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ORAHS International Seminar Series โ 36th Talk: Dr. Pieter van den Berg (Erasmus University, NL) Evaluating and Optimizing the Impact of Community First Responders | 21 April 2026, 16:00 CEST
Join us for the 36th ORAHS International Seminar!
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21 April 2026 | ๐ 16:00 CET
Featuring Dr. Pieter van den Berg (Erasmus University, NL)
Topic: Evaluating and Optimizing the Impact of Community First Responders
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The 52nd Annual Meeting of the ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ #๐๐๐๐๐
July 19โ24, 2026 Belfast, NI.
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Welcome to the 52nd annual meeting of the EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services. ORAHS provides a network for researchers involved in the application of systematic and quantitative analysis in support of planning and management in the health services sector. The meeting is open to anyone with a quantitative background and those who have interest in the subject area. The ORAHS 2026 Conference will take place in Belfast, Northern Ireland 19.07.2026 to 24.07.2026, at Queenโs University Belfast. To contact the Organising Committee please use ORAHS2026@qub.ac.uk.
ORAHS 2026: Transforming healthcare systems through digital innovation and artificial intelligence. QUB July 19 - 24, 2026.
24.04 โ Submission Deadline
15.05 โ Early Bird Registration Deadline
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ORAHS 2026: Transforming healthcare systems through digital innovation and artificial intelligence.
The conference will be hosted at Queenโs University Belfast, July 19 - 24, 2026.
24.04.26 โ Submission Deadline
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๐ข Plenary speakers for #ISMP2027
We are pleased to announce the plenaries for the 26th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming:
Daniel Bienstock
Jim Luedtke @optimizer.bsky.social
Thomas Rothvoss
Katya Scheinberg
Defeng Sun
๐๏ธ July 25โ30, 2027โจ
๐Amsterdam
๐ ismp2027.mathopt.nl
#MOS
the mani building of the Wueen's University Belfast at night
Are your ready for the next ORAHS conference?
The conference will be hosted at Queenโs University Belfast, July 19 - 24, 2026.
Here you can find some information to plan your participation: orahs.di.unito.it/docs/orahs20...
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Based on data updated in December, a tipping point is near. That is, when another thirteen universities cease activity or announce they are leaving X, more universities will be off X than on. Indeed this tipping point may already have been reached, making universities that engage with X the minority
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our #openaccess book on "branch-and-price" is finally published; you can download it here link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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The entire ORAHS family joins in sending our condolences to Sally Brailsford and her family for the loss of her husband Chris Potts.
Complete update of our website: events for 2026, the new board and the latest winner of the Steve Gallivan Award.
In addition, the announcement of the special issue on news, and updates to the meetings and repository sections.
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2026 is shaping up to be an eventful year for the ORAHS community.
July: 52nd Annual Conference in Belfast
Sept: ESI XXXVIII in Aachen
Check the website: orahs.di.unito.it
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Making Operations Research More Accessible: Insights from the Rise of Machine Learning
by Tho V. Le , Laura A. Albert , Thibaut Vidal
Published Online: 14 Aug 2025
Open access: doi.org/10.1287/ijds...
Picture of the ORAHS 2023 conference bag on the Sardinia beach
Time to relax #ORAHS
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#ORAHS2025 day 5.
After the business meeting and the closing session, the conference ends.
See you next year in Belfast for the 52th ORAHS conference and Aachen for the third EURO Summer Winter Institute on Healthcare.
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Finally the midnight sun and the making of the participant group photo!
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At the social dinner we assigned the Steve Gallivan Award.
Congratulations to the winner and to the two runners-up.
Then the usual delivery of gifts to the organisers from the next conference organizers.
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#ORAHS2025 day 4.
For the practitioner day, the conference moves to St Olavs Hospital where Lina Grรคnnรถ gaves her plenary in "Transforming healthcare delivery through data-driven organizational development and strategic planning".
Then sessions with researchers and practitioners as speakers.
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#ORAHS2025 day 3.
This year the usual boat trip was planned slightly different from the usual.
We had good time at Haven visiting the surroundings by boat and by walking.
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