Call for site proposals ICCOPT 2013

The ICCOPT Steering Committee of the Mathematical Optimization Society:

Tamas Terlaky, Chair <terlaky@lehigh.edu>,
Lorenz Biegler <biegler@cmu.edu>
Immanuel Bomze <immanuel.bomze@univie.ac.at>
Xiaojun Chen <maxjchen@polyu.edu.hk>
Mike Friedlander <mpf@cs.ubc.ca>
Jacek Gondzio <J.Gondzio@ed.ac.uk>
Andy Philpott <a.philpott@auckland.ac.nz>
Annick Sartenaer <annick.sartenaer@fundp.ac.be>

is requesting proposals to organize ICCOPT IV, the 2013 International Conference on Continuous Optimization of the Mathematical Optimization Society.

ICCOPT is the flagship conference of the MOS in the area of continuous optimization. It is held every three years. For information about the past ICCOPT conferences visit the WEB-sites:

http://eaton.math.rpi.edu/iccopt/
http://iccopt-mopta.mcmaster.ca
and http://www.iccopt2010.cmm.uchile.cl/

The next ICCOPT conference is scheduled for August 2013.

The ICCOPT Steering Committee is soliciting proposals to organize ICCOPT IV in August 2013, including the site and the Organizing Committee.

Selection criteria:

1. Existence of continuous optimization researchers in that geographic area who are interested in organizing ICCOPT IV.
2. Attendance open to prospective participants from all nations.
3. Availability of an attractive facility with a sufficient number of meeting rooms, standard lecture equipment, etc., preferably at a university campus.
4. Availability of a sufficient supply of reasonably economical hotel and/or university dormitory rooms fairly near the meeting facility.
5. Vicinity of a major traffic/air hub is an advantage.
6. In particular, sites outside of the Americas are encouraged to apply.

Some characteristics of previous ICCOPT conferences:
1. About 450 participants.
2. Plenary, semiplenary lectures, invited and contributed sessions, poster session and poster competition.
3. The length of the previous conferences were 3 or 4 days.
4. A 2 day long tutorial workshop for graduate students.
5. All inclusive conference (coffee and lunches).
6. Young Researchers Prize in Continuous Optimization.
7. Program and Prize committees formed in consultation with the Steering Committee.
8. Social events, student's social, banquet.
9. Reasonably low registration fee (the ICCOPT Steering Committee will assist with the solicitation of sponsorship)
10. No proceedings of papers, no competitive selection of talks, but only one presentation per paid participant.

Further information can be obtained from any member of the steering committee.

Submission deadline: 10 July 2011 to the Chair of the ICCOPT Steering Committee:
Tamas Terlaky <terlaky@lehigh.edu>