The 16th International Conference on Multiple Objective Programming and Goal Programming

July 1-3, 2025 in Varese, Italy

The 16th International Conference on Multiple Objective Programming and Goal Programming, titled “Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making in Economic and Social Sciences,” will be held from July 1-3, 2025 in Varese, Italy. This international conference is part of the ongoing MOPGP series, which is devoted to the fields of multi-objective programming and goal programming (MOP/GP).

The conference provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to convene, share knowledge, and learn about the latest developments in MOP/GP. The participants include academics and professionals who share a common interest in multi-objective decision analysis.

This event serves as a platform for the MOP/GP community to exchange ideas, present research findings, and foster collaboration on the applications of these techniques in economic and social decision-making contexts, with a particular focus on the role of artificial intelligence.

The first MOPGP conference was held at the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, June 1994. The second conference was organized by University of Malaga, in Torremolinos, Spain, May 1996. The third was held at the Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada, May-June 1998. The fourth was organized by University of Economics in Katowice and took place at Beskidy Mountains at the south of Poland from 29 May to 1 June 2000. The fifth was organized in Nara, Japan on June 4 – 7, 2002. The sixth was organized by the University of Tunis in Hammamet, Tunisia on April 14-16, 2004. The seventh took place in the EURO Loire Valley, City of Tours, France from 12 to 14 June 2006. The eight edition went back to the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom from 24 to 26 September 2008. The ninth edition was organized by the University of Sfax on May 24–26, 2010. The tenth edition was organized jointly with the 54th Annual conference of the Canadian Operational Research Society in the wondrous city of Niagara Falls from June 11 to 13, 2012. The eleventh edition took place in Tlemcen (the pearl of the Maghreb), Algeria from 13 to 15 December 2015. The twelfth edition was organized by the University of Lorraine, from 30 to 31 October 2017 in Metz, France. The thirteenth edition took place from 28 to 31 October 2017 in Marrakech, Morocco. The fourteenth edition was organized online by SKEMA Business School, France from 20 to 21 December 2021, and chaired by Davide La Torre. The fifteenth edition was organized by Yaşar University Industrial Engineering Department and co-chaired by Mehrdad Tamiz and Ayhan Özgür Toy.

The 16th International Conference on Multiple Objective Programming and Goal Programming (MOPGP) will be held from July 1-3, 2025 in Varese, Italy. The conference is being organized by the Department of Economics at the Università degli studi dell’Insubria. The conference chairs are:

Chair: Prof. Matteo Rocca (Universita’ degli Studi dell’Insubria, Italy)
Co-Chair: Prof. Davide La Torre (SKEMA Business School, France)

The conference will feature rigorous plenary talks by invited speakers, as well as contributed talks from researchers and practitioners. The language of the conference is English.

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