ICCOPT 2022 will have twelve clusters (sometimes called themes). The cluster names, as well as their chairs, are provided below.
| Applications of Continuous Optimization Chairs: Mihai Anitescu, Christian Kirches | Convexification and Global Optimization Chairs: Aida Khajavirad, Mohit Tawarmalani |
| Derivative-Free Optimization Chairs: Jeffrey Larson, Sara Shashaani, Stefan Wild | Nonlinear Optimization Chairs: Dominique Orban, Albert Berahas |
| Nonsmooth Optimization Chairs: Dmitriy Drusvyatskiy, Damek Davis | Optimization for Data Science and Machine Learning Chairs: Sebastian Stich, Nicolas Loizou |
| Optimization Under Uncertainty Chairs: Dick den Hertog, Wolfram Wiesemann | PDE-Constrained Optimization Chair: Michael Hintermüller |
| Semidefinite, Conic, and Polynomial Optimization Chairs: Etienne de Klerk, Didier Henrion | Software Chair: Robert Luce |
| Stochastic Algorithms Chairs: Guanghui (George) Lan, Yuyuan (Lance) Ouyang | Variational Inequalities, Complementarity, Games, and Equilibria Chairs: Uday Shanbhag, Jane Ye |