Plenary and Keynote Presentations

An impressive list of plenary speakers includes Richard O'Lear, Defense Science Board; William Pulleyblank, U.S. Military Academy (Philip McCord Morse Lecture); Edward Prescott (Omega Rho Distinguished Lecture); and a joint SMDM-INFORMS plenary on Wednesday afternoon. Keynotes will be presented by George Poste, Arizona State University; the 2012 Edelman Award winner TNT Express; Alan Gara, Intel Corp.; Wallace Hopp, University of Michigan; Christopher Lofgren, Schneider National; Paolo Toth, University of Bologna (IFORS Distinguished Lecture); the 2012 UPS George D. Smith Prize Winner, University of Michigan, Tauber Institute for Global Operations; Caryl Brzymialkiewicz, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and the 2012 Daniel H. Wagner Prize winner. Click here for abstracts.