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GAMS, CGE modeling and its applications in China

May 19, 2019 News Courses
Three very exciting and well-organized workshops on advanced GAMS features as well as CGE modeling took place this May. For this adventure, Michael, Steve and Freddy from GAMS teamed up with Agapi Somwaru who recently retired from USDA and Xinshen Diao from IFPRI, two experts in CGE modeling. Yumei Zhang from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) was our main local contact for the entire trip.
INFORMS Business Analytics Conference in Austin

Apr 16, 2019 News Conference Report
In April this year, Franz, Lleny, Freddy, and Marius traveled to Austin for the INFORMS Business Analytics Conference. Franz and Freddy held a Pre-Conference Workshop on Sunday morning, talking about GAMS and our interactive web application framework GAMS MIRO, which was well received. Then in the evening, the conference started.
GAMS at the Mathematical optimization for hidden champions (102. Meeting) 2019 in Pforzheim

Apr 14, 2019 News Conference Report
GAMS staff Michael Bussieck and Robin Schuchmann attended the meeting Mathematical Optimization for the Hidden Champions of the GOR working group Real World Optimization at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) in Pforzheim, Germany. The focus of the 2-day event was on optimization-based analysis and decision making, especially from the perspective of small businesses in the manufacturing industry.
CAPD Annual Review Meeting (Carnegie Mellon)

Mar 14, 2019 News Conference Report
As usual, CAPD was a well-organized 2-day conference. It is small enough that there are no parallel sessions. So the group was together from breakfast through dinner, which allows for and fosters lots of interaction on professional and social levels. The venue - CMU’s campus and the conference dinner at Monterey Bay - was very pleasant and conducive to good discussion.
IEWT Conference in Vienna

Feb 27, 2019 News Conference Report
This February, I spent three days at IEWT (Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung) in beautiful Vienna, Austria. Even though the “I” stands, supposedly, for “International”, virtually all of the attendants were either Austrian or German.The event was very successfully hosted by TU Vienna - which appears to be the alma mater of most Austrian participants.

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Authors

Aileen Boehme

Adam Christensen

Bruce McCarl

Christophe Gouel

Clemens Westphal

Evangelos Panos

Fred Fiand

Freddy Proske

George Franco

Justine Broihan

Julien Harou

Leonard Kunz

Logan Randolph

Lutz Westermann

Mohammed Basheer

Marius Bützler

Michael Bussieck

Renke Kuhlmann

Robin Schuchmann

Steve Dirkse

Stefan Mann