Many thanks to INFORMS for the extraordinary conference in Atlanta, October 26-29, 2025! The conferees returned inspired and with renewed energy. It was a conference that set new high standards and was so enjoyable with about 7,000 conferees from around the globe.
In addition to the talks, business meetings, social networking events, and award ceremonies, this Annual Meeting serves as the venue for various face to face board meetings.
I have been chairing the INFORMS Magazine Editorial Advisory Board (MEAB) for several years now and very much enjoy working with fellow Board Members and INFORMS staff. The MEAB oversees such excellent publications as ORMS Today, Analytics Magazine, and also ORMS Tomorrow.
I'd like to thank INFORMS Editor Kara Tucker and Mary Leszczynski, Director of Marketing at INFORMS, and Board Members: James Cochran of the University of Alabama, Trilce Encarnacion of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Lavanya Marla of the University of Illinois, Patricia Neri of Underwriters Laboratories, Thiago Serra of the University of Iowa, Anand Subramanian of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Jun Zhuang of the University of Buffalo, and our newest member Carlos A. Zetina of FICO Express for a very productive, engaging meeting this past Monday morning at 8AM. Jun Zhuang took the below expert selfie of us. It is such a pleasure to serve as the Chair of MEAB. Many thanks also to Tinglong Dai of Johns Hopkins University, who was triple booked and could not join us but followed up with a warm message.
Carlos even brought delicious chocolates from Montreal for us!
More info on MEAB and its members: https://pubsonline.informs.org/magazine/orms-today/resources. I thank both Gokce Esenduran of Purdue University and Emily McIntosh of Ernst & Young for their service. Their terms have now expired.
Link to issues of ORMS Today: https://pubsonline.informs.org/magazine/orms-today
Many thanks to all the contributors to these very engaging, informative professional publications!