Call for the organisation of the 10th AIROYoung Workshop
Airo Young
Organising a scientific event is a valuable experience that can be included on your CV.
Getting involved in AIROYoung offers an opportunity to take a more active role in the community.
Organise the next AIROYoung Workshop at your university!
Here’s all you need to know.
What is the AIROYoung Workshop?
The AIROYoung Workshop (AYW) has become an annual international occasion for PhD students and young researchers to meet, exchange knowledge, and present novel research contributions in the field of Operational Research and Decision & Data Science.
Format
- The AYW must be held in Italy. As we are part of the Italian OR Society (AIRO), the workshop will need to take place at an Italian university. If you want to organise something abroad, think about an event for our twin forum EUROYoung.
- There will not be fees for participants. The event has always been designed to include all kinds of students, independently from their university funds, so participation in the next AYW (like all the previous ones) will have to be free for all participants. To further help those who may have limited funds, every year we offer the chance to win an accommodation grant to those participants (on average 10) who registered first for the event. This means that part of the challenge is also to engage with potential sponsors, which may be, e.g., your university or local industrial partners.
- Generally, the workshop is a three-day event - but the duration can vary - with a couple of plenary talks from distinguished professors and sessions for young researchers, dedicated to presenting their work.
- There is the possibility of organising a poster session within the workshop, to the discretion of the organizers. Other initiatives or ideas are welcome but will need to be agreed upon with the AIROYoung board.
- The AYW is usually held in February or March, to leave some months between the workshop and ODS, the annual conference organised by AIRO and typically held in September. The exact dates can be freely defined, depending on convenience/prices/local events.
- Extra activities (e.g. social dinner and/or tourist activities) are strongly encouraged to help social networking. If funds do not allow sponsoring them, it is okay to offer these at an extra cost paid by participants.
- The workshop should aim to be as plastic-free as possible to minimize its environmental impact, with particular attention to the gadgets and the coffee breaks, where plastic use is often highest.
- The workshop should be accessible for people with reduced mobility and/or other physical disabilities, to ensure that all participants can fully engage in the event.
Special session for the 10th AIROYoung Workshop
As part of next year’s workshop program, there will be a special round table on AIROYoung as a celebratory moment for the 10 years of the workshop, which will offer a space for open discussion and reflection on the evolution and future directions of our community.
This round table will be co-organised by the board and the winning applicants.
Winner announcement
By the end of July 2025, every applicant will receive an email with the scores of all submissions and the name of the winning organising committee. Also, we will announce the winning organising committee during the next ODS conference.
Why you should do it
- Increase your visibility in the OR community.
- Increase the visibility of your research group.
- Challenge yourself with an organisation/management task.
- Get closer to your colleagues and work in a team with them.
- Get to know the AIROYoung board as an “insider”, see how we work behind the scenes and collaborate with us.
- Put it on your CV.
How to apply
If you are interested, send your application to airo.young....@mail.com by carefully following the guidelines described in the attached document, which reports all evaluation criteria and tie-breaking rules, using the provided submission template.
Submission deadline
July 15, 2025
Contacts
For any doubts or questions, you can reach the AIROYoung board at airo.young....@gmail.com.