ISMP2012 - General Information

21st International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2012)

The 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Programming will take place in Berlin, Germany, August 19-24, 2012. ISMP is a scientific meeting held every 3 years on behalf of the Mathematical Optimization Society. It is the world congress of mathematical optimization where scientists as well as industrial users of mathematical optimization meet in order to present the most recent developments and results and to discuss new challenges from theory and practice. more

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New participation record: more than 1700 talks and 2000 participants!
Program runs from Sunday 18:00 (grand opening ceremony and reception) until Friday 18:00.
The Scientific Program with search and calendar function is online and also available in the printed Book of Abstracts. The date and time of your talk can be checked here.
Speaker Information with guidelines and services for presentations
Satellite Events of ISMP 2012
Tours & Excursions for booking sightseeing tours
Updated Berlin Guide with additional links and corresponding Google Map
The Souvenir shop will be open during the conference.
A Lunch Guide will help you decide where to go during your break from 12 to 13.15 h.

Important Dates

Date		Place	Event
Sunday, August 19	15:00 – 18:00	Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt	Registration
Sunday, August 19	18.00	Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt	Opening Ceremony
Monday through Friday, August 20-24	9.00 - 18.00	TU Berlin	Scientific Program
Monday, August 20	18.00	TU Berlin, Lichthof	Welcome Reception
Wednesday, August 22	19:00	Haus der Kulturen der Welt ("House of the Cultures of the World")	Conference Dinner
Friday, August 24	18.00	TU Berlin, park area behind the main buliding	Farewell Gathering

Optimization Stories

This hard cover book, edited by Martin Groetschel, has 41 chapters and more than 460 pages. It covers a wide range of topics of the history of optimization in an entertaining way.
Every ISMP participant will receive one free copy of this book. The sales price is 70 Euros. For those ISMP participants who are interested in bringing an additional copy home (as a gift for a friend or as a valuable addition to their local library) the ISMP organizers offer a special sales price. Copies of the book can be purchased during the conference for 35 Euros.

Have a look at the contents, preface and introduction. PDF file

We are looking forward to seeing you at the ISMP 2012 in Berlin.

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