Beta Symposium 2026: Program

09:30–09:45 Registration
09:45–10:00 Opening by Zümbül Atan, scientific director Beta
10:00–10:45 Plenary Keynote Gréanne Leeftink (University of Twente)
From scheduling to healthcare system design: The right care, for the right patient, by the right professional, at the right place and time
10:45–11:00 Break
11:00–12:30 Transportation & Scheduling Beta-LNMB Session: Logistics & Optimization Supply Chain Resilience & Network Design
11:00–11:30 Neslihan Çevik (Eindhoven University of Technology)
The value of anticipation in stability-aware repair of disrupted full truckload schedules
Ezgi Topuz Buldanli (Wageningen University & Research)
The Reference Point as a Platform Design Variable: Information Disclosure Policies and Shipper Retention in Freight Matching
Polle Dankers (Tilburg University)
Optimal buffer stock placement under production and trade disruptions: a two-stage stochastic spatial price equilibrium model of global wheat trade
11:30–12:00 Mahekha Dahanayaka (University of Twente)
A Simulation-based Optimisation Approach for Airline Ground Staff Scheduling
Emre Kara (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Towards automated container allocation at a tank container operator
Gerben Ouwersloot (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Designing the transition of a natural gas pipeline network to hydrogen considering the chicken-and-egg dilemma
12:00–12:30 Antonio Montaruli (University of Twente)
Integrated Airline Network Planning and Flight Scheduling in Hub-and-Spoke Networks with Bank Structures
Joris van Oers (Eindhoven University of Technology)
A Metaheuristic for Multimodal Transport in Decentralized Distribution
Nazli Gul (Wageningen University & Research) How Efficiency-Driven Practices Shape Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience: A System Dynamics Model
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30–14:30 Optimization Methods People, Technology & Decision Support Operations Planning & Fulfillment
13:30–14:00 Maarten Van den Abeele (University of Antwerp)
A component-based analysis of the Late Acceptance Hill Climbing metaheuristic
Joan Stip (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Governance of algorithmic decision support in inventory planning: A Principal-Agent perspective
Tjum van Dijck (Tilburg University)
Operational Service Tool Planning: The Floating Tool Policy
14:00–14:30 Reza Ghorbani Saber (Ghent University)
A Benders Decomposition-Based Hybrid Approach to the Dual Resource Constrained Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem
Roman Vervoort (Tilburg University)
The Heterogeneous Impact of Automation on Labor Productivity: Evidence From the Logistics Industry
Ruben D’Haen (Hasselt University)
Optimization of store and warehouse based e-grocery fulfillment
14:30–15:00 Break
15:00–16:00 Resource Allocation & Workforce Planning Sustainable Supply Chains & Operations Operations & Decision Making
15:00–15:30 Jedidja Lok-Visser (University of Twente) Dynamic resource allocation with advance and short-notice demand based on predictions Hucheng Liu (KU Leuven) Evolution of ESG Performance within Supply Chain Networks. Guan-Yuan Wang (Tilburg University)
Paying More Without Getting More? Within-Level Promotion, Strategic Effort Allocation, and Field Service Productivity
15:30–16:00 Peyman Yasari (Ghent University)
Well-Being-Aware Task Allocation and Scheduling in Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Alfaima Solano Blanco (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Agricultural operations planning for diverse farming systems: a resource constrained scheduling and routing problem
Selin Hülagü (VU Amsterdam) TBA
16:00–16:15 Break
16:15–17:00 Plenary Keynote Lissa Melis (Maastricht University)
Beyond Uber: From On-Demand Bus Routing to Integrated Mobility
17:00-19:00 Dinner