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FOCUS ON PRACTICE

Real-world applications are the focus of a special program, designed for both practitioners and academics. Each 1½-hour session offers a presentation by an invited speaker or panel discussion, with presenters from leading companies and universities. Highlights include:

 
FEATURED SESSIONS
Lloyd Clarke, ILOG, Cluster Chair
  • Best Practices in Transportation
  • Supply Chain Optimization for the Retail Industry
  • Industry/Academic Collaboration: Panel Featuring INFORMS Roundtable Members
  • Optimization in Transportation and Warehousing
Frederic Murphy, Temple University, Cluster Chair
Sessions Sponsored by CPMS, The Practice Section of INFORMS
  • Towards a Theory of the Practice of OR/MS
  • Building an OR Tools Business
  • The OR Consulting Business
  • Developing a Career in OR Practice
2003 FRANZ EDELMAN AWARD REPRISE
Sponsored by CPMS, The Practice Section of INFORMS
Thomas Spencer, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Cluster Chair
  • First Place: Canadian Pacific Railway and MultiModal Applied Systems
    Perfecting the Scheduled Railroad: Model-Driven Operating Plan Development
  • Second-Place: United Parcel Service, MIT and US Air Force Academy
    Planning the United Parcel Service Air Network

DANIEL H. WAGNER PRIZE COMPETITION
Sponsored by CPMS, The Practice Section of INFORMS
Joseph Discenza, SmartCrane, Cluster Chair
Contestants from GE Plastics, Lucent, University of North Carolina and other organizations present their best projects in this competition that emphasizes the quality and coherence of implemented OR work.

OR IN PRACTICE POSTER DISPLAY
Keith Hollingsworth, Morehouse College, Chair
This poster session on implemented projects is open continually during the meeting. It's a great way to showcase your organization's work. For information on submitting a poster, go to http://www.informs.org/Conf/Atlanta2003/posters.htm.

ACADEMIC/PRACTITIONER INTERFACE LUNCH
Don't miss this opportunity to network with colleagues from both industry and academia. INFORMS leaders and practice program speakers will facilitate roundtable discussions focusing on academic-practitioner collaboration. Tuesday, October 21, 12:30-1:30pm. Sign up when you register for the meeting. Price: $25.

…AND MORE
Don't miss the Isolated Practitioners Workshop and reception, designed especially for practitioners who work independently. And you can take advantage of plant tours of the Delta Air Lines cargo terminals and the aircraft production facilities at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. All these events, plus software demonstrations and tutorials on the technical program, offer great benefits to practitioners.

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