Category: Events

ORSNZ annual conference submission dates extended

Submission deadlines for the ORSNZ Annual Conference have been extended.

The conference will be held Thursday 20/11/2025 and Friday 21/11/2025 at the University of Auckland following JuMP-dev, which will take place earlier that week (November 17–20, 2025, also in Auckland, New Zealand).

The extended submission dates are:

Submission deadline for abstracts24 October 2025
Submission deadline for (optional) full papers3 November 2025
Submission deadline for YPP papers3 November 2025

The registration deadlines remain as follows:

Deadline for early bird registration31st October 2025
Deadline for final registrations10th November 2025

For details please refer to the conference website.

Andrea Raith (ORSNZ President and conference co-organiser).

GEEC Seminar at UoA: The Evolving Landscape of Rechargeable Batteries: Research and Industry Applications 

The following seminar may be of interest to the ORSNZ community, and in particular the Energy and Natural Resources Special Interest Group.

The next Green Energy Engineering Centre (GEEC) Seminar will be held at 4pm on October 22 in Room 1.401 on the fourth floor of the Engineering Building at University of Auckland.

The speaker is Dr Shanghai Wei (Faculty of Engineering and Design at UoA) who will give a lecture on 

The Evolving Landscape of Rechargeable Batteries: Research and Industry Applications 

Tickets and further details are available here. Please rsvp as soon as possible.

Posted by Andrea Raith on behalf of Prof Andy Philpott (GEEC Director).

ORSNZ Annual Conference Registrations Open

The ORSNZ Annual Conference will be held Thursday 20/11/2025 and Friday 21/11/2025 at the University of Auckland.

Some of the key dates are (full list here):
– abstracts are due Friday 17/10/2025
– Paper deadline (optional) and YPP paper deadline Friday 24/10/2025
– early bird registrations are available until Friday 24/10/2025

Thanks to some very generous sponsorship the registration fees are low this year, so hopefully many of you can join us. Registration details and the Humanitix registration page are linked here.

There are two prizes available, the ORSNZ Young Practitioners’ Prize (YPP) and the John A. George Memorial Prize (JAG). This year, there will be two YPP prize categories: paper and presentation. Further details can be found on the conference website.

I would also like to draw everyone’s attention to the Optimization Community Event, organised by Gurobi, which will be held on Thursday 20 November 2025 (venue to be confirmed). The event is free-of-charge but ORSNZ attendees need to register for this event in addition to ORSNZ conference registration. Further details about this event will be released over the coming weeks.

This year’s conference will be co-located with JuMP-dev, which will take place November 17–20, 2025, also in Auckland, New Zealand. Separate registration is required for this event via this page.

There may be travel support for students out of Auckland. Please get in touch by emailing [email protected] to find out more.

We look forward to many interesting talks and discussions. The abstract submission form is linked here.

Andrea Raith (ORSNZ President)
on behalf of the conference organising committee (Sarah Marshall, Lisa Hillas, Oscar Dowson).

10th AUT Mathematical Modelling and Analytics Symposium, Nov. 24-25, 2025

The Mathematical Modelling and Analytics Research Centre and the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Auckland University of Technology are hosting the 10th AUT Mathematical Modelling and Analytics Symposium on Monday and Tuesday, November 24-25, 2025. We cordially invite you to this event.

The symposium will be held at Auckland University of Technology, WS and WZ Building, AUT City Campus, Auckland Central.

The following invited speakers have been confirmed:

** CONTRIBUTED TALKS **

We welcome contributed talks (20 minutes) from the mathematical sciences community in the areas of statistical programming, statistical methodology, stochastic modelling, data science, computational and mathematical modelling, financial analytics, financial mathematics, decision analysis and operations research.  Abstracts (up to 250 words) should be submitted through the Symposium website by Friday 31st October 2025.

** REGISTRATION & DINNER **

Registration is free of charge, however all participants are required to register on the Symposium website by Monday 17th November 2025.  Morning tea and afternoon tea will be provided. The Symposium dinner will be held on Monday 24 November 2025 at the Puen Eatery & Bar Restaurant (3 Mount Eden Road, Grafton, Auckland). The dinner is free of charge for registered participants

For general enquiries, please contact [email protected] or visit the symposium’s website.

Symposium website: 10th AUT Mathematical Modelling and Analytics Symposium

Registration Form: Registration form – 10th AUT Mathematical Modelling and Analytics Symposium

ORSNZ AGM 2024 and Agenda

The 2024 ORSNZ Annual General Meeting will be held at the upcoming 56th ORSNZ Conference on Thursday 5 December starting at 1pm.

The preliminary agenda for the meeting is:

  1. Apologies (to [email protected]);
  2. Minutes of the previous AGM;
  3. Matters arising from the minutes;
  4. President’s report;
  5. Honorary Treasurer’s report and financial statements;
  6. Updates from regional and special interest groups;
  7. Future Conferences;
  8. Website redevelopment;
  9. Election of officers and auditor;
  10. Other business.

You can assign a proxy to vote on your behalf using the 2nd page of this form; this should be sent to [email protected].

I look forward to seeing you all at the conference and AGM.

Andrea Raith
ORSNZ President

ORSNZ Annual Conference registrations open

The ORSNZ Annual Conference will be held Thursday 5/12/2024 and Friday 6/12/2024 at the University of Auckland.

Some of the key dates are (full list here):
– abstracts are due Friday 8/11/2024
– Paper deadline (optional) and YPP paper deadline Friday 15/11/2024
– early bird registrations are available until Friday 15/11/2024

Thanks to some very generous sponsorship the registration fees are low this year, so hopefully many of you can join us. Registration details and the Humanitix registration page are linked here.

There are two prizes available, the ORSNZ Young Practitioners’ Prize (YPP) and the John A. George Memorial Prize (JAG). Details can be found on the conference website.

Please note that there may be travel support for students out of Auckland, as well as some free registrations for students and recent graduates participating in the Young Practitioner Prize (YPP). Please get in touch by emailing [email protected] to find out more.

I would also like to draw everyone’s attention to the Optimization Community Event, connected by Gurobi, which will be held on Thursday 5/12/2024 from 3:30pm at Old Government House (University of Auckland). The event is free-of-charge but ORSNZ attendees need to register for this event in addition to ORSNZ conference registration (registrations are also available on the same Humanitix ticket page).

We look forward to many interesting talks and discussions. The abstract submission form is linked here.

Andrea Raith (ORSNZ President)
on behalf of the conference organising committee (Sarah Marshall, Lisa Hillas, Mike O’Sullivan).

Invitation to participate in 3rd New Zealand Hydrogen Symposium

Kia ora koutou,  

On behalf of the organising committee for the 3rd New Zealand Hydrogen Symposium, we are pleased to invite you to participate and submit abstracts for the conference. The symposium will be held from February 3-5, 2025, at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

We are excited to invite you to participate in this conference. Topics of the conference range from production and storage to small-scale hydrogen systems and regulation.

For more information, please visit the symposium’s website: http://nzhs2025.co.nz/

Call for abstracts: Now Open

August 31, 2024: Early bird registration deadline.

September 30, 2024: Submissions close.

October 31, 2024: Registrations close.

Abstract Submission: We invite you to contribute to the symposium by submitting an abstract. This is a unique opportunity to share your research and ideas with the hydrogen community, highlighting the latest advancements in support of developing a global hydrogen ecosystem and potentially inspiring others with your work.

We encourage you to share this information with your networks to help promote the event. If you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to contact our organising committee at [email protected].

We look forward to seeing you at the symposium.

Of particular interest to ORSNZ members may be sessions on modelling issues in this context.

Ngā mihi / Best Regards

Andrea Raith (ORSNZ president)
on behalf of the local organising committee of the 3rd New Zealand Hydrogen Symposium

Energy futures: Hydrogen for New Zealand workshop 29/1/2024

We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming workshop Energy futures: Hydrogen for New Zealand to be held at the University of Canterbury on Monday 29/1/2024.

The ORSNZ Special Interest Group Energy and Natural Resources is supporting this event, with two members participating.

The workshop is free of charge, but please do register here. For those unable to attend in person, there is an option to participate in two of the sessions remotely.