The 2004 MORS Education and
Professional Development Colloquium
6-7 April 2004
United
States Military Academy
West Point, New York
Presentations
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Agenda
Dear Colleague:
On 6-7 April 2004, the Military Operations Research Society (MORS)
will hold its annual Educational and Professional Development Colloquium at the
US Military Academy, West Point, NY. All
sessions will take place in Thayer Hall, Room 144.
The goal of the Colloquium is to bring great minds together and to
provide a variety of presentations on all aspects of Operations Research (OR)
education and the professional development of analysts.
The Colloquium provides speakers who represent OR analytical agencies,
professional societies, operational field analysts, civilian and military
educators, students, OR practitioners, and sponsors of OR professional
development programs. Consistent
with this year’s MORS Symposium theme of “OR Support for Tomorrow’s
Force,” the Colloquium theme is “Training and Educating Combat Analysts.”
We will key on the interchange of ideas between
creators and benefactors of analytical talent, to include the independent
practitioners, agency analysts, field analysts, educators, students,
professional developers and warrior supporting agencies.
We will again have the quick-turn,
student OR analysis competition, which was a great success at last year’s
Colloquium. The analysis
competition will consist of mixed groups of military and
civilian, undergraduate and graduate students pitted against
sponsor-provided, realistic, short timeline military OR problems.
Our student teams will be handed their problems
the first day and given five hours to solve them. They will then return the
morning of the second day to brief on their
analysis results. Our
panel of distinguished senior analysts will judge the results of our student
competition, and based on the merits of their team efforts, distribute awards
for excellent analytical work.
In addition to the competition, we will have
presentations on teaching problem solving from the ORSA programs at the military
academies and civilian schoolhouses. Service
speakers will talk about their program to develop and deploy combat analysts.
We have also lined up several speakers whose presentations will be of
interest to all. In all, the more than fifteen
presentations will be fast and hard-hitting—a warrior style of delivery with
emphasis on operational flavor, solid content, and impact.
You will be listening and talking to experts in the field of operations
research, professional educators, and practitioners who serve the Services.
You are invited to participate in this special education and professional
development gathering and to witness and enjoy the student competition. For further information, please read the enclosed tentative
agenda.
The event is free, unclassified, and open to all operations
research analysts, analytical agencies, educational institutions, and military
operational decisionmakers. Attendance
will be limited by space available. An
application form to attend the workshop is enclosed.
Daily refreshments will be available on both days of the Colloquium at a
cost of $10.00 each day. We
have reserved a block of rooms at the historic Thayer Hotel, 674 Thayer Road,
West Point, NY 10996; phone 800-247-5047
or 845-446-4731, at a cost of $121/night plus tax (mention the Military
Operations Research Society).
If you are presenting at the Colloquium, please fill out a
MORS Disclosure Form (Form 712 AU or BU) and submit it to the MORS office.
All presentations must be UNCLASSIFIED and APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.
You can find additional information about and directions to
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