The 12th International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications (ICOTA 2026) will be held in Shanghai, 10-12 April 2026.
Theme: Optimization and Decision Development in the AI Era
Website: https://jcxy.sues.edu.cn/ICOTA2026
Email: icota2026@163.com

The International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications (ICOTA)
The International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications (ICOTA) is a conference series. The goal of ICOTA is to provide an international forum for scientists, researchers, software developers, and practitioners to exchange ideas and approaches, to present research findings and state-of-the-art solutions, to share experiences on potentials and limits, and to open new avenues of research and developments, on all issues and topics related to optimization. The first six conferences of ICOTA and their organizers are: 
ICOTA 1987, Singapore 
Organizers: H. Paul and K. L. Teo 
ICOTA 1992, Singapore 
Organizers: K. H. Phua and C. M. Wang 
ICOTA 1995, Chengdu, China 
Organizers: Guangzhong Liu and Juping Xu 
ICOTA 1998, Perth, Australia 
Conference General Co-Chairs: Lou Caccetta and Kok Lay Teo 
ICOTA 2001, Hong Kong 
Conference General Co-Chairs: Xiaoqiang Cai and Liqun Qi 
ICOTA 2004, Victoria, Australia 
Conference General Co-Chairs: Alex Rubinov and Moshe Sniedovich
ICOTA 2007, Kobe, Japan
ICOTA 2010, Shanghai, China
Conference General Co-Chairs: Xiaoling Sun, Duan Li, Shouyang Wang, Ya-xiang Yuan
ICOTA 2013, Taipei
Conference General Co-Chairs: Soon-Yi Wu,Shu-Cherng Fang, Ching-Jong Liao, Hsiao-Fan Wang
ICOTA 2016, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Conference General Co-Chairs: Enkhbat Rentsen, Altannar Chinchuluun, and Altangerel Lkhamsuren
ICOTA 2019, Hakodate, Japan
Conference General Co-Chairs: Yasunori Kimura, Wataru Takahashi, Akiko Yoshise

People or institutions which are interested in organizing next conference of ICOTA may contact the Chairman of the Steering Committee of ICOTA. 
The Steering Committee of ICOTA includes: 
Lou Caccetta (Australia) 
Xiaoqiang Cai (Hong Kong) 
Masao Iri (Japan) 
Duan Li (Hong Kong) 
Liqun Qi (Hong Kong) 
Volker Rehbock (Australia) 
Alex Rubinov (Australia) 
Peg Foo Siew (Australia) 
Moshe Sniedovich (Australia) 
Kok Lay Teo (Australia), Chairman 
Tamas Terlaky (Canada) 
Chien Ming Wang (Singapore) 
Shouyang Wang (China) 
Juping Xu (China) 
Xiaoqi Yang (Hong Kong)