• Chair-Elect:
  Steve Wright
• Treasurer:
  David Gay
• Council Members-at-Large:
  Frédéric Bonnans, Alberto Caprara, Andreas Schulz, Shuzhong Zhang

The ICCOPT Steering Committee of the Mathematical Programming Society:
Tamas Terlaky, Chair, Michael Ferris, Panos M. Pardalos, Claudia Sagastizabal, Andrew Philpott, Florian Jarre, Miguel A. Goberna, Michael Powell, Akiko Yoshise, Ya-xiang Yuan,
is requesting proposals to organize ICCOPT III, the  2010 International Conference on  Continuous Optimization  of the Mathematical Programming Society. 

ICCOPT is the flagship conference of the MPS in the area of  continuous optimization. It is held every three years and the next conference is scheduled for 2010.  For information about the past ICCOPT conferences visit the this WEB-site. The next ICCOPT conference is scheduled for August 2010. 

The ICCOPT Steering Committee is soliciting proposals to organize  ICCOPT III in August 2010, including the site and the Organizing Committee.

1. Existence of continuous optimization researchers in that geographic    area who are interested in organizing ICCOPT III.
2. Attendance open to prospective participants from all nations.
3. Availability of an attractive facility with a sufficient number of       meeting rooms, standard lecture equipment, etc., preferably at a     university campus.
4. Availability of a sufficient supply of reasonably economical hotel      and/or university dormitory rooms fairly near the meeting facility.
5. In particular, sites outside of North America are encouraged to apply.

1. About 450 participants.
2. Plenary, semiplenary lectures, invited and contributed sessions,       poster session and poster competition.
3. The length of the first and second conferences were 3 days and 4 days, respectively.
4. A 2 day long tutorial workshop for graduate students.
5. All inclusive conference (coffee and lunches).
6. Young Researchers Prize in Continuous Optimization.
7. Program and Prize committees formed in consultation with the Steering Committee.
8. Social events, student's social, banquet.
9. Reasonably low registration fee (the ICCOPT Steering Committee will assist with the solicitation of sponsorship)
10. No proceedings of papers, no competitive selection of talks, but only one presentation per paid participant.

Further information can be obtained from any member of the steering committee. 

Submission deadline: 1 April 2008 to the  Chair of the ICCOPT Steering Committee: Tamas Terlaky