This International Conference on Variational Analysis and Optimization is in honor of Professor Lionel Thibault, one of the foremost contributors to the mathematical field of Variational Analysis, and an example of an honorable mathematician and very devoted researcher.

The conference will be held from 7 to 10 January, 2014 at Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM), University of Chile, Avenida Blanco Encalada 2120, second floor, Santiago.