airport to the Convention Center and downtown hotels: Valley Metro Light Rail, shuttle, or taxi. Valley Metro is $1.75 (one-way), Super Shuttle $13, and taxi approximately $18. Complete information, including hours of operation, is here.

The INFORMS Annual Meeting will be the first opportunity for the newly elected members of the 2013 Board of Directors to observe (or become reacquainted with) the INFORMS board in action prior to taking office. Congratulations to new and returning board members who won the INFORMS election, which concluded on September 30.

President Elect: Stephen Robinson
Treasurer: Nick Hall (returning for a 2nd term)
VP Publications: M. Eric Johnson
VP Education: Joel Sokol (returning for a 2nd term)
VP IT: Bjarni Kristjansson (returning for a 2nd term)
VP Meetings: Bill Klimack (returning for a 2nd term)

October 14-17, 2012, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona
http://meetings.informs.org/phoenix2012 

Modeling an election as crucial as the one for the President of the United States is a challenge - and a thrill. Allan Lichtman of American University and Sheldon Jacobson of the University of Illinois discuss their contrasting methods and their surprising agreement on who will be the winner of the November election. Listen to their podcast and make sure to check out their session at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, as well as the articles about their work in OR/MS Today and Analytics Magazine.

Interfaces - Call for Papers
Special Issue on "Operations Research in Freight Transportation and Logistics "
Transportation and logistics have a growing importance in a global economy. As parts and products travel longer distances over more modes of transport, supply chains become more fragile, complex, and costly to manage. As transportation and logistics costs rise in importance, inventory, handling, lot size, and mode choice decisions have a larger effect on corporate profitability. From a public welfare perspective, secure and sustainable world freight transport system concerns must be balanced with efficient transportation and logistics networks. Access the Call for Papers to learn more. The submission deadline is November 15, 2012.

Information Systems Research - New Two-Part Issue
Access the 26 new articles and research notes in the September 2012 - Part 1 and September 2012 - Part 2 issues of Information Systems Research. Subscribe to the INFORMS PubsOnLine Suite for only $99 and gain access to all 13 journals back to volume 1, issue 1.

• "The Productivity of Information Technology Investments: New Evidence from IT Labor Data"
• "An Empirical Analysis of the Contractual and Information Structures of Business Process Outsourcing Relationships"
• "Information, Technology, and Information Worker Productivity"
• "Advertising Strategies in Electronic Retailing: A Differential Games Approach"

Operations Research - New Issue
Read the 18 new articles in the just released July/August 2012 issue of Operations Research. Read "In this Issue" for highlights of all the articles in the issue. Access the IPOL Portal for information on all INFORMS current journal content and publications news.

• "Bullwhip Effect Measurement and Its Implications"
• "Learning Consumer Tastes Through Dynamic Assortments"
• "Priority Assignment in Emergency Response"

Decision Analysis - New Issue
Go to the six new articles in the September 2012 issue of Decision Analysis. Go to the Publications site for updates on all INFORMS publications.

• "Sharing Rewards Among Strangers Based on Peer Evaluations"
• "Communicating Analytic Results: A Tutorial for Decision Consultants"
• "Resource Allocation for Homeland Defense: Dealing with the Team Effect"

Management Science - New Issue
Read the 11 new articles in the September 2012 issue of Management Science. "Management Insights" provides you with a brief overview of all the new papers.

• "How Near-Miss Events Amplify or Attenuate Risky Decision Making"
• "The Relational Advantages of Intermediation"
• "Link to Success: How Blogs Build an Audience by Promoting Rivals"

Don't Let Your Library Eliminate Your 2013 INFORMS Journal Subscriptions!
Direct your librarian or administrator to our new 2013 institutional subscription rates available on the INFORMS Librarian Portal.

The 2013 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program is accepting applications now through Friday, November 30, 2012 at 5pm EST. Visit the website at https://sffp.asee.org/ to learn more about the program and start the application process.