DSS26 Program
| HALL | Auditorium | Parallel Session | Parallel Session | Workshop | |
| 8.00.00 | Registrations & Welcome Coffee | ||||
| 9:00 am | / | OPENINGS Speaker: Alvaro Garcia Sanchez (Baobab Soluciones), Raffaele Maccioni (DSA), Miguel Guterriez (UPM), Angel A. Juan (UPV) Sergio Domínguez Cabrerizo Head of the UPM Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineering | / | / | / |
| 9:15 am | / | From Data to Decisions: Repsol’s AI Journey at Scale Format: Keynote Speaker: Julia Díaz, Head of Data Science (Repsol) | / | / | / |
| 9:45 am | / | How is AI reshaping core business processes in leading organizations? Format: Round Table Moderator: Patricia Rodriguez (UPV) Speakers: David García Heredia (Ryanair) Armando Nieto (Divina Seguros) Carlos Elvira Martínez (Hospital Universitario La Paz) | / | / | / |
| 10:30 AM | COFFEE BREAK & Networking | / | / | / | / |
| 11:15 am | 1:1 Meeting Area Neworking Area | / | Business Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Moderator: Angel Juan (UPV), Fatos Xhafa (UPV) A Large Neighborhood Search Heuristic for the Dial-a-Ride Problem in Modular Transit Systems — Riccardo Giusti (LINKS Foundation) A Gender Lens on Transport Applications in Business Analytics and Operations Research — Paula Carroll (UCD) AI-Based Optimization for Facility Location under Changing Capacity Conditions — Yangchongyi Men (UPV) Reliability-Guided Simheuristics for a Team Orienteering Problem with Probabilistic Constraints — Juan Francisco Gómez González (UPV) | Logistics, Supply Chain & Operations Management Moderator: Michela Manini, Silvia Mari (SUPSI) From Documentation to Process-Centric Decision-Making: Deploying the Pipes and Puddles Framework on the Graphic Arts Shop Floor of a Supported Employment Center — Irene Valdés López-Linares (UPM) A Multistart Heuristic for 3D Bin Packing and Routing Problem in Warehouse Automation — Antoni Guerrero (Baobab Soluciones) Optimization of Order Batching and Scheduling with Soft Time-Window Due Dates — Ali Jahed (UPM) Interpretable AI for Human-Centered Warehouse Picking Segmentation — Raquel Soriano (UPV) | RobotiX Lab Moderator: Raffaele Maccioni (DSA) Format: Workshop “FlexCycle: Adaptive Robotics for Soft Materials Recycling ” Renata Legenzova, Professor @Vytautas Magnus Univers & Irene Garcia-Camacho, Postdoctoral Researcher @CSIC “J&W” Andrea Forni, Co-founder @J&W srl & Mauro Mazzolini, Co-founder @J&W srl “The Face 5.0” IMMACOLATA DE SANTI Co-Founder · Co-CEO · CMO @TheFace5.0 Italia S.r.l. & KATIA LOPETTI – Co-Founder · Co-CEO · CTO @TheFace5.0 Italia S.r.l. |
| 12:15 pm | 1:1 Meeting Area Neworking Area | / | Life Science, Sports & Human Performance Moderator: Giacomo Belloni (HUMAI RESEARCH) Physiological Markers and Their Impact on Decision-Making Performance in High-Stakes Commercial Aviation — Giacomo Belloni (HUMAI Research FZC) Clustering University Dropout Profiles: A Comparison of Unsupervised Methods on STEM Students — Andreu Talens (UPV) The Impact of Data Preprocessing on Student Dropout Prediction: A Comparative Study at a Spanish Technological University — Arnau Igualde (UPV) | Human-Centric Robot Intelligence Moderator: Michela Manini digital transformation enabler at Supsi DTI, Silvia Mari Responsible continuing education at Supsi DTI EBuddy: a workflow orchestrator for natural human–machine collaboration in industrial applications — Oliver Avram (MANINI) Graph-Based Retrieval-Augmented Planning for Robots with Provenance-Aware Knowledge — Alessandro Leanza (SUPSI) Building Gaia: Lessons from Deploying Robotics and AI in a Living Factory — Gonçalo Cabrita (PlanetFarms) Robotic@ Last Mile with a Swiss Retailer — Nadine Stiebellhner (Post) | Procurement & AI: Partner or Supplier? Discover the Difference Pietro Stefano Attolico Head of Procurement and Integrated Management System @FS Sud Est S.r.l. Maurizio Stanca, ADACI |
| 1:15 pm | 1:1 Meeting Area Neworking Area | / | Healthcare Systems, Hospitals & Digital Health Moderator: Raffaele Maccioni (DSA) Multimodal Digital Decision Support in Multiple Sclerosis: Integrating Remote Gait Monitoring and Mobile Cognitive Assessment for Ecologically Valid Disease Tracking — Amir Farmanesh (UPM) A Decision-Support-Oriented Ecosystem Business Model Framework for Digital Product–Service Systems — Beatriz Blázquez (UPM) Recent AI Approaches for Oncological Disease Diagnosis: An Overview and Emerging Future Directions — Raffaele Maccioni (DSA) | Marketing, Strategy & Business Innovation Moderator: David Lopez (ESADE Business School) Incorporating AI in Ecosystems Governance: Archetypes and Implementation Framework — Patricia Rodriguez (ICSO Analytics) Beyond Statistical Convergence: Optimized Semantic Models for Strategic Marketing — Raffaele Solaini (PLEF) Absolut Vodka: From Human Intelligence to Human-AI Collaboration in Real-World Marketing Decision-Making — Isa Moll (ESADE) Automatización inclusiva y algoritmos de recomendación de tallas en la industria de la moda — Alicia Bonillo (UPV) | From Models to Operational Decisions: How DecisionOps Turns Decision AI into Business Impact Moderator: Jaime Sotomayor, Baobab soluciones Format: Workshop |
| 2:15 pm | LUNCH BREAK & Networking | / | / | / | / |
| 3:30 pm | 1:1 Meeting Area Neworking Area | INVESTMENT & AI Format: Round Table Moderator: David Espeso, Experienced Investor and Knowledgeable on Different Areas, including AI at Propósito Speakers: Daniel Gonzálvez Ortuño — Director at Founder Institute Spain and Investment Principal at Exponential Science Capital Roger Almuni — Artificial Intelligence VC in Next Tier Ventures Patricia Rodriguez Garcia — General Manager, La Font Family Office | / | / | / |
| 4:30 pm | 1:1 Meeting Sponsor Arena | / | Logistics, Supply Chain & Operations Management Moderator: Michela Manini digital transformation enabler at Supsi DTI, Silvia Mari Responsible continuing education at Supsi DTI Large Language Model Based Entity Relation Mapping for Supply Chain Visibility — Cemalettin Ozturk (MTU) A Local-Search-Enhanced Iterated Greedy Algorithm for the Rank Pricing Problem with Ties — Carmen Galé (UZ) GREENET: A Simulation-Optimization Decision-Support Framework for Wireless Access Point Localization — Raffaele Dragone(AAU) Solving a Routing Problem without a Routing Algorithm: A Case Study in Food Distribution — Giovanni Righini (UNIMI) Beyond Efficiency: Harnessing Decision Intelligence for Triple Bottom Line Resilience – Matteo Pozzi (Optit) | Business Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Moderator: Javier Faulin (University of Navarra), Fatos Xhafa (UPV) Exploring the Rankine Vortex Dynamics Using 2D Cellular Automata and Computational Fluid Dynamics — Pau Fonseca (UPC) Dynamic Optimisation for an Interactive Online Tourist Itinerary Recommender — José Andrés Moreno (ULL) Exact and Heuristic-Based Approaches for Heterogeneous Network Planning — Marc Escoto (UPV) A Context-Enriched Capacitated Vehicle Routing Framework: Integrating Optimization, Geospatial Intelligence, and Administrative Analytics — Miguel Saiz (weOptimize & UOC) | From Promise to Impact: Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Format: Round Table Moderator: Daniel León, Dean of the School of Engineering, Science and Technology @UNIE Universidad Sofia Salido , Strategic Advisor, Digital Health & AI | Former VP Digital Solutions EMEA @Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Francisco Javier Domingo Business Unit Director & Corporate Affairs Head @Adamed Pharma Spain Visiting Professor @UNIE Universidad Isabel Bejerano-Blázquez, Global Clinical Project Manager @Syneos Health |
| 5:30 pm | 1:1 Meeting Sponsor Arena | / | Manufacturing, Production & Industry 4.0 Moderator: Alfredo Giménez (Factor Ingeniería y Decoletaje), Raul Poler (UPV) A Decision Support Module for Environmental-Driven Supplier Selection in Manufacturing Procurement — Marco Pirotta (SUPSI-DTI-ISTEPS) AHP-Driven Supplier Selection in Industry 4.0: Enhancing Supply Logistics for Manufacturing Production — Joan Lario (UPV) Human-Centric Decision Support for Smart Factories: A Multimodal Approach to Human-Machine Interaction — Federico Fumagalli (J&W Srl) An Ontology for Manufacturing Operations as a Service — Josefa Mula (UPV) Scheduling Recommender System for Steel Production — Miguel Gutiérrez (UPM) | Smart Cities, Communities & Urban Innovation Moderator: Alberto Ceselli (UNIMI) Hacking Mathematics: A STEAM Curriculum Integrating Mathematics, 3D Fabrication and IoT for Society 5.0 — Maria Del Carme Fonseca (UPC) LEAFS: Linear Edge-to-Cloud Latency-Aware Formulation for Service Placement — Alberto Bertoncini (UNIMI) Forecasting Renewable Energy Production in a Multiregional Framework — Melania Guerra (UC3M) Geospatial Data Enrichment by Advanced Analytics — Alberto Ceselli (UNIMI) Models And Methods For Pollution-Based Zoning: The Case of Lombardy — Marco Premoli (UNIMI) | Non Invasive Healthcare Forum Format: Workshop Moderator: Raffaele Maccioni (Math Biology) |
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| 8:00 pm | COCKTAIL DINNER & Networking | ||||
| HALL | Auditorium | Parallel Session | Parallel Session | Workshop | |
| 8:00 AM | Registrations & Welcome Coffee | ||||
| 9:00 AM | 1:1 Meeting Sponsor Arena | “Data Everywhere, Decisions Nowhere? A View from Leading Supply Chains” Format: Round Table Moderator: Alvaro Garcia Sanchez (Baobab Soluciones) Speakers: Pablo Garrido Martínez-Llop (Talgo) Tamara Borreguero Sanchidrián (Airbus) Fabio Luraschi (Guess) Sofía Moraga Navas (Amazon) Ramón García (CEL / European Logististic Association) | / | / | / |
| 9:45 AM | 1:1 Meeting Sponsor Arena | From Tools to Control: What Are AI Vendors Really Delivering? Format: Round Table Moderator: David Lopez Lopez, ESADE Speakers: Matteo Pozzi (Optit) Álvaro Herráiz Solla (Center of the Spanish Navy) Massimo Mistretta (Exentriq) Rafael Salafranca, Chief Operations Officer (Baobab Soluciones) | / | / | / |
| 10:15 | 1:1 Meeting Sponsor Arena | STARTUP BATTLE “MinervaS ” – Ennio Andrea Adinolfi, CEO “TheFace5.0” – Immacolata De Santi, Ceo e Co – Founder ” Logivery” – Luca Giovagnola, Business Development “Synactica” – Alice Calamita, AI & Optimization Specialist “Med4You SRL” – Giuseppe Labarile, CEO “Math Biology” – Alessandro Cascia, CFO “ICSO Analytics” -Wenwen Chen and Verónica Medina, Algorithm Researchers “Ares Cyber AI” – Alexandra Costea, Lead of Development | / | / | |
| 11:00 AM | COFFEE BREAK & Networking | / | / | / | / |
| 11:30 am | 1:1 Meeting Sponsor Arena | / | Business Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Moderator: Angel Juan (UPV), Fatos Xhafa (UPV) Operationalizing Human-AI Collaboration for High-Volume Project Risk Management — Marc Bara (ProjectWorkLab SL) From Planning to Agents: How Robust Are LLM-Generated Heuristics? — Wenwen Chen (UPV) GNN Mixture-of-Experts for Segment-Level Travel Time Prediction in Last-Mile Delivery — Fatemeh Amerehi (UCD) Evaluating the Performance of Oscillator Networks with a Comprehensive Suite of Synchronization Metrics — Xhilda Dhamo (UT) | Marketing, Strategy & Business Innovation Moderator: Marc Bara,ESADE AI Decision-Support for Ethical Contexts: Insights from Wildlife Management and Implications for Business — David Lopez (ESADE) From Portfolio Optimization to Structural Decision-Making — Carles Torrecilla (ESADE) Behavioural Simulation of Consumer Segments Using Digital Twins — Montserrat Peñarroya (URL) | PRICING & AI Moderator: Raffaele Maccioni (DSA) Format: Workshop |
| 12:15 pm | 1:1 Meeting Sponsor Arena | / | Finance, Banking, Insurance & FinTech Moderator: Armando Nieto (DIVINA SEGUROS) Using High-Resolution Modeling to Reduce Basis Risk in Tropical Cyclone Parametric Risk Transfer Structures — Roberto Guidotti (Guy Carpenter) Cross-Architecture Blockchain Forensics via Explainable Graph-Temporal Feature Engineering — Mario Trerotola (UNISA) Fast, Faithful, and Fair: Real-Time Probabilistic XAI via Knowledge Distillation — Eloi Garcia (UPC) A Mode-Availability Constrained Variant and Uncertainty-Aware Evaluation Procedure for Floating Catchment Area Methods — Reece Valentine (SU) | Logistics, Supply Chain & Operations Management Moderator: Michela Manini digital transformation enabler at Supsi DTI, Silvia Mari Responsible continuing education at Supsi DTI Solving Routing Problems with Multiple Drones with Interceptions — Sarah Dillon (SU) Towards Planners Segmentation in Real World Vehicle Routing Problems — Samuele Simone (UNIMI) Modeling and Linearization Analysis of a Total Energy MINLP for Single-Truck, Multiple-Drone Last Mile Delivery — Fatos Xhafa (UPC) Design and Operational Decision-Making in a Dual-Degradation Asset Health Index Model for Power Transformers — Antonio Sánchez (US) | A Systemic Approach for Impact Enhancement: DSA Partnering with the EURO Practitioner’s Forum Format: Workshop Moderator: Matteo Pozzi – Ceo Optit & Co-Founder of the EURO Working Group on the Practice of OR Sofiane Oussedik: Technical Leader, Data Science and AI Tools – EMEA, IBM (Chair of the EURO Practitioner’s Forum) Juan Manuel Garcia Lopez: Pre Sales-Principal Consultant, FICO Victoria Guerrero Mestre: Fulfilment & Core Services, Ingka Group (IKEA) Raffaele Maccioni (DSA) |
| 1:15 pm | / | Manufacturing, Production & Industry 4.0 Moderator: Alfredo Giménez (Factor Ingeniería y Decoletaje), Raul Poler (UPV) Conceptual AI Multi-Agent System for Autonomous Decision-Making in the Manufacturing Industry — Raúl Poler (UPV) Production Rescheduling Based on Multi-Agent Auctions — Miguel Gutiérrez (UPM) Framework for Defining Future Research Lines on Sustainability-Driven AI in the Construction Sector — Aida Martínez (UPV) | Healthcare Systems, Hospitals & Digital Health Moderator: Raffaele Maccioni (DSA) Tag Extraction from Medical History through LLMs — Roberto Tufano (UNISA) Machine Learning–Driven Bi-Objective Optimization of Heterologous and Homologous COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Network — Ali Jahed (UPM) Reducing Biological Uncertainty in Preventive Oncology: A Bayesian Decision Framework Integrating Dynamic Metabolic Profiling (DMA-PPOP) — Francesca Aiello (Math Biology Srl) | / | |
| 2:15 pm | / | CLOSINGS Speakers: Alvaro Garcia Sanchez (Baobab Soluciones), Fernando de Pablo (Ayuntamiento de Madrid), Raffaele Maccioni (DSA), Miguel Guterriez (Head of Department. Industrial Engineering, Business Administration and Statistics UPM Angel A. Juan (UPV), Maddalena Mazzali (DSA) | / | / | / |
| 2:30 pm | LUNCH BREAK & Networking | / | / | / | / |
