This year’s symposium will feature keynote lectures by distinguished invited speakers
from the field of operational research and related disciplines.
We are pleased to announce the participation of:

Prof. dr. Arne K. Strauss
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany
"Interface of demand management and transport operations"

Dr. Sofiane Oussedik
IBM, France
"Generative AI and Operational Research"

Symposium topics:

• Applications of OR in construction
• Applications of OR in defense
• Artificial intelligence
• Business analytics
• Combinatorial optimization
• Data science
• E-business
• Economic models and econometrics
• Environmental management and natural resource management
• Finance and banking
• Game theory
• Geographic information systems
• Graphs and networks
• Heuristics
• Information systems and technologies
• Logistics and supply chains
• Management
• Mathematical programming
• Mining, geology, and energy
• Multi-criteria analysis and optimization
• OR software
• Performance analytics
• Production management
• Reliability and risk management
• Research and development
• Simulation and stochastic models
• Soft computing
• Statistical models
• Traffic, transport and communications

Important dates:

• June 7, 2026
  Deadline for submission of abstracts/full papers
• June 28, 2026
  Notification of acceptance of abstracts/full papers
• September 20, 2026
  Preliminary Symposium program

For more information about the Sym-Op-Is 2026 symposium, please visit the official website
https://symopis.sf.bg.ac.rs or contact us via email at symopis@sf.bg.ac.rs.

We believe that your scientific and professional contribution will further enhance the quality and
tradition of the symposium, as well as enrich the discussion on current challenges in the field of
operational research.

Sincerely,
Program Committee SYM-OP-IS 2026

Poštovane koleginice i kolege,
Sa velikim zadovoljstvom, Programski odbor Sym-Op-Is 2026
poziva vas na
53. Simpozijum o operacionim istraživanjima
SYM-OP-IS 2026
koji će se održati od 29. septembra do 2. oktobra 2026. godine
u hotelu Kraljevi Čardaci na Kopaoniku, Srbija.

Ovogodišnji simpozijum biće upotpunjen plenarnim predavanjima uglednih pozvanih
stručnjaka iz oblasti operacionih istraživanja i srodnih disciplina.
Sa zadovoljstvom najavljujemo učešće:

Prof. dr Arne K. Strauss
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Nemačka
"Interface of demand management and transport operations"

Dr Sofiane Oussedik
IBM, Francuska
"Generative AI and Operational Research"

Programske oblasti:

• Analitika performansi
• Veštačka inteligencija
• Višekriterijumska analiza i optimizacija
• Geoinformacioni sistemi
• Grafovi i mreže
• Ekološki menadžment i upravljanje prirodnim resursima
• Ekonomski modeli i ekonometrija
• Elektronsko poslovanje
• Finansije i bankarstvo
• Informacioni sistemi i tehnologije
• Istraživanje i razvoj
• Kombinatorna optimizacija
• Logistika i lanci snabdevanja
• Matematičko programiranje
• Meko računarstvo
• Menadžment
• Nauka o podacima
• Poslovna analitika
• Pouzdanost i upravljanje rizikom
• Primene OI u građevinarstvu
• Primene OI u odbrani
• Rudarstvo, geologija i energetika
• Saobraćaj, transport i komunikacije
• Simulacija i stohastički modeli
• Softver za OI
• Statistički modeli
• Teorija igara
• Upravljanje proizvodnjom
• Heuristike

Važni datumi:

• 7. jun 2026.
  Rok za slanje apstrakta/punog rada
• 28. jun 2026.
  Obaveštenje o prihvatanju apstrakta/punog rada
• 20. septembar 2026.
  Preliminarni program simpozijuma

Više informacija o Sym-Op-Is 2026 simpozijumu možete pronaći na zvaničnom sajtu
https://symopis.sf.bg.ac.rs ili nas možete kontaktirati putem email-a symopis@sf.bg.ac.rs.

Verujemo da će vaš naučni i stručni doprinos dodatno unaprediti kvalitet i tradiciju simpozijuma, kao i
obogatiti diskusiju o aktuelnim izazovima u oblasti operacionih istraživanja.

S poštovanjem,
Programski odbor SYM-OP-IS 2026