The XV Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization (BRAZOPT 2026) will take place at the Universidade Federal de 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.

The Full Program is Here!

You can now access the Contributed Talks and Posters agenda as well as the Plenary Speaker abstracts.

🎟️ Registration is Open!

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📰 A special issue of Computational Optimization and Applications (COAP) will be dedicated to BRAZOPT 2026. Click here for details.

Plenary Speakers

• 🇫🇷 Samir Adly (Université de Limoges, France)
• 🇧🇷 Maicon Marques Alves (UFSC, Brazil)
• 🇧🇷 Ernesto Birgin (USP, Brazil)
• 🇧🇷 Orizon Ferreira (UFG, Brazil)
• 🇩🇪 Andreas Fischer (TU Dresden, Germany)
• 🇯🇵 Ellen Hidemi Fukuda (Kyoto University, Japan)​
• 🇺🇸 George Lan  (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
• 🇺🇸 Boris Mordukhovich (Wayne State University, USA)​
• 🇧🇷 Claudia Sagastizábal (Unicamp, Brazil)
• 🇺🇸 Katya Scheinberg (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
• 🇧🇷 Mikhail Solodov (IMPA, Brazil)

Organizing and Scientific Committees