Final Schedule of Events

Detailed Schedule

ISAHP July 29 - August 1 (Wednesday - Saturday)

All food mentioned is included in the registration fee

Wednesday July 29
ALL DAY OPTIONAL FREE WORKSHOP

7:30 a.m. registration opens
Breakfast coffee with pastries and fruit

All day free workshop on ANP from 9:00AM to 4:30PM (bring your own laptop if possible). Lecturer will be Thomas L. Saaty, creator of the AHP/ANP. Learn about decision making with dependence and feedback and get the free SuperDecisions ANP software. Practice building models. Participate in group decision making exercises.

Morning and afternoon coffee breaks included. Participants lunch on their own at convenient local restaurants.

Registration for new arrivals not attending the ANP workshop - Wednesday afternoon

Welcome Reception begins at 4:30 at Katz Graduate School of Business with wine and cheese.

Thursday July 30
OPENING SESSION

8 a.m. registration for new arrivals
Breakfast coffee with pastries and fruit

9:30 a.m.-11:30 Welcome address and keynote addresses at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium next door to the Katz GSB building.

Coffee and drinks available at all times on Katz GSB first floor

11:30-12:30: Take time to walk out around the campus of the University of Pittsburgh and perhaps visit the stunning Cathedral of Learning, the main building, across the square from Katz GSB.

12:30-2:00: Lunch will be served at Jazzman Café Katz GSB

2:00-3:30 breakout sessions (with meetings in 4 rooms simultaneously)
Note: We expect to include 4 to 5 papers in each breakout session and allow 15 to 20 minutes per presentation.

3:45-4:00 Coffee, soft drinks and juices and cookies

4:00-5:45 breakout sessions (with meetings in 4 rooms simultaneously)

6:00 Cookout in the park outside of Katz School.

Friday July 31
BREAKOUT SESSIONS CONTINUE

8:00 a.m. Breakfast coffee with pastries and fruit

8:30-10:00 a.m. Breakout sessions

10:00-10:15 Coffee on tap

10:15-12:00 Breakout Sessions

12-1:00 Lunch in the Jazzman cafe at Katz.

1:00-2:30 p.m. Breakout sessions

3:00-4:00 p.m. Plenary sessions

4 p.m. Coffee on tap

The rest of the afternoon is free.

6:00 p.m. - Gala Dinner. Buses will be at the Katz school to take participants to the Gala Dinner riverboat cruise. The bus ride takes about 15 minutes and the cruise on the three rivers of Pittsburgh will last approximately three hours.

Saturday Aug 1
CLOSING SESSION

8:00 a.m. - Breakfast coffee with pastries, etc.

9:30 -11:30 Panel Sessions, speeches and awards

11:45 - Coffee on tap at Katz

Saturday Afternoon - Free time

Saturday evening 6:00-9:00 - Dinner reception at the Saaty's home:
4922 Ellsworth Avenue, Pittsburgh 15213