We are pleased to announce that the 24th Mini EURO Conference on Continuous Optimization and Information-Based Technologies in the Financial Sector (24th MEC-EurOPT-2010), will be held in Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey, on June 23-26, 2010.

Website: http://www.ieu.edu.tr/Europt-2010

Main topics are: 
* Computational Finance,
* Continuous Optimization and Control, and
* Information-Based Technologies.

Publications
- A special issue of "Journal of Global Optimization": Global Optim. & Appl.
- A Special Issue of "Optimization": Advances in Cont. Optim. with Appl.in Fin.
-  A Special Issue of "TOR - Transactions on Operational Research",
- Conference Proceedings Book.

Invited Speakers:
* Ralph Tyrell Rockafellar, University of Washington, USA.
* Roger J-B Wets, University of California, Davis, USA.
* Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida, USA.
* Juan Enrique Martinez Legaz, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
* Ulrich Horst, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
* Suleyman Ozekici, Koc University, Turkey.

Deadlines
* Deadline for abstract submission:  January 18, 2010.
* Deadline for paper submission: February 26, 2010.
* Deadline for early registration: April 12, 2010.

Programme Committee Chair: Roger Wets, University of California at Davis, USA.
Organizing Committee Chair: Cemali Dincer, Izmir Univ. of Econ. Turkey
Co-Chair: Refail Kasimbeyli, Izmir Univ. of Econ, Turkey
Co-Chair: Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber, Middle East Tech. Univ, Turkey