I was unable to attend the previous technical forum on OR practice, but I’ll try to make it this time.

What: Technical forum on OR and Sustainable Development

When: Saturday, 02 August 2008, 1:00-5:00 p.m.

Where: PLDT-Convergent Technologies Center, Room 105, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines

Topics:

  1. Integrating Operations Research Methods with Social Science Models for Sustainable Development - Some Case Studies
    Dr. Guillermo Mendoza (Balik-Scientist), Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
  2. Geographic Information Systems for Participatory Natural Resource Management
    Dr. Rhodora Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Department of Geodetic Engineering
    and the Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry, University of the Philippines- Diliman
  3. OR Tools and Techniques in Environment-related Problem Domains
    Dr. Alvin Culaba, Director, Center for Engineering and Sustainable Development Research, De La Salle University – Manila

Details of the technical forum can be downloaded here.