Sharing roomsInstructions to those who want to share a room at the Pestana Hotel

Video about NatalA video about Natal and Rio Grande do Norte State was added http://gow12.dca.ufrn.br/about-natal/ Suggestion: skip the first 30 seconds to listen audio in English.

Special issue of Journal of Global Optimization with GOW12 papersPapers presented at GOW will be invited for publication in a special issue of Journal of Global Optimization after peer review.

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Welcome to the Global Optimization Workshop 2012!

We would like to invite you to contribute to and participate in GOW12, which will be held at Hotel Pestana, located in Natal, Brazil.

The Global Optimization Workshop is a forum for both academic and industrial communities to present and discuss the latest results and challenges in global optimization and to meet world-leading researchers in the field.

The preceding workshops have been periodically held as follows:

• Sopron, Hungary 1985 and 1990
• Szeged, Hungary 1995 (WGO)
• Florence, Italy 1999 (GO.99)
• Hanmer Springs, New Zealand 2001 (LETSGO)
• Santorini, Greece 2003 (Frontiers in GO)
• San José, Almeria, Spain 2005 (Go05)
• Mykonos, Greece 2007 (AGO07)
• Skukuza, South Africa 2008 (SAGO08)
• Toulouse, France 2010 (TOGO10)

Looking forward to seeing you at GOW in Natal!

Daniel Aloise

General Chair