Fall 1996 INFORMS Meeting

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The Fall 1996 Meeting of INFORMS will be held November 3-6, 1996, at the Atlanta Hilton and Towers , 255 Courtland Street, in Atlanta, Georgia, (404)659-2000; for Hilton Reservations, call (800)445-8667 or click here. To receive the conference rate at the hotel, reservations must be made by October 12, 1996. INFORMS Online features a printable advance reservation form

The Meeting theme is International Business Logistics.

On behalf of INFORMS and the Atlanta Meeting Committee, Faiz A. Al-Khayyal, General Chair, would like to welcome you to Atlanta and the Fall 1996 INFORMS Meeting.

Program Highlights

Plenary and Keynote Addresses

James (Jim) P. Kelly
Vice-Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
United Parcel Service

George Gourlay
Senior Vice President
Coca Cola Company

William Pierskalla
Omega Rho Speaker
University of California at Los Angeles

Jonathan Rosenhead
Beale Award Recipient
London School of Economics

S. Botha, et al
1996 Edelman Prize winners
South African National Defense Force

Welcoming Session

Organization Science Meeting Within a Meeting

Software Tutorials Participants

Exhibitor Guide and Sotware Tutorials

Plant Tours

Recreational Tours of Atlanta

Registration

Registration Fees

Attendees are urged to pre-register for the conference; pre-registration is less expensive than on-site registration. All payments postmarked after the October 7 deadline will be charged the full, on-site registration fee (i.e, After 10/7 rate).

The registration fee allows admittance to all technical sessions, the general membership reception and to the exhibition area. Name badges MUST be worn to all INFORMS sessions, functions and events. Meals are NOT included in the registration fee. If you wish to attend the workshops, an additional workshop fee is required. All attendees, including speakers and sessions chairs, must register and pay the registration fee.

Registration Rates
[Hot Stuff] Before 10/7 After 10/7
INFORMS Member:$180.00$205.00
Non-Member:$220.00$245.00
Student/Retired Member:$65.00$65.00
Guest:$25.00$25.00

Note: There are NO daily registration rates.

Registration Forms

A form can be found on the first page in the Concise Meeting Bulletin accompanying the August 1996 issue of OR/MS Today.
INFORMS Online Atlanta 1996 page features both printable and on-line preregistration forms.
Preregistration forms must be postmarked by October 7, 1996.

Conference Bulletin

A concise version (no abstracts) of the meeting bulletin was published as a Supplement to the August 1996 issue of OR/MS Today.
An electronic version of the concise bulletin is available NOW at INFORMS Online.

Invited and Sponsored Papers

If you are interested in presenting at this or a future meeting, you will want to contact one of the many cluster chairs of invited and sponsored sessions. OR perhaps you would like to search for a specific cluster chair or topic. Cluster and session chairs should visit this page .

Contributed Papers

Call for Papers

Washington Meeting Supplement of February 1996 issue of OR/MS Today
INFORMS Online

Submission Forms

Submission Forms are available at INFORMS Online. There is an Abstract Submission Fee of $65.00 (payable to INFORMS Atlanta) which will be applied to your registration fee.

Exhibitor Information

For more information regarding Exhibitor space and how to obtain it, please click here!

To see a listing of exhibitors, please click here!

Contacts

You can see contact information or the local meeting committee.

Special Air Fares....Call 1-800-241-6760

Delta Air Lines is offering special rates which afford a 5% discount off Delta's published roundtrip fare* within the USA, Canada, San Juan and the U.S. Virgin Islands. *Applicable restrictions must be met and seats are limited.

Special zone fares are also available from all domestic cities served by Delta, including San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Nassau and Bermuda. The Zone Fares require your reservations be made at least 7 days in advance and stay a minimum of 2 days.

To take advantage of these discounts, follow these simple steps:

Call 1-800-241-6760 for your reservations 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m., Eastern Time Daily. Or have your travel agent call Delta's toll-free number to obtain these same advantages for you.
Refer to File Number SMN XV033.

Ground Transportation

From Hartfield Atlanta International Airport, you have several options for getting to the hotel.

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Atlanta

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The Atlanta Scene
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City.Net - Atlanta, Georgia
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Map of Metro Roadways

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University System of Georgia

Acknowledgement

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