Established in 1995, the purpose of the Forum for Women in OR/MS is:

• To encourage interest in the field of operations research and the management sciences
• To encourage discussion and interaction among individuals having interest in the issues facing women and their relationship to the profession of operations research and the management sciences
• To advise the INFORMS Board on aspects of issues facing women in the profession of operations research and the management sciences and to keep the INFORMS Board apprised of developments in this area

Events Organized by WORMS at 2012 INFORMS Annual Meeting:

• WORMS Business Meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 15 at Convention Center North Room 228A, 6:15-7:15PM
• WORMS Luncheon is scheduled for Tuesday, October 16 at the Hyatt Regency C, 12:30-1:30PM
• 2012 WORMS Sponsored Sessions, all in North 229 A convention center
  • SD45: Panel Discussion: WORMS: Advice on Promotion to Full from Associate Professor (moderator: Mary Kurz, Clemson University) Sunay 4:30pm-6pm
  • MD45: Best of WORMS - Three women in OR/MS present their highly influential work published in INFORMS journals in 2011 (chair: Eva Regnier, NPS) Monday 4:30pm-6pm
  • TC45: Panel Discussion on Women in Engineering: Publishing, Recruitment and Retention (chair: Laura McLay, VCU) Tuesday 1:30pm-3pm

Events Organized by WORMS at 2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting:

• WORMS Business Meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 14 at Convention Center, Room 209A, 6:15-7:15PM
• WORMS Luncheon is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15 at Westin Grand C. 12:30-1:30PM
• 2011 WORMS Sponsored Sessions:
  • Best of WORMS - Three women in OR/MS present their highly influential work published in INFORMS jounrals in 2010. - Sunday, Nov. 13, 13:30-15:00
  • Panel Discussion: Can We Do Anything About Women Dropping Out of Academia? - Sunday, Nov. 13, 16:30-18:00
  • Panel Discussion: Panel Session: Leaders Offer Professional Advice to Women and Men. Monday, Nov. 14, 08:00-09:30

News:
Congratulations to Dr. Berna Dengiz, a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Başkent University in Turkey, who received the 2011 WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women in OR/MS!

WORMS Events at the 2010 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Austin, TX:

WORMS Business Luncheon (Tuesday, November 9th)

2010 WORMS Sponsored Sessions:

• Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Women and Men in the Profession
• Joint Session WORMS/JFIG: Panel Discussion: Balancing Work and Life
• Panel Discussion: Excellence and Diversity in Academia
• WORMS Keynote Session

News:
Congratulations to Dr. Brenda Dietrich, an IBM Fellow and Vice President of the Business Analytics and Mathematical Sciences Department at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, who received the 2010 WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women in OR/MS!

Get the word out! Make sure to nominate outstanding women in OR/MS for INFORMS Awards and Prizes.

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