The Conference welcomes conceptual, methodological and empirical contributions in all fields of Operational Research and Management Science. We invite all researchers, academicians, practitioners, as well as students to participate in the Conference and present their current research in Operational Research with applications in several engineering areas (e.g. Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer System Design, Communication System Engineering, Structural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, etc.) and business areas (e.g., agrifood, banking, cultural heritage, e-business, economics, education, energy, finance, health, ICT, public sector, retail, tourism, etc.) in support of various business operations (e.g., human resources, logistics, marketing and sales, production, innovation, strategic planning, etc.) by means of methodological tools or techniques such as (but not limited to) the following: