The Military Operations Research Society holds quite a number of significant meetings throughout the year to address the needs and concerns of its many constituents. The most significant event that MORS conducts is its an annual Symposium each June which is These meetings take place over three days (four days including a tutorial and special events day preceeding the formal meeting). These symposia are usually attended by over 1000 persons representing all military services (uniformed and civilian), government agencies, contractors and academic institutions. The meeting typically includes concurrent general and working group sessions and tutorials. A robust set of topics are discussed in the general sessions which consist of formally prepared papers, presentations or panels centered around a theme approved by the Board of Directors. Tutorials expose participants to new concepts, methods and techniques in operations research.
Additionally, MORS holds more focused special meetings to address significant and complex problems. For these issue-specific workshops, MORS defines the problem in advance in a document entitled a Terms of Reference (TOR). Participants with specific interest and expertise collaboratively share information about the problem, discuss issues in depth and work together to produce useful results. Each meeting is organized to best accomplish its specific purpose. Each meeting produces a Special Meeting report which is provided to the MORS sponsors as well as provided to significant members of the national secuirty community to ensure the meeting results have the proper impact on the community and the national secuirty decision process. The number of attendees may range betwee 100-300. Some meetings are classified. Some are held jointly with another professional organization such as the International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA) or the Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis (SCEA). Since the first MORS Workshop in January 1985, MORS has held two to five special meetings each year.
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