EURO Distinguished Service Medal 2010

EDSM 2010 Announcement

The EDSM (EURO Distinguished Service Medal ) is awarded for recognition of distinguished service to the Association of European OR Societies (EURO) and to the profession of OR. The award will be officially delivered during the 2010 EURO Conference (Lisbon, July 11-14, 2010).

Eligibility

The EDSM 2010 will be given to an individual who has served the European OR community and the profession effectively for many years. No currently active officer of EURO (Executive Committee member, EDSM 2010 jury member, Organising and Programme Committees Chairpersons of the EURO 2010 Conference) is eligible.

Award

The laureate will receive a medal, a diploma and will be invited to all future EURO Conferences without payment of the registration fees.

Selection process

The national member societies of EURO, the EURO Working Groups, the previous EURO Distinguished Service Medal laureate and previous EDSM jury chair are kindly invited to send nominations for possible award recipients to the EDSM jury by the deadline indicated below. Please enclose, if possible, a CV or an equivalent document. Nominations must be made in confidence (i.e. the nominee should not be informed).

The jury will evaluate the proposed candidates essentially on basis of their distinguished services to EURO and to the profession of OR.

Jury

• Tuula Kinnunen (Chairperson),
• Alexis Tsoukias,
• Zilla Sunuany-Stern,
• Rainer Burkard ,
• Jan Weglarz .

Deadlines

The deadline for submitting nominations is January 31, 2010.

The decision of the jury will be communicated to the EDSM laureate within March 5, 2010.

The decision of the jury will be publicly announced at the 2010 EURO Conference.

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