OR63: Forecasting

Forecasting is at the heart of decision making in Operational Research. It forms the basis for planning and control activities, from the strategic to the operational level.

It drives decision making on products and services, and is a critical input to finance, marketing, logistics and production, across sectors from business to government.

As a research discipline, it therefore crosses multiple fields of research, drawing on mathematics, management, information sciences, behavioural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and other fields.

This stream attempts to sample the plethora of methodological approaches and application areas, relevant from both an academic and a practitioner perspective.

We're now looking for OR professionals, data scientists, professors, researchers, analysts, engineers, etc., to present at this event. Submit your 300-word presentation summary on maritime shipping by the 11th of June to join our expert OR63 speakers!

We're now looking for OR professionals, data scientists, professors, researchers, analysts, engineers, etc., to present at this event. Submit your 300-word presentation summary on Forecasting by the now extended deadline of the 25th of June to join our expert OR63 speakers!

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Contributions from either academics, the industry or the public sector are welcome!

Topics of interest for the OR63 stream include but are not limited to:

Applied

• forecasting and healthcare
• energy forecasting and application
• forecasting for logistics and supply chains (including Inventory management)
• forecasting for workforce management
• financial forecasting and risk management
• forecasting for Social Good
• forecasting and Education

Methodological

• forecast competitions and evaluation
• forecasting methods and models
• judgemental forecasting
• forecasting support systems and software evaluation
• forecasting processes

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Meet the stream organisers

The forecasting stream of the OR63 Conference is being organised together with the International Institute of Forecasting (IIF) UK Chapter.

If you have any questions, please contact one of the stream organisers below using their details listed. 

Dr Devon K. Barrow, 
University of Birmingham
d.k.barrow@bham.ac.uk

Dr Jethro Browell, 
University of Glasgow
jethro.browell@strath.ac.uk

Dr Christina Phillips, 
Liverpool John Moores University
C.J.Phillips@ljmu.ac.uk

Dr Ivan Svetunkov, 
Lancaster University
i.svetunkov@lancaster.ac.uk