Call for papers
ORBEL is the annual conference of the
SOGESCI-B.V.W.B.,the Belgian Operations Research (OR) Society, member of EURO,
the association of European OR Societies, and Belgian representative of
IFORS (International Federation of OR Societies).
The conference is intended as a meeting place for researchers, users and potential users of Operations Research, Statistics, Computer Science and related fields. It will provide managers, practitioners and researchers with a unique opportunity to exchange information on quantitative techniques for decision making.
Dates and location
Wednesday January 16,2008
SOGESCI-BVWB's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 January 2008 Yearly Belgian OR Conference
Royal Military Academy , Brussels
Conference chair
Hugo Pastijn (ERM-KMS)
Scientific committee
E.-H. Aghezzaf, R. Bisdorff, H. Bruneel,
D. Cattrysse, Y. Crama, B. De Baets,
Ph. Fortemps, B. Fortz, F. Glineur,
G. Janssens, P. Kunsch, E. Loute,
H. Pastijn, M. Pirlot, F. Plastria,
F. Riane, A. Sartenaer, K. Sörensen,
D. Van den Poel, H. Van Landeghem,
D. Van Oudheusden
Abstract submission
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract in LaTeX format (up to two A4 pages) using this template.
Electronic submission of this abstract through the conference web page is encouraged.
Alternatively, the Abstract (completed template) can be sent by email to 
.
Organised sessions
The conference will feature parallel sessions with the contributed talks.
In addition to these, in order to produce a more coherent and interesting conference program,
we plan to schedule organised sessions that would consist of three invited talks on a single common
or several closely related topics. We are therefore looking for sessions organisers:
if you are interested in setting up such a session, please send to
the title and authors of the three talks that constitute the session
(you can of course be yourself one of the three speakers).
The abstracts for these talks should be submitted by
electronic submission.
Standard overhead and LCD projectors will be available. Each contributed talk will be allocated 25 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of discussion time.
Plenary sessions
- SOGESCI-B.V.W.B. Thesis Award (ORBEL Award)
The prize for the best thesis will be awarded during the conference.
The competition is sponsored by OM Partners.
- On Wednesday afternoon, all participants are invited to attend the celebration of SOGESCI-B.V.W.B.'s 50th anniversary.
This event will take place at the Royal Military Academy.
More information see 50th anniversary.
Deadlines
December 15, 2007 Deadline for submission of abstracts
December 15, 2007 Deadline for early registration
Submission period of abstracts is closed.
All submission acceptances/refusals were notified to authors.
Registration fees
SOGESCI-B.V.W.B. membership is mandatory for all conference participants.
Standard registration with 2008 membership fee
(includes yearly subscription to the 4OR journal)
| EUR 145 |
Standard registration without 2008 membership fee
(if you are already a 2008 member or if your membership is covered by an institutional 2008 membership
| EUR 90 |
Student registration with free 2008 membership fee
(includes yearly subscription to the 4OR journal)
Warning : Student card will be required at the
conference registration desk | EUR 30 |
Registration for retired members with 2008 membership fee
(includes yearly subscription to the 4OR journal)
| EUR 115 |
All registration fees include two lunches (Thursday and Friday),
coffee breaks and the conference booklet of abstracts.
Additional fees
Conference banquet on the evening of Wednesday January 16 at a restaurant in Brussels
| EUR 50 |
Late registration fee
(for any registration received after December 15, 2007)
| EUR 25 |
Payment Information
All Participants are reminded to make payments before January 16, in order to secure their entrance clearance for the conference.
All payments should be made by bank transfer to account H.PASTIJN ORBEL ADF
210-0348910-53
with a communication mentioning "ORBEL22 + first and last name of participant".
In case of multiple registrations, please carry out a separate bank transfer for each participant.
For international payments, the IBAN account details are BE53 2100 3489 1053 with BIC (Swift) code GEBABEBB.