News Bulletin - 12th March 2010
 
Welcome
Welcome to March’s electronic news bulletin. You may have seen our job advert in a recent issue of Inside OR. Interviews for our new role of Education Officer have been held and an offer has been made with a view to starting in early May. We’ll be making a formal announcement of the latest addition to the Society’s staff in due course, and I’m sure he/she (maintaining the suspense!) will be calling on you, the members, for help.
 

Management Consultant–Health Sector
Strategic Analysts
Forecasting Analyst
Financial Modellers–Corp Finance
Strategy Analysis & Planning
Financial Modelling Consultants
Senior Modelling Analysts
Graduate Analyst
More
Advert placed 19/02/10
 
The fifth Simulation Workshop is fast approaching (23rd – 24th March). If you’re interested, bookings can still be made online.

Many of the streams for the annual conference in September (OR52) have been finalised. Now it’s time for you to do your bit. You can submit your abstracts online now.
 

Data Integrity Manager
Home Pricing Analyst
Fantastic Opportunities
Lead Operational Researcher
Insight Analyst
Senior Risk Analyst
Energy Market Modelling Specialists
Senior Risk Strategy Analyst
More
Advert placed 19/02/10
 
You can still access the electronic issue of March’s Inside OR through the website (under Members’ Resources, and E-publications).

Gavin Blackett
Secretary & General Manager

 
The London Mathematical Society - Group Head, Council and Committees
 
THE 2010 TRAINING COURSES
The 2010 Training Programme is now well underway. To book, visit the website for more details or contact Hilary Wilkes on 0121 234 7828 or hilary.wilkes@theorsociety.com to request a brochure.
 
We have excellent training opportunities being offered through March into April as listed below:-
 
  • Facilitation skills
  • Data Mining techniques and applications
  • Performance Management with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
  • What can O.R. do for my organisation?
  • Making conversations more effective
  • Introduction to ORI
  • Tools for Structuring Complex Problems
For further details click here
 
Diary
 
Forthcoming Conferences
23-24 March 2010, Abbey Hotel Golf and Country Club, Worcestershire. SW10
7–9 September 2010, Royal Holloway University of London. OR 52
5 -7 April 2011, New Business School, University of Nottingham. YOR 17
6–8 September 2011, The East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham. OR 53
 
Coming Soon
Wed 24 Mar, Cardiff. SWORDS, Solutions for Problems: The NHS, Lean Thinking and Six Sigma
Wed 24 – Thur 25 Mar, Canterbury. Local Search, Workshop & Research Meeting on Competitive Location Problems
Fri 26 Mar, Teddington. Complex Systems Discussion Group, Monthly meeting
Mon 29 - Wed 31 Mar, London. Health & Social Services, IMA Health 2010
Wed 31 Mar, London. Mathematical Programming, Linear Congruences, Lattices and Integer Programming
Tue 27 Apr, Birmingham. Criminal Justice, Policing improvements through OR
 
Training Courses
16 Mar, A Beginner’s Guide to Cognitive Mapping
18 Mar, Business Intelligence Workshop
22 Mar, Facilitation skills
23 Mar, Data Mining: techniques and applications
25 Mar, Performance Management with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
30 Mar, What can O.R. do for my organisation?
15 Apr, Making conversations more effective
19-23 Apr, Introduction to O.R. I
28-29 Apr, Tools for Structuring Complex Problems
6-7 May, Introduction to System Dynamics and Strategic Modelling
10 May, Computer Supported Cognitive Mapping
12 May, Understanding and Exploring Performance Measurement
17-18 May, Optimisation Modelling using AIMMS
19 May, Multi-Criteria Decision Making with Analytic Hierarchy Process and ELECTRE III