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As the impacts of wildfires grow- in the human life, environment, economies, and ecosystemsonly multi-disciplinary approaches are suitable to address such complex and uncertain systems. 

With the organization of the O&W Conference, we intended to provide a forum to explore how Optimization, or more in general Operational Research and related disciplines, can contribute to those multi-disciplinary approaches. Although the first works on O&W can be traced back to the 1950s and much relevant work has been done since then, we strongly believe that much more can be achieved. 

This being the first O&W Conference, it is highly satisfactory to having received 46 accepted abstracts and 58 participants from 14 different countries. During the three keynote sessions, the 10 plenary sessions, the breaks, and social programme, there were several opportunities to exchange knowledge, experiences, insights into the state-of-the-art and emerging topics.