ICORD 2015 - International Conference on Operational Research for Development 2015 (ICORD 2015)

The International Conference on Operational Research for Development 2015 (ICORD 2015) will be will be held from 3 to 4 in December this year at the Palm Village Hotel, Uswetakeiyava (North of Colombo) Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa.
ICORDs are organised in a workshop format. It provides adequate time for presentation by the participants followed by discussions. Formal discussants/ reviewer (amongst the participants) are identified for each paper based on the theme of the paper and interest of the participants, in addition to open discussion.
Having started in 1992, ICORDs have been making impacts on IFORS in terms of its activities related to development and developing countries. Since 1992, it has been organised in Brazil, India, Italy, Philippines, South Africa, and Tunisia. ICORDs have been having participants from academic, research and practicing community with interest/ involvement/ experience in development related issues and/ or developing countries. As the workshop is rather intense in its deliberations, it usually has around 30 participants. Focussed areas include broader context of education, health, community welfare, energy, environment, urban planning, agriculture, and the like.