Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) 2017 - Call for Papers December 3-6, 2017 Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa www.wintersim.org

Posters, Case Studies, PhD Colloquium, Vendor tracks

WSC TURNS 50: SIMULATION EVERYWHERE! With 360 accepted papers, panels, special tracks, and an amazing venue, this 50th Anniversary Winter Simulation Conference promises to be a very exciting event. This is a reminder that there are other upcoming deadlines:

. Poster Track http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/wsc2017/poster-sessions/

. PhD Colloquium http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/wsc2017/phd-colloquium/

. Case Studies http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/wsc2017/tracks/#caseStudies

. Vendor Track http://meetings2.informs.org/wordpress/wsc2017/tracks/#vendor

KEYNOTE & TITAN SPEAKERS

50th Anniversary Keynote - Barry L Nelson Northwestern University

WSC 2067: What Are The Chances? At the November 1967 "Conference on the Applications of Simulation Using GPSS" it seems unlikely that anyone was wondering if the conference would still be occupying a big hotel in 2017. Conferences persist for many reasons, but a technical conference like WSC has to remain relevant to users, vendors, researchers and consumers (not just hotels) to survive. If our kind of simulation vanished, then so (eventually) would WSC. What is required for simulation to "remain relevant" for the next 50 years? Without fear of having to answer for my crimes in 2067, I boldly speculate on what SHOULD matter for the next 10-20 years, if not the next 50, with a focus on our strength: dealing with uncertainty.

50th Anniversary Titans

Robert G. Sargent Professor Emeritus - Syracuse University A Prospective on Fifty-Five Years of the Evolution of Scientific Respect for Simulation

Bernard P. Zeigler Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of Arizona

MASM Keynote Stephane Dauzere-Peres Professor, Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne Achievements and Lessons Learned from a Long-term Academic-Industrial Collaboration

Military Keynote Douglas Hodson Associate Professor, Professor of Computer Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) Military Simulation: A Ubiquitous Future

50th Anniversary Track Keynote Brian Hollocks Professor, Bournemouth University, Faculty of Management. History of Simulation in the United Kingdom

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