The INFORMS Meeting of Analytics Program Directors (MAPD) has become the event for connecting and collaborating with colleagues in the field. Join us for the 9th Annual Meeting of Analytics Program Directors (MAPD) on April 5, 2025 where Analytics Program Directors from around the globe will engage with one another to tackle the issues that impact their programs.
More than just a networking forum, MAPD amplifies the collective voice of educators to address key issues impacting analytics programs, particularly those housed within business schools. By joining MAPD, you’ll connect with like-minded peers, influence the future of analytics education, and gain a platform to share your challenges and successes.
Today was great to connect with colleagues and see the trials and tribulations that we're all going through and realizing we're all in the same boat. We're trying to educate our students the best and keep up with the technology and the trends, but also make sure they have a good educational experience.
— Allison Snyder, Ph.D., Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Data Analytics, School of Business at the University of Indianapolis
You have the amazing opportunity to talk with other professionals about a variety of areas, from the integration of AI into the classroom, in the curriculum, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging topics, alumni engagement, trends in career resources for international students. It really gives you the opportunity to connect with peers throughout the country and the world.
— Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Ed.D., Assistant Dean of our Master of Quantitative Management Program at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
I find it invigorating. Every year I get with a bunch of other directors, like minded individuals, see what's going on, what's cutting edge, and many times sharing the same problems, and looking for the same solutions. It's a fast-changing field. So being able to meet with them, see what they're doing, learn from them has been really invaluable for me.
— Matt Bailey, Ph.D., Christian R. Lindback Chair in Business Administration, and Professor of Analytics & Operations Management and Faculty fellow for the Dominguez Center for Data Science at Bucknell University
As I told others in Vegas, thinking back to '89 when I began attending ORSA/TIMS, this is the most useful single day I've spent at an OR conference.
— Sanjay Saigal, Ph.D., Former Executive Director, MS in Business Analytics, Graduate School of Management, UC Davis