<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="OLE_LINK2">Dear colleagues,</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="OLE_LINK2"><br></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2">The
upcoming INFORMS Annual Meetings will be held in </a>Atlanta, Georgia, USA from October 26-29, 2025.
We are delighted to invite session chairs in the Artificial Intelligence (AI)
cluster at INFORMS 2025.
We encourage proposals that range over theories, applications, and
methodologies of Artificial Intelligence in addressing relevant issues of
research and practice. Chairing a session is a great way to serve the
community, interact people with common interests, and discuss interesting
research and practical problems.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As a
crucial role in the success of the conference, session chairs are trusted to
propose the theme of a session, invite four to five speakers, and run the 75-minute
session for the event. Note that INFORMS limits speakers to ONE presentation at
this year’s annual meeting.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To
facilitate the scheduling, important due dates are included below.</p>
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</span></span>April 17:
Deadline for collecting the intention of Session Chairs</p>
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</span></span>May 1: Deadline for Session Chairs to invite
Speakers</p>
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</span></span>May 15: Deadline for Speakers to submit
abstracts</p>
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</span></span>August 1: Deadline for Speakers’ registration</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you are interested
in chairing a session, please kindly send an email to <a href="mailto:yifan.yu@austin.utexas.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><b>yifan.yu@austin.utexas.edu</b></a><b> </b>by <b>April </b><b>10</b>, with a tentative session title
and favorably a brief description (optional). We look forward to your session
proposals!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Whether you
are available to chair a session or not, we would appreciate your help
forwarding this opportunity to other interested individuals or suggesting names
whom we should specifically invite to chair a session.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you
very much for your contribution!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best
Regards,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Yifan Yu</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Assistant Professor</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Information, Risk, and Operations Management</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">McCombs School of Business</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The University of Texas at Austin</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/yifan-yu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://sites.google.com/view/yifan-yu</a>
</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hao
(Howard) Zhong</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Associate Professor</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Information
and Operations Management</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">ESCP
Business School</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.escp.eu/zhong-hao" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.escp.eu/zhong-hao</a> </p>
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