[Iefac.list] Call for 2013 ISERC Engineering Management Track Submissions

[Smith, Brian Keith]

Call for Papers
2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference
Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico May 18-22, 2013
Track: ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Deadline for Abstract Submission is November 7, 2012  Abstracts are required to be between 100 and 200 words
Abstract submission site: http://www.xcdsystem.com/iie/
Conference web site: www.iienet.org/annual<http://www.iienet.org/annual>

Dear colleagues,

The Society for Engineering Management Systems of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) is sponsoring the Engineering Management Track at the 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC). The ISERC, which is part of the IIE Annual Conference and Expo, is a forum for exchanging knowledge and discoveries in the industrial and systems engineering research community.

As track chairs of the Engineering Management Track, we would like to encourage you to contribute to the conference by submitting an abstract.  Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present their work in ISERC sessions.Each session will be 75 minutes and have 3 or 4 presenters. Abstracts are welcome in the following areas:

Systems and Engineering Management
Project Management and Project Portfolio Management
Risk Management
Motivation of the Technical Workforce
Team-based Work Systems
Decision Analysis
Decision Making
Process Improvement
Quality Systems Implementation and Sustainability Leadership in Engineering Management
Performance Measurement and Management
Supply Chain and Logistics Management
Modeling Organizational Change Processes
Organizational Change
Enterprise Knowledge and Learning
Lean Enterprise and Work Systems
Lean Product Development
Management of Innovation and R&D
Action Research in Engineering Management
EM Education and Training
Technology Management
Engineering Management in Healthcare
Engineering Management in Service Systems
Management of Sustainability
Strategy Management
Operations Management

We encourage all presenters to submit a full length paper for the conference proceedings.  The papers should contain results that are significant and have archival value to the industrial and systems engineering research community.  Full papers have a ten-page limit and will undergo a double-blind peer review process.  All accepted papers are indexed by ProQuest.  IIE is currently working on uploading papers of previous years onto IIE website. Presentations without a paper are acceptable, but will not be indexed in the conference proceedings.

The important deadlines for the conference are:

Abstract submissions:                                                                  November 7, 2012

 Notification of Decision on Abstract:                                          December 5, 2012

 Submission of Full Papers (optional but encouraged):                 January 11, 2013

 Notification of Decision on Paper:                                               February 22, 2013

 Final Version of Full paper Due:                                                  March 8, 2013

 Presenting Author Registration Deadline:                                    March 15, 2013



If your abstract or paper is accepted: (a) the presenting author for the paper must register for the conference by March 15, 2013 (presentations/papers without the presenting author being registered for the conference will be withdrawn from the program and the proceedings); (b) the presenting author must attend and present the paper at the conference; and (c) we ask that you be ready to serve as a reviewer for fellow authors and follow review deadlines.

There are also opportunities to organize invited sessions, or panels.  In addition to research presentations, the annual conference offers many opportunities forattendees, including the Applied Solutions Conference program, plant tours,networking, and keynote speakers.

We look forward to seeing you in San Juan!


Regards,
Brian K. Smith, Missouri University of Science and Technology – smithbrian at mst.edu<mailto:smithbrian at mst.edu>
Cecilia Martinez Leon, Clarkson University - cmartinez at clarkson.edu<mailto:cmartinez at clarkson.edu>
Sreekanth Ramakrishnan, IBM Corporation – sreeekan at us.ibm.com<mailto:sreeekan at us.ibm.com>
Engineering Management Track Co-Chairs
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