Fare Thee Well, Charlotte! We Appreciate the Great Southern Hospitality

Read the recap of INFORMS great Annual Meeting in the Queen City of the South. Great Southern hospitality was capped off by Duke Energy's visual tribute to INFORMS. (In case you are wondering, that is "INFORMS blue" lighting up Duke Energy's downtown headquarters.) Standing-room-only plenary and keynote talks, well-attended and high-quality technical sessions, vibrant interactive/poster presentations, robust and friendly subdivision events, great social gatherings, and an overall atmosphere of energy and excitement - this meeting had it all. Although not the record holder for attendance (Austin 2010 has that honor), preliminary numbers for Charlotte are just shy of the record, with 4,499 total attendees. Congratulations to the Organizing Committee, under the leadership of General Chair Cem Saydam and Program Chair Brian Denton, for putting the whole package together with such style. If you could not attend, you'll get the flavor of the meeting by perusing the 57 blog posts and hundreds of tweets from our more socially networked colleagues. Also, visit the four issues of eNews Daily, the official daily newsletter of the Annual Meeting, and it will seem like you were there!