COMMITTEE
General Chair

Kent Kostuk
Industrial Engineering Manager
Federated Co-operatives Limited
Program Chair

Hamed Samarghandi
Assistant Professor
Edward School of Business
University of Saskatchewan
Program Committee
Mehran Hojati
hojati@edwards.usask.ca
Edwards School of Business
University of Saskatchewan
Council Chair

Fredrik Odegaard
Associate Professor
Ivey School of Business
Western University
Communications Manager
Conference Management Services
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CLUSTER CHAIRS
Business & Data Analytics
Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
Energy, Natural Resources & the Environment
Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University
Forestry and OR
Département de Génie Production Automatisée, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Université du Québec
Healthcare Operations
School of Health Administration, Dalhousie University
Military, Defense & Security Applications
Center for Operational Research and Analysis, Defence Research and Development Canada / Government of Canada
Optimization and Network Analysis
Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle, Université de Montréal
Other Topics
Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan
Queueing Theory
Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta
Revenue Management - in honor of Prof. Jeff McGill
Smith School of Business, Queen's University
Scheduling and Constraint Programming
Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering, Concordia University
Stochastic Models and Simulation
Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, Western University
Education and OR
Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta
Finance and Fintech
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Forestry and OR
Département de Génie Mécanique, Université Laval
Military, Defense & Security Applications
Center for Operational Research and Analysis, Defence Research and Development Canada / Government of Canada
Operations & Service Management
Lazsridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Optimization and Network Analysis
Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle, Université de Montréal
Queueing Theory
Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
Revenue Management - in honor of Prof. Jeff McGill
Smith School of Business, Queen's University
Scheduling and Constraint Programming
Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering, Concordia University
Sports & Entertainment Analytics
Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan
Transportation and Logistics
DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
PRIZES
Tasseda Boukherroub
Département de Génie Production Automatisée, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Université du Québec
Practice Prize Competition
Département de Génie Mécanique, Université Laval
Student Paper Competition
Open & Undergraduate Category
Anjali Awasthi
Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science,
Concordia University
Valérie Bélanger
Département de gestion des opérations et de la logistique, HEC Montréal