Wed, Oct 18, 2023
Registration & Welcome Coffee
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Welcome & Gurobi Opening Keynote
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Speakers: Duke Perrucci, Sascha Haake
McKinsey & Company Keynote: Why don’t they get it? – How to bring optimization to use and make it stick
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
Speaker: Anton de Villiers
Coffee Break
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Decision Intelligence Technology, what is it and why it’s useful
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Speakers: Kostja Siefen, Ronald van der Velden
Guidance Tour – The journey to apply Decision Intelligence by Gurobi & Decision Lab
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Speakers: David Buxton, Jan Schwarzkopf
Networking Lunch
12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
Focus Track: Digital Transformation – Decide, Transform, Succeed
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Audi AG – Supply Chain Optimizations: Saving costs and emissions through cleverly consolidated deliveries
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Speaker: Sascha Tausch
AristoTelos with Albert Czech Republic – Transforming Workforce Management: The Success Story of AristoTelos in Albert Czech Republic Retail Chain
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Speakers: Karel Jelinek, Petr Zidek
HPE – Bringing Science into the Art of Order Management: A Case Study with HPE Supply Chain
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Speaker: Santanu Sinha
Focus Track: Operational Excellence – Mastering Operations
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Swissport International AG – Airport Ground Staff Scheduling: Making Impact with a High-Performance Business Application Based on Integer Programming
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Speaker: Dr. Peter Fusek.
ORMAE & Adani Group – Optimal Scheduling and Blending of Raw Materials for a Copper Processing Plant
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
Speakers: Amit Garg, Swaraj Misra, Aakash Deep
Focus Track: Data & Analytics – Unleashing Insights
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Nesto Software GmbH: Award-winning SaaS solution, integrating ML, AI and MO to digitize Gastro workforce optimization
2:05 PM – 2:30 PM
Speaker: Kilian Theis
LTP Labs – Optimizing Joint Portfolio Planning and Production Strategy for a Wood- based Panels Producer
2:30 PM – 2:55 PM
Speakers: Luis Carvalho, João Sá
UNICEF – Decision support for nutrition allocation using Databricks and Gurobi solver
2:55 PM – 3:20 PM
Speaker: James Cranwell-Ward
Optimization Strategies for the Energy Transition – Empowering a Better Future!
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Seminar room 3
Host’s Welcome Note
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Speaker: Frank Häger
Gurobi – Motivational Keynote for this Track
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Speakers: Frank Häger, Lennart Lahrs
Decide4AI – How to successfully detect Optimization Decision potential and define the business case.
2:30 PM – 2:50 PM
Speaker: Arjen Heeres
Forschungszentrum Jülich – Living Lab Energy Campus (LLEC)
2:50 PM – 3:10 PM
Speakers: Andre Xhonneux, Eziama Ubachukwu
Forschungszentrum Jülich – JuPower Game
3:10 PM – 3:30 PM
Speakers: Lea Riebesel, Eziama Ubachukwu
Coffee Break & Possibility to switch tracks
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Focus Track: Digital Transformation – Decide, Transform, Succeed
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
GotPro – Sports Scheduling with Gurobi: Concept and Use Cases
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Speaker: Walter Sebastian Gisler
Urban Sympheny – Digitalize complex energy system planning: a platform as a solution and its applications
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Speaker: Julien Marquant
Closing remarks – Q&A
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Speakers: Sascha Tausch, Walter Sebastian Gisler, Karel Jelinek, Petr Zidek
Focus Track: Operational Excellence
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: Auditorio
Vueling Airlines – An optimization-based procedure for the operative schedule design of an airline
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Speakers: Mohammad Kouhi, Daniel Ramón-Lumbierres
Panel Discussion – Leverage optimization techniques to support operational excellence: Challenges & Opportunities
4:45 PM – 5:30 PM
Speakers: Christopher Smith, Javier Garcia, Philippe Månsson-Wee, Daniel Pereira, David Buxton
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Salzgitter Digital Solutions GmbH – Integrated production planning with optimization
4:00 PM – 4:25 PM
Speaker: Annika Burmeister
Isazi Consulting – Transforming Logistics and Education: Leveraging Data & Analytics for Optimal Planning with Hudson + Gurobi
4:30 PM – 4:55 PM
Speakers: Avi Bank, Niambh Blundell
Panel Discussion – Data Intelligence for Decision Intelligence
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Speakers: Arjen Heeres, Konstantin Gavras, Paul Derbyshire
Focus Track: Energy & Sustainability – Empowering a Better Future
4:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Location: Seminar room 3
Open Energy Transition – the ultimate PyPSA Support
4:00 PM – 4:20 PM
Speaker: Dr. Martha Frysztacki
Kerith – Energy Decision Management
4:20 PM – 4:40 PM
Speaker: Elias Kuepper
CES – Role of Optimization and Forecasting for planning and operation of Energy Storage Systems
4:40 PM – 5:00 PM
Speakers: Pranao Walekar, Jatin Sarode
Kisters AG – Optimization in the Energy Sector: Solutions from KISTERS and Challenges for the Future
5:00 PM – 5:20 PM
Speaker: Olaf Syben
Panel Discussion – Strategies for the Energy Transformation
5:20 PM – 5:35 PM
Speakers: Olaf Syben, Dr. Martha Frysztacki, Andre Xhonneux, Lea Riebesel, Eziama Ubachukwu, Pranao Walekar, Jatin Sarode, Arjen Heeres
Short Break – Moving back to the Auditorio
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM
Closing Note by Gurobi
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM
Speaker: Juan Carlos Mani
Networking Cocktail sponsored by Decide4AI
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Networking Dinner
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Location: University of Barcelona – Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
