CIRRELT : JOPT2025 : JOPT2025 Schedule

May 12, 2025

08:00 – 08:40

Registration - Salle Madrid
08:00 – 08:40

Breakfast - Kyoto
08:45 – 09:00

Opening session - Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale
09:00 – 10:00
Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale :

Plénière/Plenary 1

Session chaired by Jorge E. Mendoza

1 presentation
10:00 – 10:25

Coffee break - Kyoto
10:30 – 12:10
Procter & Gamble (Green) :

Tutorial I: Hexaly, a new kind of global optimization solver

Session chaired by Fred Gardi

1 presentation
10:30 – 12:10
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Yellow) :

Vehicle Routing I

Session chaired by Claudio Contardo

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
TAL Gestion globale d'actifs (Green) :

Hydropower Optimization and Predictive Energy Management I

Session chaired by Sara Séguin

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
EY (Blue) :

Knapsack and Packing Problems

Session chaired by Eliass Fennich

3 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
Lise Birikundavyi/Lionel Rey (Blue) :

Column generation for transportation planning

Session chaired by Guy Desaulniers

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (Green) :

Planning and Scheduling in Reconfigurable manufacturing systems

Session chaired by Adnene Hajji

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
BMO (Green) :

OR in Healthcare

Session chaired by Camille Pinçon

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
Luc-Poirier (Green) :

Network Design I

Session chaired by Bita Payami

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
Associations étudiantes (Green) :

Constraint Programming I

Session chaired by David Saikali

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
Serge-Saucier (Blue) :

ICVNS I

Session chaired by Daniel Aloise

3 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
Accra (Yellow) :

AI: The Engine of Circularity - Optimizing Reverse Logistics for a Sustainable Future

Session chaired by Samira Keivanpour

4 presentations
12:10 – 13:55

Lunch (not included) - free time
14:00 – 15:00
Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale :

Plénière/Plenary 2

Session chaired by Fausto Errico

1 presentation
15:00 – 15:25

Coffee break - Kyoto
15:30 – 17:10
Procter & Gamble (Green) :

Tutorial II

Session chaired by Maryam Darvish

1 presentation
15:30 – 17:10
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Yellow) :

OR Applications in Planning

Session chaired by Imadeddine Aziez

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
TAL Gestion globale d'actifs (Green) :

Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles

Session chaired by David Pinzon

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
EY (Blue) :

Algorithms

Session chaired by Théo Guyard

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
Lise Birikundavyi/Lionel Rey (Blue) :

Port Operations and Terminal Management

Session chaired by Marie-Sabine Saget

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (Green) :

Auction-Based Procurement of Truckload Transportation Services

Session chaired by Monia Rekik

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
BMO (Green) :

Decomposition Methods I

Session chaired by Mario José Basallo Triana

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
Luc-Poirier (Green) :

Mining Operations

Session chaired by Reza Shahin

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
Associations étudiantes (Green) :

Arc routing problems

Session chaired by Chahid Ahabchane

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
Serge-Saucier (Blue) :

ICVNS II

Session chaired by Daniel Aloise

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
Accra (Yellow) :

Nonsmooth optimization

Session chaired by Nathan Allaire

3 presentations
17:30 – 21:00

Reception - Salon Mont-Royal

May 13, 2025

08:00 – 08:55

Breakfast - Kyoto
09:00 – 10:00
Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale :

Plénière/Plenary 3 (presented by ICVNS)

Session chaired by Daniel Aloise

1 presentation
10:00 – 10:25

Coffee break - Kyoto
10:30 – 12:10
Procter & Gamble (Green) :

Project Scheduling and Explainability

Session chaired by Raphaël Boudreault

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Yellow) :

Vehicle Routing II

Session chaired by Weiquan Wang

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
TAL Gestion globale d'actifs (Green) :

Hydropower Optimization and Predictive Energy Management II

Session chaired by Sara Séguin

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
EY (Blue) :

Humanitarian Search Operations

Session chaired by Michael Morin

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
Lise Birikundavyi/Lionel Rey (Blue) :

Public transit scheduling

Session chaired by Guy Desaulniers

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (Green) :

Integrated Lot Sizing

Session chaired by Matthieu Gruson

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
BMO (Green) :

OR for Better Africa I

Session chaired by Franklin Djeumou Fomeni

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
Luc-Poirier (Green) :

Network Design II

Session chaired by Saman Asvadi

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
Associations étudiantes (Green) :

Constraint Programming II

Session chaired by Gilles Pesant

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
Serge-Saucier (Blue) :

ICVNS III

Session chaired by Daniel Aloise

4 presentations
10:30 – 12:10
Accra (Yellow) :

Scheduling and Resource Allocation

Session chaired by Fayez Boctor

4 presentations
12:10 – 13:55

Lunch (not included) - free time
14:00 – 15:00
Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale :

Plénière/Plenary 4

Session chaired by Maryam Darvish

1 presentation
15:00 – 15:25

Coffee break - Kyoto
15:30 – 17:10
Procter & Gamble (Green) :

Tutorial III

Session chaired by Jorge E. Mendoza

1 presentation
15:30 – 17:10
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Yellow) :

Vehicle Routing III

Session chaired by Razieh Mousavi

3 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
TAL Gestion globale d'actifs (Green) :

Operations

Session chaired by Elham Ghorbani

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
EY (Blue) :

AI-based approaches for healthcare management

Session chaired by Monia Rekik

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
Lise Birikundavyi/Lionel Rey (Blue) :

Robust Operations Planning in Smart and Connected Manufacturing Supply Chains

Session chaired by Masoumeh Kazemi Zanjani

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (Green) :

Energy Market Modeling and Optimization

Session chaired by Michel Denault

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
BMO (Green) :

Optimization Models and Methods for Transit Planning

Session chaired by Michel Gendreau

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
Luc-Poirier (Green) :

Optimization in Forestry

Session chaired by Nadia Lehoux

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
Associations étudiantes (Green) :

Sequential Decision-Making

Session chaired by Étienne Tremblay

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
Serge-Saucier (Blue) :

ICVNS IV

Session chaired by Daniel Aloise

4 presentations
15:30 – 17:10
Accra (Yellow) :

Derivative-free optimization I

Session chaired by Théo Denorme

3 presentations
19:00 – 22:00

ICVNS Conference dinner (for ICVNS participants only)

May 14, 2025

08:00 – 08:55

Breakfast - Kyoto
09:00 – 10:00
Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale : Plénière/Plenary 5

Plénière/Plenary 5

Session chaired by Fausto Errico

1 presentation
10:00 – 10:15

Coffee break - Kyoto
10:15 – 12:00
Procter & Gamble (Green) :

Humanitarian Logistics - 1

Session chaired by Marie-Eve Rancourt

4 presentations
10:15 – 12:00
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Yellow) : IS1

Industrial Session 1

Session chaired by Marie-Claude Côté

4 presentations
10:15 – 12:00
TAL Gestion globale d'actifs (Green) :

Sustainability

Session chaired by Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon

4 presentations
10:15 – 12:00
EY (Blue) :

Renewable energy optimization

Session chaired by Fereshteh Mafakheri

3 presentations
10:15 – 12:00
Lise Birikundavyi/Lionel Rey (Blue) :

Risk-Aware Reinforcement Learning

Session chaired by Erick Delage

4 presentations
10:15 – 12:00
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (Green) :

Stochastic Routing

Session chaired by Ali Kermani

4 presentations
10:15 – 12:00
BMO (Green) :

Large Scale Optimization in Air Transportation

Session chaired by Mohamed Faouzi Benammour

4 presentations
10:15 – 12:00
Luc-Poirier (Green) :

Network Design III

Session chaired by Antoine Legrain

4 presentations
10:15 – 12:00
Associations étudiantes (Green) :

Constraint Programming III

Session chaired by Max Bourgeat

4 presentations
12:00 – 13:20

Lunch (only registered CIRRELT members) - free time
13:20 – 15:00
Procter & Gamble (Green) :

Healthcare Analytics

Session chaired by Paolo Landa

4 presentations
13:20 – 15:00
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Yellow) : IS2

Industrial Session 2

Session chaired by Marie-Claude Côté

4 presentations
13:20 – 15:00
TAL Gestion globale d'actifs (Green) :

Optimization and Computational Methods

Session chaired by Alain Hertz

3 presentations
13:20 – 15:00
EY (Blue) :

Agri-food supply chains

Session chaired by Sonja Ursula Katharina Rohmer

4 presentations
13:20 – 15:00
Lise Birikundavyi/Lionel Rey (Blue) :

Short-term electricity demand forecasting

Session chaired by Fabian Bastin

4 presentations
13:20 – 15:00
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (Green) :

Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chain Optimization

Session chaired by Seyed Zeinab Aliahmadi

4 presentations
13:20 – 15:00
BMO (Green) :

OR for Better Africa II

Session chaired by Mohamed Faouzi Benammour

4 presentations
13:20 – 15:00
Luc-Poirier (Green) :

Machine Learning

Session chaired by Hassan Dehghan Shoorkand

4 presentations
13:20 – 15:00
Associations étudiantes (Green) :

Learning-Enhanced Optimization

Session chaired by Taha Varol

4 presentations
15:00 – 15:20

Closing
15:20 – 15:45

Coffee break - Kyoto
15:45 – 17:25
Procter & Gamble (Green) :

Tutorial IV

Session chaired by Fausto Errico

1 presentation
15:45 – 17:25
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Yellow) : IS3

Industrial Session 3

Session chaired by David Escobar Vargas

3 presentations
15:45 – 17:25
TAL Gestion globale d'actifs (Green) :

Optimization for Circular Economy

Session chaired by Tasseda Boukherroub

3 presentations
15:45 – 17:25
EY (Blue) :

Integrated Assessment of Energy and Climate policies

Session chaired by Olivier Bahn

4 presentations
15:45 – 17:25
Lise Birikundavyi/Lionel Rey (Blue) :

Urban Traffic Management

Session chaired by Bahman Bornay

4 presentations
15:45 – 17:25
TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (Green) :

Smart EV Charging & Sustainability: Battery and Scheduling Synergies

Session chaired by Samira Keivanpour

4 presentations
15:45 – 17:25
BMO (Green) :

OR for Better Africa III

Session chaired by Abdelhakim Abdellaoui

4 presentations
15:45 – 17:25
Luc-Poirier (Green) :

Routing and Scheduling Problems

Session chaired by Joseph Robitaille

4 presentations
15:45 – 17:25
Associations étudiantes (Green) :

Communications, Networks, and Sensing Systems

Session chaired by Wissem Ahmed Zaid

4 presentations
15:45 – 17:25
Accra (Yellow) :

Derivative-free optimization II

Session chaired by Sébastien Le Digabel

3 presentations

May 12, 2025
	Procter & Gamble (Green)	Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Yellow)	TAL Gestion globale d'actifs (Green)	EY (Blue)	Lise Birikundavyi/Lionel Rey (Blue)	TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (Green)	BMO (Green)	Luc-Poirier (Green)	Associations étudiantes (Green)	Serge-Saucier (Blue)	Accra (Yellow)
08:00 – 08:40	Registration - Salle Madrid
08:00 – 08:40	Breakfast - Kyoto
08:45 – 09:00	Opening session - Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale
09:00 – 10:00	Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale : Plénière/Plenary 1 Plénière/Plenary 1 Session chaired by Jorge E. Mendoza 1 presentation
10:00 – 10:25	Coffee break - Kyoto
10:30 – 12:10	Tutorial I: Hexaly, a new kind of global optimi... Tutorial I: Hexaly, a new kind of global optimization solver Session chaired by Fred Gardi 1 presentation	Vehicle Routing I Vehicle Routing I Session chaired by Claudio Contardo 4 presentations	Hydropower Optimization and Predictive Energy M... Hydropower Optimization and Predictive Energy Management I Session chaired by Sara Séguin 4 presentations	Knapsack and Packing Problems Knapsack and Packing Problems Session chaired by Eliass Fennich 3 presentations	Column generation for transportation planning Column generation for transportation planning Session chaired by Guy Desaulniers 4 presentations	Planning and Scheduling in Reconfigurable manuf... Planning and Scheduling in Reconfigurable manufacturing systems Session chaired by Adnene Hajji 4 presentations	OR in Healthcare OR in Healthcare Session chaired by Camille Pinçon 4 presentations	Network Design I Network Design I Session chaired by Bita Payami 4 presentations	Constraint Programming I Constraint Programming I Session chaired by David Saikali 4 presentations	ICVNS I ICVNS I Session chaired by Daniel Aloise 3 presentations	AI: The Engine of Circularity - Optimizing Reve... AI: The Engine of Circularity - Optimizing Reverse Logistics for a Sustainable Future Session chaired by Samira Keivanpour 4 presentations
12:10 – 13:55	Lunch (not included) - free time
14:00 – 15:00	Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale : Plénière/Plenary 2 Plénière/Plenary 2 Session chaired by Fausto Errico 1 presentation
15:00 – 15:25	Coffee break - Kyoto
15:30 – 17:10	Tutorial II Tutorial II Session chaired by Maryam Darvish 1 presentation	OR Applications in Planning OR Applications in Planning Session chaired by Imadeddine Aziez 4 presentations	Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles Session chaired by David Pinzon 4 presentations	Algorithms Algorithms Session chaired by Théo Guyard 4 presentations	Port Operations and Terminal Management Port Operations and Terminal Management Session chaired by Marie-Sabine Saget 4 presentations	Auction-Based Procurement of Truckload Transpor... Auction-Based Procurement of Truckload Transportation Services Session chaired by Monia Rekik 4 presentations	Decomposition Methods I Decomposition Methods I Session chaired by Mario José Basallo Triana 4 presentations	Mining Operations Mining Operations Session chaired by Reza Shahin 4 presentations	Arc routing problems Arc routing problems Session chaired by Chahid Ahabchane 4 presentations	ICVNS II ICVNS II Session chaired by Daniel Aloise 4 presentations	Nonsmooth optimization Nonsmooth optimization Session chaired by Nathan Allaire 3 presentations
17:30 – 21:00	Reception - Salon Mont-Royal

May 13, 2025
	Procter & Gamble (Green)	Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Yellow)	TAL Gestion globale d'actifs (Green)	EY (Blue)	Lise Birikundavyi/Lionel Rey (Blue)	TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (Green)	BMO (Green)	Luc-Poirier (Green)	Associations étudiantes (Green)	Serge-Saucier (Blue)	Accra (Yellow)
08:00 – 08:55	Breakfast - Kyoto
09:00 – 10:00	Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale : Plénière/Plenary 3 (presented by ICVNS) Plénière/Plenary 3 (presented by ICVNS) Session chaired by Daniel Aloise 1 presentation
10:00 – 10:25	Coffee break - Kyoto
10:30 – 12:10	Project Scheduling and Explainability Project Scheduling and Explainability Session chaired by Raphaël Boudreault 4 presentations	Vehicle Routing II Vehicle Routing II Session chaired by Weiquan Wang 4 presentations	Hydropower Optimization and Predictive Energy M... Hydropower Optimization and Predictive Energy Management II Session chaired by Sara Séguin 4 presentations	Humanitarian Search Operations Humanitarian Search Operations Session chaired by Michael Morin 4 presentations	Public transit scheduling Public transit scheduling Session chaired by Guy Desaulniers 4 presentations	Integrated Lot Sizing Integrated Lot Sizing Session chaired by Matthieu Gruson 4 presentations	OR for Better Africa I OR for Better Africa I Session chaired by Franklin Djeumou Fomeni 4 presentations	Network Design II Network Design II Session chaired by Saman Asvadi 4 presentations	Constraint Programming II Constraint Programming II Session chaired by Gilles Pesant 4 presentations	ICVNS III ICVNS III Session chaired by Daniel Aloise 4 presentations	Scheduling and Resource Allocation Scheduling and Resource Allocation Session chaired by Fayez Boctor 4 presentations
12:10 – 13:55	Lunch (not included) - free time
14:00 – 15:00	Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale : Plénière/Plenary 4 Plénière/Plenary 4 Session chaired by Maryam Darvish 1 presentation
15:00 – 15:25	Coffee break - Kyoto
15:30 – 17:10	Tutorial III Tutorial III Session chaired by Jorge E. Mendoza 1 presentation	Vehicle Routing III Vehicle Routing III Session chaired by Razieh Mousavi 3 presentations	Operations Operations Session chaired by Elham Ghorbani 4 presentations	AI-based approaches for healthcare management AI-based approaches for healthcare management Session chaired by Monia Rekik 4 presentations	Robust Operations Planning in Smart and Connect... Robust Operations Planning in Smart and Connected Manufacturing Supply Chains Session chaired by Masoumeh Kazemi Zanjani 4 presentations	Energy Market Modeling and Optimization Energy Market Modeling and Optimization Session chaired by Michel Denault 4 presentations	Optimization Models and Methods for Transit Pla... Optimization Models and Methods for Transit Planning Session chaired by Michel Gendreau 4 presentations	Optimization in Forestry Optimization in Forestry Session chaired by Nadia Lehoux 4 presentations	Sequential Decision-Making Sequential Decision-Making Session chaired by Étienne Tremblay 4 presentations	ICVNS IV ICVNS IV Session chaired by Daniel Aloise 4 presentations	Derivative-free optimization I Derivative-free optimization I Session chaired by Théo Denorme 3 presentations
19:00 – 22:00	ICVNS Conference dinner (for ICVNS participants only)

May 14, 2025
	Procter & Gamble (Green)	Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Yellow)	TAL Gestion globale d'actifs (Green)	EY (Blue)	Lise Birikundavyi/Lionel Rey (Blue)	TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (Green)	BMO (Green)	Luc-Poirier (Green)	Associations étudiantes (Green)	Accra (Yellow)
08:00 – 08:55	Breakfast - Kyoto
09:00 – 10:00	Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale : Plénière/Plenary 5 Plénière/Plenary 5 Plénière/Plenary 5 Session chaired by Fausto Errico 1 presentation
10:00 – 10:15	Coffee break - Kyoto
10:15 – 12:00	Humanitarian Logistics - 1 Humanitarian Logistics - 1 Session chaired by Marie-Eve Rancourt 4 presentations	IS1 Industrial Session 1 Session chaired by Marie-Claude Côté 4 presentations	Sustainability Sustainability Session chaired by Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon 4 presentations	Renewable energy optimization Renewable energy optimization Session chaired by Fereshteh Mafakheri 3 presentations	Risk-Aware Reinforcement Learning Risk-Aware Reinforcement Learning Session chaired by Erick Delage 4 presentations	Stochastic Routing Stochastic Routing Session chaired by Ali Kermani 4 presentations	Large Scale Optimization in Air Transportation Large Scale Optimization in Air Transportation Session chaired by Mohamed Faouzi Benammour 4 presentations	Network Design III Network Design III Session chaired by Antoine Legrain 4 presentations	Constraint Programming III Constraint Programming III Session chaired by Max Bourgeat 4 presentations
12:00 – 13:20	Lunch (only registered CIRRELT members) - free time
13:20 – 15:00	Healthcare Analytics Healthcare Analytics Session chaired by Paolo Landa 4 presentations	IS2 Industrial Session 2 Session chaired by Marie-Claude Côté 4 presentations	Optimization and Computational Methods Optimization and Computational Methods Session chaired by Alain Hertz 3 presentations	Agri-food supply chains Agri-food supply chains Session chaired by Sonja Ursula Katharina Rohmer 4 presentations	Short-term electricity demand forecasting Short-term electricity demand forecasting Session chaired by Fabian Bastin 4 presentations	Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chain Optimiza... Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chain Optimization Session chaired by Seyed Zeinab Aliahmadi 4 presentations	OR for Better Africa II OR for Better Africa II Session chaired by Mohamed Faouzi Benammour 4 presentations	Machine Learning Machine Learning Session chaired by Hassan Dehghan Shoorkand 4 presentations	Learning-Enhanced Optimization Learning-Enhanced Optimization Session chaired by Taha Varol 4 presentations
15:00 – 15:20	Closing
15:20 – 15:45	Coffee break - Kyoto
15:45 – 17:25	Tutorial IV Tutorial IV Session chaired by Fausto Errico 1 presentation	IS3 Industrial Session 3 Session chaired by David Escobar Vargas 3 presentations	Optimization for Circular Economy Optimization for Circular Economy Session chaired by Tasseda Boukherroub 3 presentations	Integrated Assessment of Energy and Climate pol... Integrated Assessment of Energy and Climate policies Session chaired by Olivier Bahn 4 presentations	Urban Traffic Management Urban Traffic Management Session chaired by Bahman Bornay 4 presentations	Smart EV Charging & Sustainability: Battery and... Smart EV Charging & Sustainability: Battery and Scheduling Synergies Session chaired by Samira Keivanpour 4 presentations	OR for Better Africa III OR for Better Africa III Session chaired by Abdelhakim Abdellaoui 4 presentations	Routing and Scheduling Problems Routing and Scheduling Problems Session chaired by Joseph Robitaille 4 presentations	Communications, Networks, and Sensing Systems Communications, Networks, and Sensing Systems Session chaired by Wissem Ahmed Zaid 4 presentations	Derivative-free optimization II Derivative-free optimization II Session chaired by Sébastien Le Digabel 3 presentations

May 12, 2025

Registration - Salle Madrid

Breakfast - Kyoto

Opening session - Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale

Coffee break - Kyoto

Lunch (not included) - free time

Coffee break - Kyoto

Reception - Salon Mont-Royal

May 13, 2025

Breakfast - Kyoto

Coffee break - Kyoto

Lunch (not included) - free time

Coffee break - Kyoto

ICVNS Conference dinner (for ICVNS participants only)

May 14, 2025

Breakfast - Kyoto

Coffee break - Kyoto

Lunch (only registered CIRRELT members) - free time

Closing

Coffee break - Kyoto