This year, the ANT/OR group organises the ORBEL conference. ORBEL29 is the 29th conference on Operations Research (OR), reuniting the Belgian research community on OR-related topics. ORBEL29 is about exchanging ideas and insights, by stimulating interaction and discussion. The host institution of this year's conference is the University of Antwerp. This vivid city is located on the banks of the River Scheldt, and home to one of the largest seaports in the world. The name Antwerp is synonymous with diamonds, culture, art, Rubens and fashion. And let's not forget the chocolate, pastries and beer!

I gave a talk on "Generating music with an optimization algorithm using a Markov based objective function". The abstract and slides can be downloaded here.

Full details on the conference can be found on the conference website.