IFORS 2002 The sixteenth triennial conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, hosted by the UK Operational Research Society July 2002 The Theme of the conference is OR in a globalised, networked world economy.

From: Self To: Andres Weintraub Subject: IFORS2002 Cc: Peter Bell, Bob Abrams, and Graham Rand Date: Wed, 6 May :34:28 EST5EDT Dear Andres,...You, Peter, Bob and Graham caught be by surprise when we met and it took me several days to realize the challenge in organizing the program for the IFORS It is a big honor for me to serve in this capacity and I appreciate the trust and confidence you have given in me. For such an international conference to succeed, I will need the help and guidance of many individuals including all of you. I look forward to working with you on this major international event in Operations Research. Best regards and thanks again. Ben

Chair Ben Lev, USA Members: Suk-Gwon Chang, Korea Goutam Dutta, India John Friend, UK Michel Gendreau, Canada John Hearne, South Africa Phua Kang Hoh, Singapore Robin Keller, USA Jakob Krarup, Denmark Jan-Peter Lechner, Germany Sergio Maturana, Chile Fred Murphy, USA Costas Pappis, Greece John Ranyard, UK Giovanni Rinaldi, Italy Ruhul Sarker, Australia Zilla Sinuany-Stern, Israel Moshe Sniedovich, Australia Cid Carvalho de Souza, Brazil Luis Tavares, Portugal Tim Traynor, Canada Luk Van Wassenhove, France Rupert Weare, UK Yoshiyasu Yamada, Japan XiangSun Zhang, China PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Stream 1Stream 2Stream 43Contributed … Streams: 44 Streams Sessions: 235 Invited, 137 Contributed … Session 1Session 2Session 236Session 372 … Session 235 Program Committee Paper 3Paper 1Paper 2Paper 1061Paper 1059Paper 1060 Abstracts: 1,061 Papers by 1,800 co-authors …

Year: City: Oxford, U.K. Aix-en-Provence, France Oslo, Norway Boston, USA Venice, Italy Dublin, Ireland Tokyo/Kyoto, Japan Toronto, Canada Hamburg, Germany Washington, D.C., USA Buenos Aires, Argentina Athens, Greece Lisbon, Portugal Vancouver, Canada Beijing, China Edinburgh, Scotland Hawaii, USA Attendance: ,150* IFORS Conferences:

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Over the last two years IFORS2002 web site had about 40,000 hits I sent 10,000 (must have received similar amount).

I looked at the dictionary for the definition of volunteer work, A person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service: as a: one who enters into military service voluntarily b (1): one who renders a service or takes part in a transaction while having no legal concern or interest (2): one who receives a conveyance or transfer of property without giving valuable consideration But I would like to suggest a different definition in this context A volunteer is a person who takes time away from his family and spend it on IFORS.

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