News - Dash Reports on 2003 User Meeting

25 November 2003

Dash Reports on 2003 User Meeting

The 2003 User Meeting was held at the Golden Gate Club at the Presidio in San Francisco last month. Participants included Dash customers, business partners, academic partners and Dash software developers.

All of the presentations were of a very high quality and it was very rewarding to see such relevant and original material presented by enthusiastic optimization practitioners. Prof. Egon Balas started the meeting well with a very interesting and accessible keynote address about MIP technology.

Dash presentations covered current and future developments, new technology, new products and best practice.

The customer/partner sessions covered topics from supply chain, financial, enterprise, process and energy. Within these sessions, there were presentations about research, application projects and software development.

There were also demonstrations featuring the latest version of Xpress-MP and early versions of Xpress-CP and Xpress-SP. Xpress-CP is a new product for solving the combined planning and scheduling problem and is a joint development between Dash and Cosytec. Xpress-SP is a new product, which addresses the problem of optimization under uncertainty.

The informal exchange and networking was also highly valued by participants, including Dash software developers who appreciate the opportunity to talk to many different customers.

Feedback from participants was very positive with favorable comments about the quality, depth and relevance of the presentations, the enthusiasm of the participants and the venue. The Golden gate club is within the historic Presidio National Park, yet within easy reach of San Francisco.

We would like to thank all of those who made the meeting a success and look forward to next year's meeting, which will be held in London.