ALCOAST 137/26 - MAY 2026 94TH MILITARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM (2026)

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ALCOAST 137/26
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SUBJ: 94TH MILITARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM (2026)
A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 012208Z MAY 26/ALCOAST 117/26
B. Military Assignments and Authorized Absences, COMDTINST 1000.8A
1. Event: The U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) is hosting the 2026
Military Operations Research Society (MORS) Symposium in Colorado
Springs, CO from 08-11 June, 2026. This year's theme is "Sharpening
Our Analytical Edge."
More information can be found here:
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https://www.mors.org/Events/Symposium/94th-Symposium

2. Purpose: For over 60 years the annual MORS Symposium has been the
national security operations research community's premier forum to
exchange insight, examine emerging research, and address the most
complex analytic challenges facing our nation. Each year, the
Symposium brings together roughly 1,000 operations research and
analytic professionals representing military, government, industry,
and academia to share best practices, sharpen analytic approaches,
and strengthen professional relationships in a collaborative
environment. At its core, this work is focused on supporting the
warfighter with high-quality, decision-ready analysis. The 94th MORS
Symposium will include hundreds of presentations across 35 working
groups and numerous distributed working groups, special sessions,
demonstrations, tutorials, and continuing education unit courses
over the four-day program. Over the last eight years, members from
the Coast Guard Operations Research and Data Analytics community
presented dozens of studies on topics including boat station mission
relevance, forecasting techniques and visualization with Python,
neural networks and artificial intelligence, unstructured data
analytics, applying systems thinking and system dynamics modeling to
improve understanding of service, and programmatic advances in data
analytics and artificial intelligence. This year's sessions will
consist of classified and unclassified presentations.
3. Conference Attendance Information:
    a. The Futures Development and Integration Directorate (CG-FD&I)
is the conference champion for coordinating conference approval, in
accordance with REF (A). Attendance, travel, and conference fees
will be at unit discretion and expense. If funding is not available,
permissive orders are authorized per COMDTINST 1000.8A of REF (B).
Attendees are responsible for making their own registration, travel,
and lodging accommodations. Per ALCOAST 117/26, Secretary-level or
Component-level approval for non-critical/non-mission-essential TDY
travel is no longer required. TDY travel requests may be approved at
the appropriate level in the chain of command per Coast Guard
Supplement to the Joint Travel Regulations. All other conference
management policies, submission procedures, and deadlines remain in
effect.
    b. Registration conference fee is $700 for MORS members and $800
for non-members. Please make sure you select 'U.S. Federal
Government' as your employer to ensure you register at the
appropriate rate.
    c. Key Dates:
        (1) 22 May 2026 - U.S. Citizens Clearances Due
        (2) 22 May 2026 - All registration payments/invoices due
        (3) 29 May 2026 - Provide CG-2070 with estimated costs to the
             conference POC.
4. Member's responsibilities: To attend the conference, members are
responsible for completing the internal '2026 MORS Symposium
Registration' form, available here:
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https://forms.osi.apps.mil/r/NKeVuppw7m

    a. A new survey must be submitted for each individual member who
wishes to register.
    b. Provide immediate email notification to the POC in para.7 if
cancelling attendance.
    c. After attending the event, submit the Travel Voucher Summary
(from ETS) via email for actual conference cost reporting.
5. If a member is presenting or wishes to attend classified
presentations, security clearance verification will be required.
Information on how to verify security clearances can be found on
the MORS website referenced above. If members are only presenting
or attending unclassified presentations, no security clearance
verification is required.
6. Uniform. Tropical Blue Long with Garrison covers for military
Members. Civilian attire is business casual.
7. Conference POC: Mr. John R. Cobb IV, john.r.cobb@uscg.mil
8. RDML Amy B. Grable, Assistant Commandant of Futures Development
and Integration (CG-FD&I), and Mr. Brian D. Campo, Chief of Data and
AI Officer (CDAO), Director of Technology Readiness (CG-TECH), send.
9. Internet release is authorized.