Education and Professional Development Colloquium 2005

Preparing for an Uncertain Future: Calling All Operations Analysts!

5-6 April 2005
US Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, CO

Presentations

Agenda

PHALANX Article

Dear Colleague:

On 5-6 April 2005, the Military Operations Research Society (MORS) will hold its annual Education and Professional Development Colloquium at the US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO.  All sessions will take place in Fairchild Hall.  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 “Balancing Risk for an Uncertain Future,” the Colloquium theme is “Preparing for an Uncertain Future:  Calling All Operations 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 seven 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, our Keynote Session will be devoted to our OR Heritage while other presentations will provide information on preparing for an uncertain future.  Some of these sessions include:

We have lined up speakers whose presentations will be of interest to all.  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 decision makers.  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 Wyndham Hotel, 5580 Tech Center Drive, Colorado Springs, CO  80919; phone 719-260-1800, at a cost of $73/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.  Disclosure Forms are attached.

You can find additional information about the area on these websites:

Additional information about this year’s exciting Education Colloquium can be found on the MORS web site www.mors.org or by contacting the MORS office by phone at 703-933-9070, FAX 703-933-9066.  Or you can also contact the program Chair, Kirk Michealson at (757) 935-9501 or email at kirk.a.michealson@lmco.com. Thank you and have a great MORS day!

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