John Hopes President, The OR Society

Welcome! Some housekeeping: fire drill emergency exit toilets refreshments

Today: 3 sources

OR and the OR Society Operational Research (OR): OR Society: uses science, maths, IT and data/evidence, to help managers improve productivity and effectiveness Computational modelling is core to OR and OR people OR Society: learned society, charity, membership body that promotes knowledge and understanding of OR Home of computational modelling for 60 years

Plan for the day Introduction and welcome Welcome from the ORS and BEIS (Andrew Paterson, Business and Local Growth) Prof David C Lane: What are we doing here today? A modeller’s perspective Dervilla Mitchell CBE: The power of computational modelling Coffee Computational Modelling in action: 11-1 7 examples of how computational modelling has transformed productivity, insight and outcomes Lunch and exhibits Getting to grips with computational modelling: 2pm-4pm Choose two of four one-hour workshops Panel Q&A: 4-4.45 Everything you wanted to know about computer modelling but were afraid to ask Wine, nibbles and exhibits: 4.45-5.30

Aim: to Inspire and to Enable Morning talks: to inspire you with the potential Afternoon workshops, discussion and networking: to help you get started The app and the bags: to help you take it forward