Programme LNMB Conference 2026

Monday, 12 January 2026
10.00–10.40	Registration
10.40–11.00	Opening
11.00–11.45	Dr. Antonis Economou Chair: Stella Kapodistria
11.45–12.00	Coffee break
12.00–12.45	Dr. Merve Bodur Chair: Ward Romeijnders
12.45–14.30	Lunch	13.30–14.30	ISMP Business Meeting
14.30–16.00	Parallel sessions PhD students
16.00–16.30	Coffee break
16.30–17.15	Dr. Madeleine Udell Chair: Dick den Hertog
17.15–17.30	Coffee break
17.30–18.15	Dr. Matthew O. Jackson Chair: TBA
18.15–20.30	Dinner
20.30–21.30	Meeting LNMB members
20.30	Informal get-together LNMB PhD students

 

Tuesday, 13 January 2026
09.00–09.45	Dr. Antonis Economou Chair: Stella Kapodistria
09.45–10.00	Coffee break
10.00–10.45	Dr. Merve Bodur Chair: Ward Romeijnders
10.45–11.15	Coffee break
11.15–12.45	Parallel sessions PhD students
12.45–14.30	Lunch
14.30–16.00	Parallel sessions PhD students
16.00–16.30	Coffee break
16.30–17.15	Dr. Madeleine Udell Chair: Dick den Hertog
17.15–17.30	Coffee break
17.30–18.15	Dr. Matthew O. Jackson Chair: TBA
18.15–18.30	Presentation LNMB PhD diplomas & Closing
18.30–20.30	Dinner
20.30–21.30	Meeting LNMB PhD students with the LNMB Director

 

Wednesday, 14 January 2026
09.30–09.40	Welcome and opening by NGB chair
09.40–10.25	Wouter Kool (ORTEC) When OR Meets Generative AI — From Exact Models to Real-World Complexity
10.25–11.00	Coffee break
11.00–11.45	Madeleine Udell (Stanford) AI and the Future of Optimization
11.45–12.00	Introduction to lunch activities
12.00–13.30	Lunch, including networking opportunities with companies for PhD-students
13.30–14.30	OR & AI game You are advised to bring a laptop!
14.30–15.00	Coffee break
15.00–15.45	Bernardino Romera Paredes (Hiverge) Evolving Superhuman Algorithms for Long-Horizon Planning
15.30–16.30	Durk Kingma (Anthropic) Generative Models: Past, Present, Future
16.30–18.00	Closing reception