Doctoral students working on their theses in the field of Operations Research applied to Health Services are invited to submit a research proposal paper for the doctoral colloquium hosted within the 2025 ORAHS conference. 

The submissions can be current working papers as well as dissertation theses outlines. Submissions do not need to adhere to any formatting guidelines, but it should indicate if it is a working paper or a thesis outline. We ask students to try and limit the length of their submission to 10 pages, excluding references. 

Please send the submission as a pdf to: melanie.reuter-oppermann@dgre.org. The size of the file must not exceed 5MB.

The deadline for submission: Friday 11th April 2025 (anywhere on Earth) Monday 21.04.2025 23:59 CET

Accepted submissions will be presented by students during the consortium and discussed with a plenum of distinguished international researchers in the field. In addition, students will have one-on-one discussions with the international experts and profit from inspiring plenaries as well as insights into real-world planning problems from healthcare practitioners. The consortium will be held prior to the main conference on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July 2025.

Registration to the DC will be possible only together with the conference registration

Students presenting their research during the colloquium may also wish to present their research as a regular talk or poster during the main conference. Then, an additional submission to the regular conference is required, abstract submission. To register and for the Doctoral Colloquium and the Conference go to the conference Registration page.

Start: Saturday 5th July 2025, 09:00

Location: Realfagbygget, Gløshaugen, NTNU

Doctoral Consortium social dinner: To be confirmed

Contacts:

Melanie Reuter-Oppermann – melanie.reuter-oppermann@dgre.org 
Joe Viana – joe.viana@ntnu.no 

Here is a pdf version of the call for Doctoral Colloquium submissions.