The workshop is open to all. Those interested in attending are invited to register (on-line registration). Talks will be mainly by invitation, but there will be space for a limited number of contributed talks. Those who would like to contribute a talk for consideration by the organizing committee are invited to submit a title and abstract by October 15, 2008 by sending it to lindac@dimacs.rutgers.edu. Many of the topics of this workshop are within the scope of an issue of the journal Annals of Operations Research devoted to the topic of Port Security/Safety, Inspection, Risk Analysis and Modeling that is in preparation.
A poster session is planned during a reception to be held 5:45-6:45 (times are still subject to minor change) on November 17, 2008. If you would like to submit a poster, please send title, abstract and contact name to workshop@dimacs.rutgers.edu by November 1, 2008. Organizers will review the submissions and notify submitters regarding acceptance by November 5, 2008.