Gurobi Connect Oslo - Mobility & Logistics edition, hosted with SINTEF
Are you interested in learning how mathematical optimization is transforming mobility and logistics in an increasingly complex world? Join us June 17 at Gurobi Connect Oslo – Mobility & Logistics Edition, hosted in collaboration with SINTEF, for a focused half-day event that will explore how optimization drives smarter, more efficient decision-making across logistics and transportation.
The program will highlight real-world applications—including fruit industry logistics and railway optimization—to showcase how these techniques deliver robust, scalable, and explainable solutions. Discover how mathematical optimization fits within today’s AI and technology landscape, and how it complements data-driven approaches to tackle some of the most pressing mobility and logistics challenges.
Agenda
10:00: Welcome Remarks
10:15: Bama Case Study: From Projects to Products: Building Decision-Support Tools for Fresh Produce Logistics
BAMA is Norway's leading distributor and wholesaler of fresh produce, managing a complex supply chain that connects Norwegian and international suppliers with customers across the country. Within BAMA, the Data & AI team has shifted from a traditional project-delivery model to a functional team within a broader product organization, contributing to cross-functional teams that build and operate strategic products.
This talk highlights two products that apply optimization to improve logistics decision-making, developed at different stages of our organizational maturity: SmartTransport, now in production, and Flow Management, currently under development. We will share how each product evolved from discovery through implementation, along with the business impact, challenges, and lessons learned in embedding optimization into day-to-day decisions.
10:45: Coffee Break
11:00: Posten Bring Case Study: Designing Districts: Where Optimality Meets Robustness
11:30: ETH Zurich Case Study: Optimization in Railway Scheduling: model, results, and insights
This talk reviews some recent implementation and models for optimization in railways scheduling (timetabling and real time rescheduling), which have been designed and implemented in collaboration with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), aiming at improving capacity and flexibility of railway operations.
We also report on the usage of explainable AI to guide practical geographic decompositions for large‑scale timetabling, showing that fewer, larger areas can speed up the computation by simplifying the coordination.
12:00: Lunch
13:00: SINTEF Session - From theory to practice: this is how we support Norwegian companies
SINTEF is one of Europe’s leading independent research organizations, turning cutting-edge science into practical innovations that create value for industry and society. In Norway, we’ve helped thousands of companies become more efficient, more resilient, and more sustainable. At SINTEF’s Optimization group, we do this by developing state-of-the-art mathematical models and algorithms, often powered by tools like Gurobi. In this talk, we’ll share a few examples of how we’ve made a real difference and how your company could be next.
13:30: Coffee Break
13:45: Gurobi Session - Mathematical Optimization in the AI Landscape
As AI technologies continue to transform how organizations make decisions, it is increasingly important to understand the role of mathematical optimization within the AI landscape. This presentation explores how optimization complements other AI techniques, including machine learning and generative AI, to enhance end-to-end decision systems. We examine the core characteristics of optimization and discuss how they enable trustworthy decision-making. Finally, we showcase our latest efforts to combine generative AI with optimization through the Gurobi Intelligence Hub, home to Gurobot, our AI-powered assistant, as well as early versions of our Explainer and Modeler agents and local MCP. We demonstrate how generative AI can make optimization more accessible to a broader audience.
*Agenda is subject to slight changes without prior notice.
When?
Wednesday, June 17
10:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Where?
Forskningsveien 1, 0373, Oslo, Norway
Please note that seats are limited, so restrictions may apply.
*Accommodation or airport transfers are not included.
