PATAT 2012 programme

The following provides provisional details of the conference timetable and programme of events. Please note that it is subject to change, and the final timetable will be made available at the conference.

All plenary sessions will be in room "Hollendersalen".

You can access the detailed schedule of each session by clicking it in the tables below.

Tuesday 28th August

Time
17.00

Wednesday 29th August

Time Hollendersalen (H-) Octava (O-) Gjøva (G-) Skutebauen (S-)
08:00
09:00 H-10: Welcome and practical information
09:15 H-11: Plenary presenation by Gilbert Laporte:
Scheduling issues in vehicle routing
10:30 Coffee and fruit
10:50 H-12:
Examination Timetabling
O-12:
Personnel Rostering 1
G-12:
Sports Timetabling 1
S-12:
Practitical University Timetabling 1
12:30 Lunch
13:30 H-13:
Generalized Timetabling
O-13:
Personnel Rostering 2
G-13:
Admission and Surgery Scheduling
S-13:
Practitical University Timetabling 2
15:10 Coffee and fruit
15:30 H-14: Plenary session:
The 3rd International Timetabling Competition
17.00
18.00

Thursday 30th August

Time Hollendersalen (H-) Octava (O-) Gjøva (G-) Skutebauen (S-)
09:00 H-20: Practical information
09:10 H-21: Plenary presenation by Paul McMullan:
Research in Practice - The Commercial Challenge
10:10 Coffee and fruit
10:25 H-22:
High School Timetabling
O-22:
Task Scheduling 1
G-22:
Nurse Rostering
S-22:
Practitical University Timetabling 3
12:30 Lunch
13:30 H-23: Plenary presentation by Lee Hollins:
Can timetabling catch up....and keep up?
14:30 Coffee and fruit
14:50 H-24:
University Course Timetabling 1
G-24:
Sports Timetabling 2
S-24:
Practitical University Timetabling 4
16:05
17:00

Friday 31st August

Time Hollendersalen (H-) Octava (O-) Gjøva (G-) Skutebauen (S-)
09:00 H-30: Practical information
09:10 H-31: Plenary presenation by Greet Vanden Berghe:
Challenging combinatorial optimisation problems with a personnel scheduling component
10:10 Coffee and fruit
10:30 H-32:
University Course Timetabling 2
O-32:
Task Scheduling 2
S-32:
Practitical University Timetabling 5
11:20 H-33: Conference closing
11:30 Lunch
12:30
13:00
14:00

More information regarding social activities can be found here.