2018 INFORMS International Conference in Taipei, Taiwan, from June 16^th to 20^th, 2018. This year’s theme is, “Innovative OR/Analytics and AI for a Better World”. The conference will be held at the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) and the Grand Hyatt Taipei.

The INFORMS 2018 Program Committee is committed to organizinga high quality program with diverse participants sharing their vision, knowledge and experience in Operational Research and Analytics.World leading plenary and keynote speakers from academia and industry as well as promising start-up companies willpresent state-of-the-art OR/Analytics and AI research and applications. The conference also offers tutorial track and theme-based industry tracks, including topics such as New Retail, Industrial 4.0, Smart Cites, Smart Healthcare, Smart Agriculture and FinTech.Ahackathon competition will be held to encourage rising talent’scontributionstoOR/Analytics and AI. Awards willbe given to outstanding teams from industry or academia as well as startups in these fields.

This conference presents excellent opportunities for you to present your OR/Analytics related work, to learn about the emerging technology and applications, and to network with international leaders of the profession.We sincerely invite you to  participate in the2018 INFORMS International Conference, and to be an integralpart of the great INFORMS community by organizing a session, giving a talk, and meeting new and old friends and colleagues! We are currently accepting and encouraging contributions of new, emerging and compelling ideas forthe tutorials, industrial tracks, and awards, as well as the hackathon.