{"id":15,"date":"2018-05-23T17:06:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T17:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2019\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2021-09-15T12:19:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T12:19:28","slug":"agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-15\" data-postid=\"15\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-15 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ylic2 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_r5w54 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_9cnz541   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Join us for the virtual INFORMS Regional Analytics Conference on September 16-17. The conference will cover topics such as retail supply chain, healthcare, healthcare policy, fintech, sports analytics and more! After registering online you will receive a Zoom link to access for the live presentations.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_y4js782 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_y3r4785 first\">\n                    <!-- module timeline -->\n<div  id=\"tb_a0w6780\" class=\"module tf_hidden tf_lazy module-timeline tb_a0w6780 layout-list \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">Thursday, September 16<\/h3><ul class=\"tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-0\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  10am CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Welcome & Introductions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p>Madhuri Gupta, INFORMS Chicago Chapter President<\/p>\n<p>Ziteng Wang, INFORMS Chicago Chapter Vice President<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-1\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  10:10am CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Keynote Speaker - FinTech\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#decosmo\">Growing Through a Pandemic: How Resilience, Focus, and Data Drove Enova Forward During COVID<\/a><br>Joe DeCosmo, Enova<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-2\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  10:55am CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Break\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-3\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  11:05am CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Healthcare\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#tiwari\">Operations Research Applications for Hospital Capacity Planning and Management during COVID-19 Pandemic, and Lessons for the Post-Pandemic Period<\/a><br><\/span>Vikram Tiwari, Vanderbilt University Medical Center<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-4\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  11:35am CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Break\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-5\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  11:45am CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Health Policy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#losasso\">Disparities in Access to Behavioral Health Services Among Medicaid Enrollees during the COVID Pandemic: Did Telehealth Level the Playing Field?<\/a><br>Anthony Lo Sasso, DePaul University<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-6\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  12:15pm CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Break\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-7\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  12:25pm CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Panel Discussion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#panel\">From Surviving to Thriving in a New Normal: Resilience through Analytics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Panelists<\/em>: Carol DeZwarte, Convoy; Crystal Son, Civis; Anna Nagurney, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of Massachusetts Amherst and Virtual Center for Supernetworks<br><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-8\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  1:10pm CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Day 1 Summary\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p>Madhuri Gupta, INFORMS Chicago Chapter Vice President<\/p>\n<p>Ziteng Wang, INFORMS Chicago Chapter Vice President<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-9\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  1:20pm CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Networking \t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul><\/div>\n<!-- \/module timeline -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_tijr561 last\">\n                    <!-- module timeline -->\n<div  id=\"tb_jdpx883\" class=\"module tf_hidden tf_lazy module-timeline tb_jdpx883 layout-list \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">Friday, September 17<\/h3><ul class=\"tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-0\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  10am CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Welcome & Introductions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p>Madhuri Gupta, INFORMS Chicago Chapter President<\/p>\n<p>Ziteng Wang, INFORMS Chicago Chapter Vice President<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-1\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  10:10am CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Keynote Speaker - Retail Supply Chain\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><a style=\"background-color: initial;\" href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#simchilevi\">Supply Chain Resiliency and the Need for Stress Tests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Simchi-Levi, MIT<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-2\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  10:55am CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Break\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-3\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  11:05am CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Healthcare\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#mehrotra\">Using Data Science, Machine Learning and Decision Analytics in Transplant Policies<\/a><br>Sanjay Mehrotra, Northwestern University<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-4\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  11:35am CST\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Break\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   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After registering online you will receive a Zoom link to access for the live presentations.<\/p>\n<h3>Thursday, September 16<\/h3><ul> <li id=\"timeline-0\"> 10am CST <h2> Welcome & Introductions <\/h2> <p>Madhuri Gupta, INFORMS Chicago Chapter President<\/p> <p>Ziteng Wang, INFORMS Chicago Chapter Vice President<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-1\"> 10:10am CST <h2> Keynote Speaker - FinTech <\/h2> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#decosmo\">Growing Through a Pandemic: How Resilience, Focus, and Data Drove Enova Forward During COVID<\/a><br>Joe DeCosmo, Enova<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-2\"> 10:55am CST <h2> Break <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-3\"> 11:05am CST <h2> Healthcare <\/h2> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#tiwari\">Operations Research Applications for Hospital Capacity Planning and Management during COVID-19 Pandemic, and Lessons for the Post-Pandemic Period<\/a><br>Vikram Tiwari, Vanderbilt University Medical Center<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-4\"> 11:35am CST <h2> Break <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-5\"> 11:45am CST <h2> Health Policy <\/h2> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#losasso\">Disparities in Access to Behavioral Health Services Among Medicaid Enrollees during the COVID Pandemic: Did Telehealth Level the Playing Field?<\/a><br>Anthony Lo Sasso, DePaul University<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-6\"> 12:15pm CST <h2> Break <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-7\"> 12:25pm CST <h2> Panel Discussion <\/h2> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#panel\">From Surviving to Thriving in a New Normal: Resilience through Analytics<\/a><\/p> <p><em>Panelists<\/em>: Carol DeZwarte, Convoy; Crystal Son, Civis; Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Virtual Center for Supernetworks<br><\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-8\"> 1:10pm CST <h2> Day 1 Summary <\/h2> <p>Madhuri Gupta, INFORMS Chicago Chapter Vice President<\/p> <p>Ziteng Wang, INFORMS Chicago Chapter Vice President<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-9\"> 1:20pm CST <h2> Networking <\/h2> <\/li> <\/ul>\n<h3>Friday, September 17<\/h3><ul> <li id=\"timeline-0\"> 10am CST <h2> Welcome & Introductions <\/h2> <p>Madhuri Gupta, INFORMS Chicago Chapter President<\/p> <p>Ziteng Wang, INFORMS Chicago Chapter Vice President<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-1\"> 10:10am CST <h2> Keynote Speaker - Retail Supply Chain <\/h2> <p><a style=\"background-color: initial;\" href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#simchilevi\">Supply Chain Resiliency and the Need for Stress Tests<\/a><\/p> <p>David Simchi-Levi, MIT<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-2\"> 10:55am CST <h2> Break <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-3\"> 11:05am CST <h2> Healthcare <\/h2> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#mehrotra\">Using Data Science, Machine Learning and Decision Analytics in Transplant Policies<\/a><br>Sanjay Mehrotra, Northwestern University<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-4\"> 11:35am CST <h2> Break <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-5\"> 11:45am CST <h2> Sports Analytics <\/h2> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#nestler\">Safely Seating Fans, Using Combinatorial Optimization<\/a><br>Scott Nestler, Accenture Federal Services<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-6\"> 12:15pm CST <h2> Break <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-7\"> 12:25pm CST <h2> Awards Ceremony <\/h2> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#awards\">Impactful OR\/ Analytics Prize Presentations<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#Vakeel\">Research of the Year<\/a>: Khadija Ali Vakeel, DePaul University<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/confirmed-speakers\/#Sampathi\">Student of the Year<\/a>: Dheeban Kumar Srinivasan Sampathi, Northern Illinois University (NIU)<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-8\"> 12:55pm CST <h2> Award Ceremony <\/h2> <p>Certificate of Appreciation - INFORMS Chicago Chapter<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-9\"> 1:05pm CST <h2> Day 2 Summary <\/h2> <p>Madhuri Gupta, INFORMS Chicago Chapter President<\/p> <p>Ziteng Wang, INFORMS Chicago Chapter Vice President<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-10\"> 1:20pm CST <h2> Networking <\/h2> <\/li> <\/ul>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INFORMS\">Twitter<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/INFORMSpage\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/informs_2\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"mailto:informs@informs.org\">Mail<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001077"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":298,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1151,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}