Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA) aims at bringing together a diverse group of people from both discrete and continuous optimization, working on both theoretical and applied aspects. There will be a small number of invited talks from distinguished speakers and contributed talks, spread over three days. Our target is to present a diverse set of exciting new developments from different optimization areas while at the same time providing a setting which will allow increased interaction among the participants. We aim to bring together researchers from both the theoretical and applied communities who do not usually have the chance to interact in the framework of a medium-scale event.

MOPTA 2025 will take place in the historic center of Ponta Delgada, on the beautiful Azorean island of São Miguel. Attendees will have sufficient time to visit São Miguel while participating in technical sessions and engaging in discussions on the latest developments in optimization and its applications.

There will be a satellite event, the Portuguese American Optimization Workshop (PAOW), which will take place in Horta, Azores, Portugal from June 13-15, 2025. PAOW will take place in the historic center of Horta, on the beautiful Azorean island of Faial. PAOW is primarily focused on continuous optimization and its applications to machine learning.