The International Symposium on
Military Operational Research
ISMOR, the world's foremost international conference on defence operational research, was founded in 1984 by the late Professor Ronnie Shephard,
who at that time held the chair of operational research (OR) at the UK's Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham. It has been held annually ever since.
ISMOR is officially endorsed and sponsored by the UK Ministry of Defence and is co-sponsored by the
Defence Special Interest Group of the OR Society.
Long-standing support is also provided by the Military Operations Research Society in the US.
Each year, at the Symposium Dinner, a distinguished guest speaker delivers the Ronnie Shephard Memorial Address.
An archive of papers
from past Symposia is maintained by Cranfield University.
26th ISMOR
The 26th International Symposium on Military OR will be held from
1st to 4th September 2009
at New Place, near Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, UK.
The theme of the symposium will be 'Military OR: The Complexity of Future Operations' and the Ronnie Shephard Memorial Address will be given by Sir Richard Mottram.
Download the call for papers and registration form in pdf format
You may also be interested in the Cornwallis Group, a spin-off from ISMOR which runs an annual workshop, usually in Canada, on analysis related to peace support operations.
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