[Iefac.list] Call for Papers IERC 2008: Lean / Six Sigma / Human Factors in Healthcare

[Hirzallah, Muhanad A.]

Call for Papers  

 

Lean / Six Sigma in Healthcare 

&

Human Factors in Healthcare 

 

IERC 2008 Annual Conference

Westin Bayshore
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
May 17-21, 2008
Conference website: http://www.iieannual.org/
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As the chair for the Lean / Six Sigma in Healthcare Session and the
Human Factors in Healthcare Session of the Industrial Engineering
Research Conference 2008 (IERC 2008), I would like to inform you that we
are accepting abstracts for presentations and papers. If interested and
can meet the deadlines below, you can email me your name directly with
the session of interest, and I can email you an invitation to submit
your abstract(s).  You may also use the following link for contributed
submissions:

http://www.x-cd.com/iie08/Research/index.cfm
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All submissions and reviews for the IERC will be done electronically.
Submission information is available at http://www.iieannual.org
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Contributions may be of four types:

(1)     presentations accompanied by full papers,

(2)     presentations with abstracts,

(3)     tutorials,

(4)     poster presentations with abstracts.

An initial abstract of 200 or fewer words is required in all cases, and
contributors must specify the type of presentation.   All contributions
for the conference will be peer-reviewed.  If your presentation is
accepted, we ask that: (a) you and/or a co-author register for the
conference by April 4, 2008; (b) you and/or a co-author will attend and
present the paper at the conference; and (c) you are also willing to
serve as a reviewer for fellow presenters and follow review deadlines.

The 2008 IIE Annual Conference theme is "How Businesses Take Flight." 

DEADLINES:These dates will be strictly adhered to:

Submission of initial abstract: October 26, 2007

Notifications of acceptance/declines of abstracts sent: December 8, 2006

Submission of papers (this is optional, not a requirement): January 25,
2008

Notification of acceptance/declines of papers: March 14, 2008

Final paper due: March 28, 2008

Speaker registration deadline: April 4, 2008.

Looking forward to seeing you in Vancouver!

Sincerely,

Muhanad Hirzallah

Chair, Lean/ Six Sigma in Healthcare Session

Chair, Human factors in Healthcare Session

IERC 2008

_______________________ 
Muhanad A. Hirzallah 
Quality Improvement Black Belt 
Quality Management Services 
Mayo Clinic 
Email: Hirzallah.Muhanad at mayo.edu 

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