9th German-Polish Conference on Optimization – Methods and Applications, 21–25 September 2026

The event, titled 9th German-Polish Conference on Optimization – Methods and Applications, will take place from 21 to 25 September 2026. It continues the series of meetings held in Poland and Germany since 1999.

More information: [9th German-Polish Conference on Optimization Methods and Applications – Białystok, 21–25 September 2026]

The German-Polish Conference on Optimization Methods and Applications is a prestigious scientific event with a long tradition (held cyclically since the 1970s), serving as a platform for knowledge exchange between Polish and German research centers in the field of optimization.

The main goals of the conference are the integration of the scientific community and presentation of the latest theoretical and practical achievements in optimization methods.
The event focuses on:

• Experience exchange: Presentation of the latest algorithms, control theory, and mathematical programming methods.
• Practical applications: Discussion of how optimization helps solve problems in industry, economy, medicine, and engineering.
• International cooperation: Strengthening ties between mathematicians and computer scientists from Poland and Germany (though the conference is open to participants worldwide).

The conference is scientific and expert-oriented. Its target audience includes:

• Academic staff and researchers: Specialists in applied mathematics, computer science, and operations research.
• PhD students and early-career scientists: An excellent opportunity to present initial research results to an international expert panel.
• Engineers and analysts: Professionals in R&D sectors who use mathematical modeling and process optimization in their work.

Conference topics include:

• Continuous and discrete optimization
• Control theory and variational calculus
• Stochastic optimization
• Applications in machine learning and artificial intelligence

Pre-conference workshop (19–20 September 2026)

A two-day workshop for PhD students and other participants will be held before the conference, led by specialists in optimization and fractional-order differential and integral calculus.

Invited speakers

Experts from leading research institutions in Poland and Germany will participate, including representatives from Jagiellonian University, University of Łódź, Technical University of Braunschweig, University of Stuttgart, Leibniz University Hannover, Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology, Częstochowa University of Technology, Poznań University of Technology, and others.

Committees

The scientific and organizing committees include representatives of leading universities and research institutes, including Bialystok University of Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, University of Zielona Góra, TU Dresden, and BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.

Funding

The project is financed from the state budget, awarded by the Minister of Science and Higher Education under the “Vectors of Science” program, with funding of PLN 152,680.