Optimization has long been a cornerstone for advancement of various industrial, government, and military applications. To highlight and support the role of optimization in current advances, and to promote interaction between researchers, the INFORMS Optimization Society launched a biannual conference starting in 2006. The 2006 Conference was held in San Antonio on February 3-5, 2006, and focused on "Optimization and HealthCare." The 2008 Conference was held in Atlanta on March 14-16, 2008 and focused on "Theory, Computation and Emerging Applications." The themes for the INFORMS Optimization Conference 2010 are "Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change."

The third conference is to be hosted by the Center for Applied Optimization and the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department of the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida on 26 - 28 February 2010, and will take place at the Hilton Conference Center.

Call for Papers and Abstracts
Intending contributors should submit abstracts of approximately 300 words, preferably by e-mail. The authors’ names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mails should be listed starting with the presenting author. Abstracts will be reviewed to determine whether they fall within the thematic topics of the conference. Please submit your abstracts to Alexey Sorokin.

Selected papers from the conference will be included in a special issue of the International Journal of Energy Sector Management.

Important Dates
Abstract submission begins: November 1, 2009
Abstract submission ends: November 20, 2009
Author notification for presentation: November 30, 2009

Contact

Panos M. Pardalos
Distinguished Professor
and University of Florida Research Foundation Professor
Director, Center for Applied Optimization
Industrial and Systems Engineering Department
303 Weil Hall, University of Florida
P.O. Box 116595
Gainesville, FL 32611-6595

Phone: (352) 392-9011 extension 2017
Fax: (352) 392-3537
Email: pardalos@ufl.edu

For further information and to register please visit the conference website at http://www.ise.ufl.edu/cao/escc2010