Category: Events

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.

ORSNZ AGM 2022 Agenda

The 2022 ORSNZ Annual General Meeting will be held at the upcoming 54th ORSNZ Conference on Monday 28 November starting at 1:40pm.

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. Hans Daellenbach Prize (see details below);
  8. Future Conferences;
  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].

Item 7:

ORSNZ has established an awards committee to make recommendations with respect to the award of the HGD prize, that will:

  1. Stand ready to receive, and where necessary solicit, suggestions with respect to suitable recipients.
  2. Maintain an ordered list of potential recipients, considering the alignment between their achievements and the prize criteria, and also the alignment of award timing with career events such as retirement.
  3. Pro-actively request suitably placed individuals to prepare formal nominations for persons on that list, and to provide supporting documentation, with the aim of making one HGD award every 3 years, on average.
  4. Form an ad hoc sub-committee, adding suitably qualified persons if required  to avoid conflicts of interest, to make a recommendation with respect to each nomination.

Currently:

  1. The committee consists of all past HGD awardees who are still active in ORSNZ, and it is envisaged that members will be added as new awards are made, and will retire when they cease ORSNZ activity.
  2. Awards have been well below the target rate in recent years, so further awards may be made within the next 3 years

Sincerely, Prof Vicky Mabin, Prof Andy Philpott and Prof Grant Read (Awards Committee)

ORSNZ Conference 2022 Preliminary Programme

The preliminary programme for the ORSNZ conference has now been posted.

We have 29 presentations scheduled, covering a wide range of topics; here are the titles of the sessions:

  • Healthcare Modelling
  • Network Models & Data Science
  • Decomposition Methods
  • Hydrogen Integration into Energy Systems
  • Production Processes & Environmental Modelling
  • Modelling & Optimization under Uncertainty
  • Operations Research Tools & Supply Chain Modelling

The last day to register for the conference, including the dinner at debretts kitchen, is Friday, November 18 (although dinner tickets may sell out sooner). However, there may be a limited number of day registrations available until Thursday, November 24.

ORSNZ AGM 2022

The 2022 ORSNZ Annual General Meeting will be held at the upcoming 54th ORSNZ Conference (28-29 November). The specific date and time will be set once the programme is finalised.

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. Future Conferences;
  7. Election of officers and auditor;
  8. Other business.

If you wish to discuss any other business, or would like any documents circulated prior to the AGM, please send all details to [email protected].

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

Deadlines extended for ORSNZ conference

The deadlines have been extended for the upcoming ORSNZ conference, with abstracts and early-bird registration now due by Monday 7 November.

Monday 28 November will have a cluster of healthcare-related talks, including a plenary address by:

  • Dr. Melanie Reuter Oppermann, Technical University of Darmstadt.

There will also be a panel discussion to conclude the cluster.

The Energy and Natural Resources SIG will host a cluster of presentations on hydrogen and other technologies that will enable increased renewable energy production. This will also have an associated plenary address on hydrogen integration, and close with a panel discussion.