8th International Conference on Variable Neighborhood Search (ICVNS 2020)
Description: The 8th International Conference on Variable Neighborhood Search (ICVNS 2020) will be co-organized by the EURO Working Group on Metaheuristics (EWG EU/ME). The main goal of the ICVNS 2020 is to provide a stimulating environment in which researchers coming from various scientific fields can share and discuss their knowledge, expertise, and ideas related to the VNS Metaheuristic and its applications. The aim of the 8th International Conference on VNS is to allow specialists and practitioners on Variable Neighborhood Search to effectively screen papers and participate in lively debates.

The conference follows previous successful meetings that were held in Puerto de La Cruz, Tenerife, Spain (2005); Herceg Novi, Montenegro (2012); Djerba, Tunisia (2014); Malaga, Spain (2016); Ouro Preto, Brazil, (2017); Halkidiki, Greece (2018); Rabat, Morocco (2019).

Plenary Speakers • Panos Pardalos, UFL, USA • Yury Kochetov, NSC, Russia • Bassem Jarboui, HCT, UAE

Conference Chairs
Pierre Hansen, HEC Montréal, Canada (Honorary Chair)
Nenad Mladenović, Khalifa University, U.A.E., (General co-Chair)
Mohammed Omar, Khalifa University, U.A.E., (General co-Chair)
Andrei Sleptchenko, Khalifa University, U.A.E., (Conference Chair)