Dick Den Hertog
Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam

Plenary Lecture

Time Slot: Thursday Afternoon

Room: AUD_A

Chair: Fabio Tardella

Analytics for a Better World

Time: 14:30

In this talk I will describe two Analytics applications that contribute to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. The first application is an optimization model to optimize the food supply chain for the World Food Programme. This application received the INFORMS Franz Edelman award in 2021. The second application is an optimization model to optimize health care facility locations in Timor-Leste and stroke center locations in Vietnam. This project is carried out in collaboration with the World Bank. If time permits I will shortly describe current and future activities of the recently initiated Analytics for a Better World Institute (analyticsbw.org).