BALCOR 2020: XIV Balkan Conference on Operational Research: “Operational Research in the Era of Digital Transformation and Business Analytics" University of Macedonia Thessaloniki, Greece, September 30-October 3, 2020 |
Conference website | http://balcor2020.uom.gr |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=balcor2020 |
Abstract registration deadline | June 28, 2020 |
Submission deadline | June 28, 2020 |
Early-bird registration | August 9, 2020 |
XIV Balkan Conference on Operational Research (BALCOR 2020)
“Operational Research in the Era of
Digital Transformation and Business Analytics”
Thessaloniki, Greece
30 September- 3 October 2020
Call for Papers
It is our pleasure to invite you to XIV Hybrid Balkan Conference on Operational Research (Hybrid BALCOR 2020), which will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece (University of Macedonia), during 30 September – 3 October, 2020.
The XIV Balkan Conference on Operational Research (Hybrid BALCOR 2020) will be co-organized by the Department of Applied Informatics at the University of Macedonia (Information Systems and e-Business Laboratory) and the Hellenic Operational Research Society (HELORS).
Organization of the Conference
We would like to inform you that, due to the Covid-19, the conference will be transformed into a Hybrid BALCOR and will be organized in the following two ways:
- Physical presentation: Participants will meet at the conference venue and will deliver oral presentations of papers if allowed by EU and Greeks regulations at that time. Social and other parallel activities could be adapted according to the imposed health restrictions.
- Remotely presentation: Participants will join the conference through the Internet, without traveling to Thessaloniki.
Participants at the conference will be able to choose one of the two ways.
The type of participation could be chosen by authors until 9th August 2020.
In order to ensure that the Conference is held in all cases, we will ask all participants to submit a video with their presentation (MP4) by September 4, 2020. By submitting the video, the delegates will accept the publication and dissemination of their video presentations through the digital channels of the conference, which will be available to the public. We hope that the above is understandable due to the current situation and the restrictions of GDPR.
Due to this fact, the date for submission of articles is extended to 31 May 2020.
Scope
Conference Topics
The Conference welcomes conceptual, methodological, and empirical contributions in all fields of Operational Research and Management Science. We invite all researchers, academicians, practitioners, as well as students to participate in the Conference and present their current research in Operational Research with applications in several business areas (e.g., agrifood, banking, cultural heritage, e-business, economics, education, energy, finance, health, ICT, public sector, retail, tourism) in support of various business operations (e.g., human resources, logistics, marketing and sales, production, innovation, strategic planning) by means of methodological tools or techniques. Details on the topics can be found on the conference website: http://balcor2020.uom.gr.
Call for Workshops and Special Sessions
We invite those who are interested in organizing Workshops or Special Sessions to submit a relevant proposal (Workshop/Session title, organizers, description). In case you are interested in organizing a Workshop or a Session during BALCOR 2020, please feel free to contact the conference Chairs at: balcor2020@uom.edu.gr
Important Dates
Submission deadline for Abstracts (MS Word) (300 words) |
May 31, 2020 |
Notification of Abstracts acceptance |
June 7, 2020 |
Submission of Short Papers (MS Word) (5 pages) |
June 28, 2020 |
Notification of Short Papers acceptance |
July 22, 2020 |
Camera-ready Short Papers |
August 2, 2020 |
Early-bird registration |
August 9, 2020 |
Late registration |
September 4, 2020 |
Conference |
September 30-October 3, 2020 |
Publications
Book of Abstracts
The abstracts approved for presentation will be included in the Book of Abstracts that will be distributed at the beginning of the Conference.
Book of Conference Proceedings (ISBN)
All accepted Short Papers will be published in the electronic Book of Conference Proceedings with an ISBN.
Publication in Special Issues (Announcement of new ones is expected)
The following special issue will be devoted to papers presented in the conference:
- International Journal of Decision Support Systems, Inderscience
- International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics, Inderscience
Conference Chairs
Kitsios, F. (University of Macedonia, Greece)
Matsatsinis, N. (Technical University of Crete, Greece)
Organizing Committee
Aretoulis, G. (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Delias, P. (International Hellenic University)
Kamariotou, M. (University of Macedonia)
Madas, M. (University of Macedonia)
Papathanassiou, J. (University of Macedonia)
Stiakakis, E. (University of Macedonia)
Vergidis, K. (University of Macedonia)
Ziakis, Ch. (University of Macedonia)
Secretariat
Hellenic Operational Research Society
Mrs Georgia Mouriadou
Email: eeee@otenet.gr
Tel: +30 210 3807532, Fax: +30 210 3807807
Contacts
- Website: http://balcor2020.uom.gr
- E-mail: balcor2020@uom.edu.gr