The International Conference on OperationsResearch 2024 in Munich brought together over 700 researchers and industry leaders who shared their latest insights in Operations Research, Management Science, Data Science, and Analytics.
The three plenary talks were delivered by Dolores Romero Morales (Professor of Operations Research, Copenhagen Business School) on "Fairness and Transparency in AI: An OR Perspective", Paul Klemperer (Edgeworth Professor of Economics, University of Oxford) on "Multiproduct Auction Design", and Paul Bixby (Advisor and Co-founder Gurobi GmbH) on "History of Computational Progress in LP and MIP".
Semi-plenary talks were given by Axel Parmentier (Professor and Chairholder of the AI for the Air Transport Industry Research Chair, École nationale des ponts et chaussées), Tarkan Tan (Professor and Chairholder of the Chair of Sustainable Operations Management, University of Zurich), Mathias Goebelt (SAP), Stein W. Wallace (Professor of Operational Research and Leader of the Centre for Shipping and Logistics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) Bergen), Angelika Wiegele (Professor of Mathematics, University of Klagenfurt), Victor Martinez de Albeniz (Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, IESE Business School), Carolina Osorio (Professor and Chairholder of the Scale AI Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence for Urban Mobility and Logistics, HEC Montréal, Google Research), and Anthony Papavasiliou (Assistant Professor, National Technical University of Athens).
Attendees participated in hands-on workshops and sessions, including "Modeling and Solving Routing Problems" with Léa Blaise and Julien Darlay, and "Gurobi under the Hood" with Robert Luce.
The conference also celebrated excellence by recognizing the winners of the GOR PhD, Company, Master's Thesis, and Young Researcher Awards. PhD students engaged in the Dokt!OR program, which featured panels on career development and publishing in leading academic journals.
Beyond the academic content, participants experienced the local culture through a Bavarian reception at Augustiner Bräustuben, complete with traditional food and music, and a memorable conference dinner overlooking the Olympic Games 1972 site. Excursions to the BMW plant, the historic Spaten Brewery, and the stunning Nymphenburg Palace added to the rich cultural experience in Munich.
We thank the organizers who contributed to making this conference a success: Rainer Kolisch, Martin Grunow, Martin Bichler, Gudrun Kiesmüller, Stefan Minner, Maximilian Schiffer, Andreas Schulz, Stefan Weltge, Prof. Dr. Matthias Amen, Malte Fliedner, Prof. Dr. Jutta Geldermann, Alexander Martin, Stefan Ruzika, Norbert Trautmann, Margaretha Gansterer OR 2024 Munich
