The conference is sponsored by is the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®), a professional society.
The Sheraton is located in the Gila River Indian Community, 5594 W. Wild Horse Pass Blvd. Chandler, Arizona. The hotel is near the Maricopa Road exit on I-10.
Additional information is at http://www2.informs.org/Conf/Phoenix2003.
Highlights of the conference are:
- World Series of Technology" MONDAY, MAY 5: the Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. The competitors include:
- UPS (presenting their entry at 9:10 AM);
- Texas Children’s Hospital (10:30 AM),
- Canadian Pacific Railway (11:30 AM),
- Bank Hapoalim (2 PM),
- Hewlett-Packard (3:30 PM),
- Menlo Worldwide Forwarding (4:30 PM).
- Winner: The Tech World Series winner will be announced TUESDAY, MAY 6 AT 8 AM.
- Rocket Science Retailing - how stores can use point of sale data and technology to increase profits. With Prof. Marshall Fisher of the Wharton School, MONDAY, MAY 5, 10:30 AM.
- Essential Ideas to Improve Decision Making in business and life with "Smart Choices" author Prof. Ralph Keeney of Duke University, MONDAY, MAY 5, 11:30 AM.
- Modeling Credit Card Fraud - why this is a problem not only for banks but for government and consumers, too. With Dr. R. Michael Alliston, Managing Director, Numeracy LLC of New York, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 3 PM.
The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) is an international scientific society with 10,000 members, including Nobel Prize laureates, dedicated to applying scientific methods to help improve decision-making, management, and operations. Members of INFORMS work in business, government, and academia. They are represented in fields as diverse as airlines, health care, law enforcement, the military, the stock market, and telecommunications. The INFORMS website is at http://www.informs.org.