International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making

International Conferences and Summer Schools

International Conferences on MCDM
Traditions of the International Society on MCDM related to its conferences
Summer Schools on MCDM
Conferences endorsed by the MCDM Society

International Conferences on MCDM

• 22nd International Conference, June 17-21, 2013, Málaga, Spain, Francisco Ruiz.
• 21st International Conference, June 13-17, 2011, Jyväskylä, Finland, Kaisa Miettinen.
• 20th International Conference, June 21-26, 2009, Chengdu, China, Yong Shi, Shouyang Wang.
• 19th International Conference, 2008, New Zealand, Matthias Ehrgott.
• 18th International Conference, 2006, Chania, Crete, Greece, Constantin Zopounidis.
• 17th International Conference, 2004, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, Bill Wedley.
• First MCDM Winter Conference (16th International Conference) 2002, Semmering, Austria, Mikulas Luptacik, Rudolf Vetschera.
• 15th International Conference, 2000, Ankara, Turkey, Murat Köksalan.
• 14th International Conference, 1998, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, Yacov Y. Haimes.
• 13th International Conference, 1997, Cape Town, South Africa, Theo Stewart.
• 12th International Conference, 1995, Hagen, Germany, Gnter Fandel, Thomas Gal.
• 11th International Conference, 1994, Coimbra, Portugal, Joao Climaco.
• 10th International Conference, 1992, Taipei, Taiwan, G.H. Tzeng, P.-L. Yu.
• 9th International Conference, 1990, Fairfax, USA, Richard Soland, Ambrose Goicoechea.
• 8th International Conference, 1988, Manchester, UK, A. Geoff Lockett, Gerd Islei.
• 7th International Conference, 1986, Kyoto, Japan, H. Nakayama, Y. Sawaragi.
• 6th International Conference, 1984, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Yacov Y. Haimes.
• 5th International Conference, 1982, Mons, Belgium, Pierre Hansen.
• 4th International Conference, 1980, Newark, Delaware, USA, Joel Morse.
• 3rd International Conference, 1979, Knigswinter, Germany, G. Fandel, T. Gal.
• 2nd International Conference, 1977, Buffalo, New York, USA, Stanley Zionts.
• 1st International Conference, 1975, Jouy-en-Josas, France, Herve Thiriez, Stanley Zionts.

Traditions of the International Society on MCDM related to its conferences

• Executive Committee of the International Society on MCDM makes the decision of the organizer/location of conferences based on proposals made according to the instructions given by the President of the Society. Typically, the meeting of the executive committee takes place during the previous conference.
• The conference lasts roughly five days including a half-day outing at the middle ot the conference week and a banquet dinner (typically on Thursday evening). (There may be a get-together event before the actual conference.)
• The intention of the outing is to share information about the culture and traditions of the hosting country/region and enable free discussions among the participants.
• The society has three awards (since 1992) and the Awards Committee decides which of them are delivered at each conference.
• The names of the awardees are announced only in the banquet and according to the bylaws of the Society the awardees are expected to give talks the following day.
• Plaques for awardees have so far been prepared by Prof. Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng (with very modest expenses that the conference organizer must cover.) Besides the plaque for the awardees, two more plaques of the Society are presented: the MCDM Conference Chairmanship Award to the conference organizer and the MCDM Presidential Service Award to the President at the end of his/her four-year term.
• The banquet dinner can nicely demonstrate the food culture of the hosting country and some nice program reflecting the local culture is welcome.
• The society has a banner (established before the society, in the times of a special interest group). The organizer of the previous conference is responsible for taking it to the following conference and updating it.
• The conference organizers should use all possible means to keep the registration fee and other costs low and support those in need of financial support.
• Typically, some plenary speakers are invited and covering their travel costs (at least partly) is desirable.
• High scientific quality should be aimed at in all possible meanings in the scientific program. The number of parallel sessions should be limited. Attention should be paid to reaching out to companies/industry to build a bridge between academia and industry/applications.
• Proceedings are published after the conference. Recently, the format of publishing special issues of selected journals has been favoured.
• So far, acceptance of presentations has been based on short abstracts.
• Book of abstracts must be given to all conference participants. In addition, the registration fee should include access to outing, banquet dinner, refreshements and cold or warm lunches. In many conferences, some small souvenir and a conference bag have also been included in the fee.
• For many years, Wiley has sponsored a Wiley Practice Prize for the best paper describing a real-life application of multiple criteria decision making presented at the International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making.
• In 2011, a doctoral dissertation award was established based on the decision of the executive committee. This new tradition will continue as long as the executive committee so decides.
• Conference organizers must pay the society a levy of at least USD 25 per each paying conference participant.
• The conference organizer is responsible for funding the conference and, unfortunately, the society cannot cover possible losses.
• In further matters and questions related organizing conferences of the Internationa Society on MCDM, the President, the Secretary and the Executive Committee are happy to help.

Summer Schools on MCDM

• 2013 Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg, Germany, Martin Josef Geiger.
• 2010 Ecole Centrale Paris, France, Vincent Mousseau.
• 2006, Taipei, Taiwan, P. L. Yu, G. H. Tzeng and M. Tang.
• 2003, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Jean-Philippe Waaub, GERAD.
• 2000, Catania, Sicily, Italy, B. Matarazzo.
• 1997, Turku, Finland, Christer Carlsson, Malin Brnnback.
• 1994, Chania, Crete, Greece, Jannis Siskos.
• 1991, Quebec City, Canada, J.M. Martel.
• 1988, Lisbon, Portugal, C. Bana e Costa.
• 1985, Namur, Belgium, J. Fichefet, Ph. Vincke.
• 1983, Catania, Sicily, Italy, B. Matarazzo.

Conferences endorsed by the MCDM Society

• Name of conference, dates and contact information of main organizer(s),
• Location of the conference (university facility, hotel, etc.),
• Support from other organizations (financial or o/w, please state),
• Review process, if any; publication plan; and proposed registration fee,
• Any past experience in organizing a conference (provide names and dates),
• Connection to MCDM.

LIST OF CONFERENCES ENDORSED

• 14th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in knowledge-based systems, IPMU 2012. July 9-13, 2012. Catania (Italy). Salvatore Greco.
• The First International Conference on Multidimensional Finance, Insurance and Investment, ICMFII2011. April 14-16. Hammamet (Tunisia). Belaïd Aouni and Fouad Ben Abdelaziz.