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The first meeting of the EURO working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization (VeRoLog) will take place in Bologna, Italy from June 18 to 20, 2012, hosted by the University of Bologna.

The conference aims at being a regular meeting of the large community of researchers and practitioners interested in Vehicle Routing optimization and its relations with Logistics. The conference is open to high quality methodological contributions and relevant and real-world applications from the industry and services.
Bologna is very nice historical Italian town that hosts one of the largest universities in Italy that was founded in 1088. Bologna is very well connected by road, train and plane to all major European and international destination and has a long-lasting tradition in warm hospitality and excellent cooking.
We are really happy to announce that authors of the papers accepted at VeRoLog 2012 will be invited to submit their work for peer review and possible publication in a special issue of
the title of the special issue is "Recent Advances in Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization", Guest Editors: Paolo Toth and Daniele Vigo, Submission deadline: October 31, 2012 (tentative)
Potentially interested authors may contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Due to numerous requests, the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to
all other relevant dates remains unchanged
VeRoLog 2012 is quickly approaching!
To ease your travel planning we outline here the programme that will be very dense and will fully occupy the three days of the conference.
Timing below are indicative and subject to change, use them as a raw guide to plan your activities.
June 18
Registration will start at 8.15 opening session will be around 9.30-10.00
Morning: plenary session
Afternoon: parallel sessions
Welcome get together (ends about 19.30-20.00)
June 19
Morning: parallel sessions (start around 8.30)
Afternoon: special plenary and tutorial (end about 18.30)
Evening: social dinner
June 20
Morning: parallel sessions and plenary
Afternoon: parallel sessions and closing (tentative end before 17.00)
Registration desk will be open in the first and second day of the conference. credit card late registrations will be possible at the desk.
Looking forward to meet you in Bologna !
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