Programme

The two days of meeting (Thursday, April 16, 2026, to Friday, April 17, 2026) will be held at the University of Leeds.

Venue Information
Leeds University Business School
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
United Kingdom.

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Location: Leeds University Business School
Schedule: 12:00 PM - 17:30 PM

12:00 PM - 13:00 PM - Lunch and Registration
13:00 PM - 13:30 PM - Welcome and Opening Session
13:30 PM - 15:00 PM - Session A: AI, Fairness & Explainability - Presentation and Discussion
15:00 PM - 15:30 PM - Coffee Break
15:30 PM - 17:00 PM - Session B: Sustainability, Planning & Real-World Applications - Presentation and Discussion
17:00 PM - 17:30 PM - Refreshments
19:00 PM - Gala Dinner (Booking is required - Booking is closed.)

Location: Leeds University Business School
Schedule: 8:30 AM - 18:00 PM

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM - Light Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Session C: Preference Learning & Elicitation - Presentation and Discussion
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM - Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Session D: Sorting, Ranking & Preference Models - Presentation and Discussion
12:30 PM - 13:30 PM - Lunch
13:30 PM - 15:00 PM - Group Activity and Social
15:00 PM - 15:30 PM - Coffee Break
15:30 PM - 17:00 PM - Session E: Uncertainty, Robustness & Probabilistic Reasoning - Presentation and Discussion
17:00 PM - 18:00 PM - Refreshment

Trip to York.

Advance booking is required. Booking is now closed.

Location: Leeds University Business School
Schedule: 8:15 am - 14:45 PM

Detailed Programme

Session Chair: Aritad (Alan) Choicharoon

13:30 - 15:00	AI, Fairness & Explainability	Session A
1	Shuying Liu University of Glasgow Bowei Chen, Cathy Yi-Hsuan Chen (University of Glasgow), Yu Zheng (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)	MAPLE-NFT: Multimodal Attention-based Price Learning for Non-Fungible Tokens
2	Renata Pelissari Mackenzie Presbyterian University Sajid Siraj (University of Leeds), Sarah Ben Amor (University of Ottawa)	Counterfactual analysis in Multicriteria Decision Analysis: Exploring decision and objective spaces
3	Dimitrios Dimitriou Democritus University of Thrace Maria Sartzetaki, Aristi Karagkouni (Democritus University of Thrace)	Evaluation of Corporate Performance upon Sustainability: A Multi-Criteria AHP Framework
Discussion	*Naomi De Soysa (St James Hospital),* Shabbar Naqvi (University of Leeds) — From 'Black Box' to Medical Device: Operationalising Explainability as a Safety Standard in Radiotherapy *Edward Abel (University of Southern Denmark),* Guilherme Pelegrina (Mackenzie Presbyterian University), Sajid Siraj (University of Leeds) — Fairness-Performance Trade-offs in Random Forests Models

Session Chair: Sajid Siraj

15:30 - 17:00	Session B: Sustainability, Planning & Real-World Applications	Session B
1	Francesca Biondi Politecnico di Torino Marta Bottero, Caterina Caprioli (Politecnico di Torino)	A multi-criteria framework to prioritise interventions on geothermal energy tunnels
2	Paul Stuart Polytechnique Montreal Zahra Kazemi (Polytechnique Montreal)	Assessing Biorefinery Strategies Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making: Case Studies and Lessons Learned
3	Salvatore Greco University of Catania Maria Barbati (University of Venice), Vincenza Piera Bonanno (University of Catania), Roman Słowiński (Poznań University of Technology)	Multiobjective activity planning for research agencies
Discussion	Arianna Tiralti, Lucia Rocchi (University of Perugia) — A spatial multi-criteria framework for monitoring regional sustainable development strategies at the municipal level Gabriele Menegaldo, Lucia Rocchi, Luisa Paolotti, Antonio Boggia (University of Perugia) — Assessing enterprise contributions to the sustainable development strategy: a specific framework

Session Chair: Sajid Siraj

9:00 - 10:30	Preference Learning & Elicitation	Session C
1	River Huang Paul Scherrer Institute Matteo Brunelli (University of Trento)	PIvot-Linked Elicitation (PILE): A Unified Approach to Hierarchical Weight Elicitation
2	Moha Ghaderi Pompeu Fabra University	Attention-Entropy Random Utility: Endogenous Attention and Context Effects in Discrete Choice
3	Christine Huttin University Aix Marseille	Demand discrete choice models and applications in health care — Recent developments
Discussion	Milosz Kadzinski (Poznan University of Technology), Jiaxuan Jiang, Jiapeng Liu, Xiuwu Liao, Jingyu Dong (Xi’an Jiaotong University) — Integrating Response Time and Attention Duration in Bayesian Preference Learning for Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding Núria Agell (Universitat Ramon Llull), Jenniffer Nguyen (Universitat Ramon Llull), Mónica Sánchez, Francisco Javier Ruiz Vegas (UPC-BarcelonaTech) — Decision-Aiding Processes on Social Platforms: Enhancing Rating Values through Sentiment Analysis

Session Chair: Aritad (Alan) Choicharoon

11:00 - 12:30	Sorting, Ranking & Preference Models	Session D
1	Wanzhu Zhao KEDGE Business School Claire Y.T. Chen (KEDGE Business School), Edward W. Sun (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)	Multi-Modal Graph Sorting under Heterogeneous Expert Criteria
2	Michal Fredrych Poznan University of Technology Miłosz Kadziński (Poznan University of Technology), Mengzhuo Guo (Sichuan University)	Flow-UTADIS: Interpretable Transfer Learning for Value-Based Multiple Criteria Sorting
3	Silvano Zappala University of Catania Salvatore Corrente (University of Catania), Salvatore Greco (University of Catania), Roman Słowiński (Poznań University of Technology)	Comparative analysis of decision rules and value functions as preference models in multiple criteria sorting
Discussion	*Iain Reid (Manchester Metropolitan University),* Amin Vafadarnikjoo (University of Sheffield), David Odaudu, Ravi Karuppusamy, Neville Rowney (Manchester Metropolitan University) — A PID-TOPSIS Framework for Structuring ERP Reimplementation Decisions in Make-to-Order SMEs Yujia Chen (University of Leeds) — Fairness-Aware MCDA for SME Credit Assessment: Bridging Multi-Criteria Decision Aiding, Algorithmic Fairness, and Regulatory Compliance

Session Chair: Sajid Siraj

15:30 - 17:00	Uncertainty, Robustness & Probabilistic Reasoning	Session E
1	Nikolaos Argyris Loughborough University Lars Peter Østerdal (Copenhagen Business School ), M. Azhar Hussain (University of Sharjah)	Robust and Value-Driven Social Welfare Analysis using MCDA and Multidimensional Stochastic Dominance
2	Jian-Bo Yang University of Manchester Dong-Ling Xu (University of Manchester), Ying-Ming Wang (Fuzhou University)	Multicriteria Assessment Powered by Maximum Likelihood Evidential Reasoning
3	Dong-Ling Xu University of Manchester Jian-Bo Yang (University of Manchester), Ying-Ming Wang (Fuzhou University)	Advances in Evidential Reasoning for MCDM: Explainable and Trustworthy Probabilistic Inference
Discussion	Shabbar Naqvi (University of Leeds)— Verifiable Prompting: A Multi-Criteria Decision Framework for Auditable GenAI Outputs in Education Franco Corti (University of Padova), Sajid Siraj (University of Leeds) — Positioning political manifestos via LLMs: an investigative case study in the 2024 European Elections