Optimization Days 2026

HEC Montréal, Québec, Canada

May 11 — 13, 2026

Monday, May 11, 2026

  Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale Walter Capital (blue) EY (blue) METRO INC. ( yellow) Lima (blue) Lise Birikundavyi - Lionel Rey (blue) Quebecor (yellow) Budapest (green) Jean-Guertin (green) Luc-Poirier (green) Procter & Gamble (green) PWC (green) TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (green) Salon Mont-Royal
08:00 - 08:40 Registration - Madrid room
08:00 - 08:40 Breakfast - Kyoto Room
08:45 - 09:00 Opening Session
09:00 - 10:00 MP1 - Plénière 1 / Plenary 1                          
10:00 - 10:25 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:10   MA1 - Exposé magistral 1 / Tutorial 1 *MA2 - Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas and Other Anthropogenic Systems MA3 - Optimization and Applications in Energy Systems 1 MA4 - Tournées de véhicule / Vehicle Routing 1 MA5 - Théorie des jeux / Game theory 1 MA6 - Scheduling 1 MA7 - Machine Learning and Optimization 1 MA8 - CP and Machine Learning MA9 - Transport and Routing   MA11 - Air Transportation MA12 - Humanitarian Logistics  
12:10 - 13:55 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 MP2 - Plénière 2 / Plenary 2                          
15:00 - 15:25 Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:10   MB1 - Exposé magistral 2 / Tutorial 2 MB2 - Prix François-Soumis Award MB3 - Multi-Objective Optimization 1 MB4 - Tournées de véhicule / Vehicle Routing 2 MB5 - Théorie des jeux / Game theory 2 MB6 - Scheduling 2 MB7 - CP Applications MB8 - Optimisation non linéaire / Nonlinear Optimization MB9 - Applications in Aviation and Transportation MB10* - Stochastic and Robust Optimization 1 MB11 - EV Charging Infrastructure & Facility Location MB12* - Defense and Emergency Operations  
17:30 - 21:00 Wine and Cheese Party

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

  Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale Walter Capital (blue) EY (blue) METRO INC. ( yellow) Lima (blue) Lise Birikundavyi - Lionel Rey (blue) Quebecor (yellow) Budapest (green) Jean-Guertin (green) Luc-Poirier (green) Procter & Gamble (green) PWC (green) TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (green) Salon Mont-Royal
08:00 - 08:55 Breakfast - Kyoto Room
09:00 - 10:00 TP1 - Plénière 3 / Plenary 3                          
10:00 - 10:25 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:10   TA1 - Exposé magistral 3 / Tutorial 3 TA2 - Session industrielle / Industrial Session 1 TA3 - Integrated Assessment of Energy and Climate Policies TA4 - Manufacturing TA5 - Théorie des jeux / Game theory 3 TA6 - Mining and Natural Resources 1 TA7 - Machine Learning and Optimization 2 TA8 - Primal Integer Programming TA9 - Modeling and Optimization for Wildfire Operations TA10 - Stochastic and Robust Optimization 2 TA11 - Énergie et environnement / Energy and the Environment TA12 - Ingénierie financière / Financial Engineering TA13 - Concours d'affiches / Poster Competition
12:10 - 13:55 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 TP2 - Plénière 4 / Plenary 4                          
15:00 - 15:25 Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:10   TB1 - Exposé magistral 4 / Tutorial 4 TB2 - Session industrielle / Industrial Session 2 TB3 - Optimization and Applications in Energy Systems 2 TB4 - Tournées de véhicule / Vehicle Routing 3 TB5 - Derivative-free and blackbox optimization 1 TB6 - Scheduling 3 TB7 - Reinforcement Learning Methods and Applications TB8* - Network Design-Data Visualisation TB9 - Operational Research at Africa (OR@Africa) TB10 - Complexity and Practice in Continuous Optimization TB11 - Logistique / Logistics TB12 - Advances in Location and Network Design  

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

  Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale Walter Capital (blue) EY (blue) METRO INC. ( yellow) Lima (blue) Lise Birikundavyi - Lionel Rey (blue) Quebecor (yellow) Budapest (green) Jean-Guertin (green) Luc-Poirier (green) Procter & Gamble (green) PWC (green) TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (green) Salon Mont-Royal
08:00 - 08:55 Breakfast - Kyoto Room
09:00 - 10:40   WA1 - Exposé magistral 5 / Tutorial 5 WA2 - Santé / Healthcare 1 WA3 - Multi-Objective Optimization 2 WA4 - Integration of Machine Learning and Optimization WA5 - Derivative-free and blackbox optimization 2 WA6 - Scheduling 4 WA7 - Machine Learning WA8 - Integer Programming WA9 - Data-Driven Optimization WA10 - Stochastic and Robust Optimization 3 WA11 - Routing and Logistics WA12 - Digitalization and Intelligent Production Planning Systems Transforming Industrial Mining Complexes and Mineral Value Chains  
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:05 - 12:45   WB1 - Tutoriel Hexaly "Pleins feux sur les partenaires" WB2* - Santé / Healthcare 2 WB3 - Decomposition Techniques WB4 - Tournées de véhicule / Vehicle Routing 4 WB5 - Derivative-free and blackbox optimization 3 WB6 - Mining and Natural Resources 2 WB7 - Machine Learning applications WB8 - CP Reasoning WB9 - Data mining WB10 - Stochastic and Robust Optimization 4 WB11 - Chaîne d'approvisionnement / Supply Chain WB12 - Routing, Orchestration and Learning  
12:45 - 13:55 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 WP1 - Plénière 5 / Plenary 5                          
15:00 - 15:20 Closing Remarks - Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale
15:20 - 15:45 Coffee Break
08:00 – 08:40

Registration - Madrid room

08:00 – 08:40

Breakfast - Kyoto Room

08:45 – 09:00

Opening Session

09:00 – 10:00
Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale

MP1 - Plénière 1 / Plenary 1

Chaired by Janosch Ortmann

1 presentation

10:00 – 10:25

Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:10
Walter Capital (blue)

MA1 - Exposé magistral 1 / Tutorial 1

Chaired by Franklin Djeumou Fomeni

1 presentation

10:30 – 12:10
EY (blue)
10:30 – 12:10
METRO INC. ( yellow)

MA3 - Optimization and Applications in Energy Systems 1

Chaired by Sara Séguin

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Lima (blue)

MA4 - Tournées de véhicule / Vehicle Routing 1

Chaired by Michel Gendreau

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Lise Birikundavyi - Lionel Rey (blue)

MA5 - Théorie des jeux / Game theory 1

Chaired by Benjamin Benteke Longaou

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Quebecor (yellow)

MA6 - Scheduling 1

Chaired by Frédéric Quesnel

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Budapest (green)

MA7 - Machine Learning and Optimization 1

Chaired by Ali Barooni

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Jean-Guertin (green)

MA8 - CP and Machine Learning

Chaired by Gilles Pesant

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Luc-Poirier (green)

MA9 - Transport and Routing

Chaired by Taha Varol

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
PWC (green)

MA11 - Air Transportation

Chaired by Soheyl Khalilpourazari

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (green)

MA12 - Humanitarian Logistics

Chaired by Arnoosh Golestanian

4 presentations

12:10 – 13:55

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00
Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale

MP2 - Plénière 2 / Plenary 2

Chaired by Olivier Bahn

1 presentation

15:00 – 15:25

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:10
Walter Capital (blue)

MB1 - Exposé magistral 2 / Tutorial 2

Chaired by Gilles Caporossi

1 presentation

15:30 – 17:10
EY (blue)

MB2 - Prix François-Soumis Award

Chaired by Guy Desaulniers

3 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
METRO INC. ( yellow)

MB3 - Multi-Objective Optimization 1

Chaired by Ludovic Salomon

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Lima (blue)

MB4 - Tournées de véhicule / Vehicle Routing 2

Chaired by Gaël Reynal

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Lise Birikundavyi - Lionel Rey (blue)

MB5 - Théorie des jeux / Game theory 2

Chaired by Houji Wang

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Quebecor (yellow)

MB6 - Scheduling 2

Chaired by Yuchao Wang

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Budapest (green)

MB7 - CP Applications

Chaired by Gilles Pesant

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Jean-Guertin (green)

MB8 - Optimisation non linéaire / Nonlinear Optimization

Chaired by Pierre Borie

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Luc-Poirier (green)

MB9 - Applications in Aviation and Transportation

Chaired by Clément Gonzalez

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Procter & Gamble (green)

MB10* - Stochastic and Robust Optimization 1

Chaired by Amir Ardestani-Jaafari

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
PWC (green)

MB11 - EV Charging Infrastructure & Facility Location

Chaired by Okan Arslan

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (green)

MB12* - Defense and Emergency Operations

Chaired by Jean-Denis Caron

4 presentations

17:30 – 21:00

Wine and Cheese Party

08:00 – 08:55

Breakfast - Kyoto Room

09:00 – 10:00
Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale

TP1 - Plénière 3 / Plenary 3

Chaired by Frédéric Quesnel

1 presentation

10:00 – 10:25

Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:10
Walter Capital (blue)

TA1 - Exposé magistral 3 / Tutorial 3

Chaired by Frédéric Quesnel

1 presentation

10:30 – 12:10
EY (blue)

TA2 - Session industrielle / Industrial Session 1

Chaired by Carlos Zetina

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
METRO INC. ( yellow)

TA3 - Integrated Assessment of Energy and Climate Policies

Chaired by Olivier Bahn

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Lima (blue)

TA4 - Manufacturing

Chaired by David Tremblet

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Lise Birikundavyi - Lionel Rey (blue)

TA5 - Théorie des jeux / Game theory 3

Chaired by Mohamad Aziz

3 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Quebecor (yellow)

TA6 - Mining and Natural Resources 1

Chaired by Mikael Rönnqvist

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Budapest (green)

TA7 - Machine Learning and Optimization 2

Chaired by Mahmoud Abdelkader

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Jean-Guertin (green)

TA8 - Primal Integer Programming

Chaired by Issmail El Hallaoui

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Luc-Poirier (green)

TA9 - Modeling and Optimization for Wildfire Operations

Chaired by Vittorio Nicoletta

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Procter & Gamble (green)

TA10 - Stochastic and Robust Optimization 2

Chaired by Mahsa Mostafaeinejad

4 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
PWC (green)
10:30 – 12:10
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (green)

TA12 - Ingénierie financière / Financial Engineering

Chaired by Frédéric Godin

3 presentations

10:30 – 12:10
Salon Mont-Royal

TA13 - Concours d'affiches / Poster Competition

Chaired by Sébastien Le Digabel

10 presentations

12:10 – 13:55

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00
Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale

TP2 - Plénière 4 / Plenary 4

Chaired by Okan Arslan

1 presentation

15:00 – 15:25

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:10
Walter Capital (blue)

TB1 - Exposé magistral 4 / Tutorial 4

Chaired by Okan Arslan

1 presentation

15:30 – 17:10
EY (blue)

TB2 - Session industrielle / Industrial Session 2

Chaired by Youssouf Emine

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
METRO INC. ( yellow)

TB3 - Optimization and Applications in Energy Systems 2

Chaired by Sara Séguin

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Lima (blue)

TB4 - Tournées de véhicule / Vehicle Routing 3

Chaired by Sahnoune Annis Haned

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Lise Birikundavyi - Lionel Rey (blue)

TB5 - Derivative-free and blackbox optimization 1

Chaired by Valentin Dijon

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Quebecor (yellow)

TB6 - Scheduling 3

Chaired by Ibrahim Dan Dije

5 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Budapest (green)

TB7 - Reinforcement Learning Methods and Applications

Chaired by Erick Delage

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Jean-Guertin (green)

TB8* - Network Design-Data Visualisation

Chaired by Gilles Caporossi

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Luc-Poirier (green)

TB9 - Operational Research at Africa (OR@Africa)

Chaired by Youssef Diouane

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
Procter & Gamble (green)

TB10 - Complexity and Practice in Continuous Optimization

Chaired by Rahbarnia Farhad

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
PWC (green)

TB11 - Logistique / Logistics

Chaired by Fatemeh Homayouni

4 presentations

15:30 – 17:10
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (green)

TB12 - Advances in Location and Network Design

Chaired by Sanjay Dominik Jena

4 presentations

08:00 – 08:55

Breakfast - Kyoto Room

09:00 – 10:40
Walter Capital (blue)

WA1 - Exposé magistral 5 / Tutorial 5

Chaired by Janosch Ortmann

1 presentation

09:00 – 10:40
EY (blue)

WA2 - Santé / Healthcare 1

Chaired by Mustafa Abbas

4 presentations

09:00 – 10:40
METRO INC. ( yellow)

WA3 - Multi-Objective Optimization 2

Chaired by Kossi Wilfried Agbeto

4 presentations

09:00 – 10:40
Lima (blue)

WA4 - Integration of Machine Learning and Optimization

Chaired by Erick Delage

4 presentations

09:00 – 10:40
Lise Birikundavyi - Lionel Rey (blue)

WA5 - Derivative-free and blackbox optimization 2

Chaired by Xavier Lebeuf

4 presentations

09:00 – 10:40
Quebecor (yellow)

WA6 - Scheduling 4

Chaired by Seyedvahid Najafi

4 presentations

09:00 – 10:40
Budapest (green)

WA7 - Machine Learning

Chaired by Laurent Alsène-Racicot

4 presentations

09:00 – 10:40
Jean-Guertin (green)

WA8 - Integer Programming

Chaired by Théo Guyard

4 presentations

09:00 – 10:40
Luc-Poirier (green)

WA9 - Data-Driven Optimization

Chaired by Saif Eddine Ben Youssef

4 presentations

09:00 – 10:40
Procter & Gamble (green)

WA10 - Stochastic and Robust Optimization 3

Chaired by Samuel Gbeya

3 presentations

09:00 – 10:40
PWC (green)

WA11 - Routing and Logistics

Chaired by Prasanna Ramamoorthy

4 presentations

09:00 – 10:40
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (green)
10:40 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:05 – 12:45
Walter Capital (blue)
11:05 – 12:45
EY (blue)

WB2* - Santé / Healthcare 2

Chaired by Hossein Hashemi Doulabi

4 presentations

11:05 – 12:45
METRO INC. ( yellow)

WB3 - Decomposition Techniques

Chaired by Elahe Amiri

4 presentations

11:05 – 12:45
Lima (blue)

WB4 - Tournées de véhicule / Vehicle Routing 4

Chaired by Imen Masmoudi

4 presentations

11:05 – 12:45
Lise Birikundavyi - Lionel Rey (blue)

WB5 - Derivative-free and blackbox optimization 3

Chaired by Edward Hallé-Hannan

4 presentations

11:05 – 12:45
Quebecor (yellow)

WB6 - Mining and Natural Resources 2

Chaired by Etienne Tremblay

5 presentations

11:05 – 12:45
Budapest (green)

WB7 - Machine Learning applications

Chaired by Laurent Alsène-Racicot

4 presentations

11:05 – 12:45
Jean-Guertin (green)

WB8 - CP Reasoning

Chaired by Gilles Pesant

4 presentations

11:05 – 12:45
Luc-Poirier (green)

WB9 - Data mining

Chaired by Mael Charpentier

3 presentations

11:05 – 12:45
Procter & Gamble (green)

WB10 - Stochastic and Robust Optimization 4

Chaired by Xiaoxu Chen

3 presentations

11:05 – 12:45
PWC (green)

WB11 - Chaîne d'approvisionnement / Supply Chain

Chaired by Kenza Alioui

4 presentations

11:05 – 12:45
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (green)

WB12 - Routing, Orchestration and Learning

Chaired by Janosch Ortmann

4 presentations

12:45 – 13:55

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00
Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale

WP1 - Plénière 5 / Plenary 5

Chaired by Franklin Djeumou Fomeni

1 presentation

15:00 – 15:20

Closing Remarks - Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale

15:20 – 15:45

Coffee Break