The XV Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization (BRAZOPT 2026) will take place at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Blumenau Campus, in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, from February 23 to 27, 2026.

BRAZOPT is a traditional event that brings together researchers, professionals, and students working in Continuous Optimization from Brazil and abroad. Since its first edition in 1997, BRAZOPT has served as an important forum for scientific exchange, collaboration, and dissemination of research in the field.

 Organizing Committee

• Maicon Marques Alves (UFSC)
• Roger Behling (UFSC)
• Luis Felipe Bueno (UNIFESP)
• Luiz Fernando Bossa (UFSC)
• Rafael Aleixo de Carvalho (UFSC)
• Felipe Fidalgo (UFSC)
• Douglas S. Gonçalves (UFSC)
• Alfredo Iusem (FGV)
• Evelin H. M. Krulikovski (UFPR)
• Maria Eduarda Pinheiro (UniTrier)
• Luiz-Rafael Santos (UFSC)
• Mikhail Solodov (IMPA)
• Hugo Lara Urdaneta (UFSC)

Scientific Committee

• Silvia Villa (Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy)
• Paulo J. S. Silva (Unicamp, Brazil) – Chair
• Gabriel Haeser (USP, Brazil)
• Boris Mordukhovich (Wayne State University, EUA)
• Madeleine Udell (Stanford University, EUA)
• Max L. N. Gonçalves (UFG, Brazil)
• Juan Enrique Martínez-Legaz (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
• Angelia Nedic (Arizona State University, EUA)
• Xiaojun Chen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)

Plenary Speakers

The following distinguished researchers have confirmed their participation:​​

• Maicon Marques Alves (UFSC, Brazil)
• Ernesto Birgin (USP, Brazil)
• Orizon Ferreira (UFG, Brazil)
• Andreas Fischer (TU Dresden, Germany)
• Ellen Fukuda (Kyoto University, Japan)​
• Boris Mordukhovich (Wayne State University, USA)​
• Claudia Sagastizábal (Unicamp, Brazil)
• Katya Scheinberg (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
• Mikhail Solodov (IMPA, Brazil)