The main aim of the ESI workshop is to gather speakers of the One World Optimization Seminar (https://owos.univie.ac.at/) at one place to discuss recent advances in continuous optimization. One World Optimization Seminar (OWOS) was a series of online seminars in optimization run from April 2020 until April 2022. Amidst the challenges of the pandemic, OWOS stood out as an exceptional event that played a crucial role in keeping the optimization community together, providing valuable insights and fostering collaboration among attendees.
The objectives of this workshop encompass three key topics: (i) variational and nonsmooth analysis, (ii) optimization algorithms, and (iii) applications of these methodologies in various fields.