Presentations

Short courses

I have developed a short course on Vehicle Routing which was given at Università di Bologna (Italy), Universidad de la República (Uruguay), Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), University of Pompeu Fabra (Spain), University of Minnesota (United States), University of Mississippi (United States), Università della Calabria (Italy), Nordic Summer Course on Applied Optimization and Modeling (Sandvig, Denmark), Molde University College (Norway), University of Vienna (Austria), Bilkent University (Turkey), Saarland University (Germany), Politecnica Poznanska (Poland), and University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom).

I have also created a course on Location Theory which was given at Universita Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), RWTH Aachen University (Germany), and Molde University College (Norway).

Presentations at conferences

I have made several hundred presentations at scientific meetings and university seminars. In 1996, I delivered the Canadian national presentation at the 14th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) in Vancouver. In addition, I have been plenary or semi-plenary speaker at the following conferences:

  1. Annual Conference of the Norwegian Operations Research Society, Trondheim, Norway, 2022.
  2. EURO 2022 Conference (Euro Gold Medal award ceremony), Espoo, Finland, 2022.
  3. International Symposium on Smart Vehicle and Mobility (SVM-2022) (online), Beijing, China, 2022.
  4. The 33rd Mathematical Optimization Symposium (online), Nagoya, Japan, 2021.
  5. Colloquium on Advances in OR Transportation Applications, Bath, United Kingdom, 2019
  6. Mini-EURO Logistics Analytics Conference, Minsk, Belarus, 2018
  7. Shanghai University 2018 International Forum for Young Scholars, Sub-Forum for Business Studies, Shanghai, China, 2018
  8. International Symposium on Locational Decisions (ISOLDE XIV), Toronto, Canada, 2017
  9. The 9th International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA), Hong Kong, China, 2017
  10. XXXVI Congreso Nacional de Estadistica e Investigación Operativa, Toledo, Spain, 2016
  11. 6th International Conference on Logistics and Maritime Systems (LOGMS), Sydney, Australia, 2016
  12. Hitachi Distinguished Lecture in Computer Science, School of Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States, 2015
  13. Distinguished Transportation Lecture, Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong, China, 2014
  14. Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT), Son, Norway, 2012
  15. Operational Research Peripatetic Postgraduate Program, Linz, Austria, 2012
  16. First Annual Conference of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization (VeRoLog 2012), Bologna, Italy, 2012
  17. Optimization 2011, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011
  18. XLI Annual Conference of the Italian Operational Research Society, Villa San Giovanni, Italy, 2010
  19. Transportation and Logistics Workshop, Reñaca, Chile, 2009
  20. Joint International Meeting of the Canadian Operational Research Society and of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Toronto, Canada, 2009
  21. 50th Canadian Operational Research Society Conference/Optimization Days 2008, Quebec City, Canada, 2008
  22. XXXVIII Annual Conference of the Italian Operations Research Society, Genoa, Italy, 2007
  23. EURO Winter Institute on Location and Logistics, Estoril, Portugal, 2007
  24. 7e congrès de la Société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d’Aide à la Décision (ROADEF), Lille, France, 2006
  25. Operations Research 2005, Bremen, Germany, 2005
  26. ECCO XVIII Conference, Minsk, Belarus, 2005
  27. Workshop on Mathematical Models for Optimising Transportation Services, Auckland, New Zealand, 2005
  28. International Network Optimization Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005
  29. Latin-Ibero-American Conference on Operations Research (CLAIO), Havana, Cuba 2004
  30. XXXV Conference of the Italian Association for Operations Research, Lecce, Italy, 2004
  31. Transportation and Logistics Conference, Molde, Norway, 2004
  32. Conference of the Administratives Sciences Association of Canada, Quebec City, Canada, 2004
  33. X ELAVIO, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2004
  34. 5th International Industrial Engineering Conference, Quebec City, Canada, 2003
  35. EURO/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, 2003
  36. Atlantic Canada MITACS Interchange, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2003
  37. IMA Workshop on Mathematical Models for Distribution Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 2002
  38. Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN), San Miguel, Açores, Portugal, 2001
  39. Route 2000, Skodsborg, Denmark, 2000
  40. Second Joint Workshop of the Operations Research Society of Japan, Hokkaido Chapter, and of the Australian Society for Operations Research, Queensland Branch, Sapporo, Japan, 2000
  41. European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization (ECCO), Capri, Italy, 2000
  42. Traffic and Transport Optimization, Oberwolfach, Germany, 1999
  43. 41st Canadian Operational Research Society Conference, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1999
  44. Australian Society for Operations Research, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 1999
  45. Large-Scale Discrete Optimization in Logistics, DIMACS Center, Rutgers University, New Jersey, United States, 1999
  46. 10th Conference of the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry, Göteborg, Sweden, 1998
  47. Atlantic Schools of Business Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 1997
  48. Nordic Operations Research Societies, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1997
  49. NATO Advanced Institute on Transportation, Lake Balaton, Hungary, 1997
  50. SOR-DGOR, Braunschweig, Germany, 1996
  51. European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization (ECCO), Poznan, Poland, 1995
  52. XXIV Annual Conference of the Italian Operational Research Society, Capri, Italy, 1993
  53. Optimization Days, Montreal, Canada, 1993
  54. European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels, Belgium, 1992
  55. Rencontres Franco-Suisses de Recherche Opérationnelle, Paris, France, 1991
  56. Management Techniques Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1989
  57. ALIO/EURO Workshop on Practical Combinatorial Optimization, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1989
  58. School on Combinatorial Optimization, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1985