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