Third General Meeting
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER)
Unska 3
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
24–25 February 2026
About the meeting
The meeting comprises an Action Workshop and a general Working Group meeting. The Action Workshop on the first day is devoted to advances in optimisation solvers, performance, and usability aspects, including algorithm configuration, solver availability, and workflow integration. The programme features invited presentations by providers of optimisation software, industry end users, and Randomised Optimisation Algorithm (ROA) researchers, followed by a panel discussion on challenges and opportunities for ROA solvers in the real world. The second day consists mainly of break-out meetings of the various Working Groups.
Programme outline
Tuesday, 24 February 2026 – Workshop
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Welcome |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Oral presentations |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Oral presentations |
| 12:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Oral presentations |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Panel discussion |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Close |
Wednesday, 25 February 2026 – Working Group meeting
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome |
| 09:15 – 10:30 | Break-out sessions |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Break-out sessions |
| 12:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Break-out sessions |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | Plenary WG presentations and discussion |
