AACIMP 2010 Summer School lecture by Leonidas Sakalauskas. More info at http://summerschool.ssa.org.ua

1. EURO XXV
8-11 July, 2012
Vilnius, Lithuania
www.euro-2012.lt

2. LITHUANIA

3. WHY LITHUANIA?
 Small country with a big heart in the centre of Europe
 The state with a thousand year old history
 Beauty of unspoilt nature
 Country with deep authentic folk traditions
 The land of diverse culture and famous artists

4. WHY LITHUANIA?
Lithuania -The state with a thousand year old history

5. WHY LITHUANIA?
Lithuania – the country with deep authentic folk traditions

6. WHY LITHUANIA?
The land of diverse culture and famous artists

7. WHY VILNIUS?
 The old town declared as
UNESCO World Heritage Site
 A modern and bustling city
 A city on the crossroad
 Compact city
 Good value for money

8. Vilnius -a modern and bustling city
Vilnius -the old town declared as
UNESCO World Heritage
Site

9. WELCOME
Lithuanian Operational Research Society has a great
honour and pleasure of inviting you to take part in
EURO 2012 to be held on 8-11 July, 2012, in Vilnius,
Lithuania – for the first time in the Baltic countries.

10. SUBJECT
OR - Connecting Sciences
OR is in its own right a multi-disciplinary field. It provides
strategies and decisions for individuals as well as institutions,
taking into account complex interaction between people and
world. By connecting to a larger set of existing and new sciences,
it is our hope that OR can become an instrument for providing
adequate solutions to new challenges in business, technology and
society as a whole.

11. CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
Scientific Programme Committee
Prof. Marielle Christiansen - Chair, Norway
Prof. Silvano Martello, Italy
Prof. Leonidas Sakalauskas, Lithuania
Prof. Karen Aardal, The Netherlands
Prof. Elena Fernandez, Spain
Prof. José Figueira, Portugal
Prof. Richard Hartl, Austria
Prof. Peter Letmathe, Germany
Prof. Mikael Rönnqvist, Norway
Prof. Marc Sevaux, France
Prof. Stein Wallace, United Kingdom
Prof. Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber,Turkey

12. VENUE
Vilnius University
 Situated in the heart of the Old
Town of Vilnius
 The oldest and largest Lithuanian
higher education institutions
 60 well equipped meeting rooms at
the main chamber of the Vilnius
University and faculties of
Philosophy and History for up to
2000 people.

13. VILNIUS UNIVERSITY PLAN
VENUE
• SRJFR

14. ACCOMMODATION
 Vilnius is Lithuania’s premier leisure and business destination
 The city offers a wide range of accommodation options, varying from
big and modern international hotel chains to small family-owned bed-and-
breakfast guest houses
 International hotel chains: Scandic Hotels, Radisson SAS, Best Western,
Summit, Europa Royal, Le Meridien, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and etc

15. SOCIAL VENUES & EVENTS
Belmontas Entertainment and Leisure Center
 Capacity: up to 1600 persons
Trakai Castle Courtyard
 Capacity: 1000 persons
National Gallery of Art
• Capacity: 1200 persons
Palace of the Grand Dukes
• Capacity: 1000 persons

16. SOCIAL VENUES & EVENTS
Vilnius City Tour
During this 3-hour tour you will understand why Vilnius was added to UNESCO list
World Heritage.
Kernave and Trakai
During the trip you will visit the birthplace of Lithuania – Kernave – and the capital
of Lithuania during the Middle Ages.
Various tours for your attention

17. TRANSPORTATION
 Vilnius International Airport only 7 km/15 min driving distance from the
centre
 Direct flights to all major cities in Europe, at the moment direct flights are
available to Vilnius from 21 European cities
 Easy access by coach, train or bus
 16 regular airlines operate flights from Vilnius

19. GENERAL INFORMATION
MEMBERSHIP: Lithuania is the member of the EU and also of the the Schengen zone.
TIME: Lithuania is in the Central European Time Zone: GMT+2 hours.
CURRENCY: The official currency is Litas which is bound to Euro with 3,4528 Litas for 1
Euro
SAFETY: The Baltic area in general seen as a safe area with no imminent threat of
terrorism or violence.
CLIMATE: Lithuania is the cool middle climate zone. The average temperature in July
is about 22 C.

20. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WELCOME YOU IN VILNIUS!