Tuesday, March 9, 2010

[DMANET] CFP: ORAHS 2010 Conference, 18-23 July 2010

**** Conference Announcement and first Call For Papers ****

XXXVI ORAHS International Conference -- July 18-23, 2010 -- Genova, Italy

Website: http://orahs2010.diem.unige.it

The 36th ORAHS (Operational Research Applied to Health Services) conference
will take place in Genova, Italy, between July 18 and July 23. The conference
venue is the School of Economics, University of Genova.

We welcome all researchers and practitioners that have an interest in applying
operational research techniques to problems that are encountered in health
services. The theme of the ORAHS 2010 conference is "OR for patient-centered
healthcare delivery".

On line registration for the conference is now open. It is also possible to
book on line your accommodation in Genova.

The CFP is available here: http://www.diem.unige.it/orahs2010/docs/CFP-ORAHS2010.pdf
Below you can find some details.

For the organizing committee, Roberto Aringhieri

Abstract Submission

All participants who wish to present their work at the conference have to
submit a one page abstract (300 words), including the authors' name,
affiliation, and contact information.
Please follow the "Abstract submission guidelines" reported in the website.
Deadline: April 15, 2010.

Invited Sessions

We encourage the organization of invited sessions within the technical
scope of the conference. Each session typically contains 4 or 5 papers.
Session proposals must be submitted by the session organizer/s, before
April 10, 2010 via e-mail to orahs2010.session@gmail.com.
The proposal should contain the title and theme of the session and a list
of paper titles, names and email addresses of the corresponding authors.
The abstracts belonging to the invited session are submitted directly by
the authors following the "Abstract submission guidelines" and quoting the
invited session title.

Conference Proceedings Book

All participants, who already submitted an abstract, can also submit an
extended abstract (maximum 6 pages), which will appear in the conference
proceedings book (with ISBN) edited by Franco Angeli Edition and distributed
during the conference. Please follow the "Conference Proceedings submission
guidelines" reported in the website.
Deadline: June 1, 2010.

pecial Issues

After the conference, authors have the opportunity to submit a full paper
for publication in a special volume edited by Springer.
All participants could also consider to submit a full paper for publication
in the special issue "OR for health care delivery" of Computers and Operations
Research. Submission details will be provided during the conference and via
website.

Important dates

- 10 April 2010: Deadline for invited sessions proposals
- 15 April 2010: Deadline for abstracts submission
(regular, PhD and invited)
- 30 April 2010: Notification of acceptance
- 15 May 2010: Early Registration deadline
- 15 May 2010: Hotel Registration deadline (for special rates)
- 01 June 2010: Extended abstract submission deadline for inclusion
in the Conference Proceedings Book

Registration Fees
Before May 15 After May 15
Regular Euro 450 Euro 500
Students Euro 250 Euro 300
Accompanying persons Euro 200 Euro 250

*** Join to ORAHS 2010: http://orahs2010.diem.unige.it ***

Dr Roberto Aringhieri, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor
Dipartimento di Informatica, Universite degli Studi di Torino
Corso Svizzera 185, I-10149 Torino, Italy
Office: +39 011 6706755 - Mobile: +39 331 1239026
WWW: http://www.di.unito.it/~aringhie
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertoaringhieri
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/roberto.aringhieri
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