The symposium will be held in the Shandong Hotel (山东大厦), Jinan, Shangdong Province during June 1-4, 2009. It will provide participants an excellent opportunity to interact with some world renowned researchers in a neighborhood of some famous culture attractions including Tai Mountain and Confucian Temple.

Organizing committee:

Co-Chair

Guoping HE

Shandong University of Science and Technology

Hanqin ZHANG

National University of Singapore / Chinese Academy of Sciences

Shaohui ZHENG

Hong Kong University of Sciences and Technology

Members

James ANG	National University of Singapore
Xiuli CHAO	University of Michigan
Hong CHEN	University of British Columbia
Jian CHEN	Tsinghua University
Albert HA	Hong Kong University of Sciences and Technology
Yifan XU	Fudan University
Houmin YAN	Chinese University of Hong Kong
Xiangrong WANG	Shandong University of Science and Technology

Speakers:

All speakers are invited and to be confirmed.

Registration

	Before May 15, 09	After May 15, 08
Faculty from overseas ^(a)	HK$2500 (or US$320)	HK$2800 (or US$360)
Faculty from mainland ^(a)	RBM 1800	RMB2100
Student from overseas Full Fee^(b) Discount^(c)	HK$1100 (or US$140) HK$600 (or US$80)	HK$1400 (or US$180) HK$900 (or US$120)
Student from mainland Full Fee ^(b) Discount ^(c)	RMB 1000 RMB 500	RMB 1300 RMB 800
Accompanying Person from overseas^(d)	HK$1100 (or US$140)	HK$1400 (or US$180)
Accompanying Person from mainland^(d)	RMB$1000	RMB$1300

(a): Fee includes conference, coffee breaks, dinners, lunches, and local tours.

(b): Same as (a).

(c): Same as (a) except tours.

(d): Same as (a) except conference and coffee breaks.

• Registration for participants from overseas, please click here
• Registration for participants from mainland China, please click here

Accommodation:

Conference rates have been obtained from the following two hotels in Jinan:

1. Shandong Hotel 山东大厦 Address: No.2-1 Ma’anshan Road, Jinan 济南马鞍山路2-1号 Tel: 0531-82958888

5-star

Room rate: RMB700 per night, with breakfast

2. 济南舜德大酒店 Address: No. 22-1 Shungeng Road, Jinan 济南市舜耕路22-1号 Tel: 0531-82960688

3-star

Room rate: RMB240 per night, without breakfast

Hotel reservation should be made together with registration on or before May 15, and hotel’s fees have to be paid upon check-in.

Sightseeing:

Two tours, respectively to Tai Mountain and Confucian Temple, will be organized.

Sponsors:

• The Center for Marketing and Supply Chain Management,
  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Shandong University of Science and Technology

Co-Sponsors:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Dept. of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management,
  The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Fudan University
• NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
• The Operations Research Society of China
• Research Center for Contemporary Management, Tsinghua University

Further Information:

· Visit http://www.bm.ust.hk/~cmscm/Shandong_sym.html