[Iefac.list] ISERC 2013 Process Industries Track - Call for Papers

Mon Oct 8 06:04:08 EDT 2012

Call for Papers

2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference
Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 18-22, 2013

Track: PROCESS INDUSTRIES TRACK
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/
<http://www.xcdsystem.com/iie/>  

Conference web site: www.iienet.org/annual
<http://www.iienet.org/annual>  

Dear colleagues, 

The Process Industries Division of Institute of Industrial Engineers
(IIE) is sponsoring the Process Industries Track at the 2013 Industrial
and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC).  The ISERC is the
new name for the Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC).  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 Process Industries 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 area of all industrial
engineering related topics that are applicable to process industries.

What are the Process Industries?

The process industries are those industries where the primary production
processes are either continuous, or occur on a batch of materials that
is indistinguishable. For example, a food processing company making
sauce may make the sauce in a continuous, uninterrupted flow from
receipt of ingredients through packaging. Or batches may be produced
depending on the cook kettle sizes but immediately combined and
re-routed. In either case, there is no concept of a unit of sauce while
it is being processed. Examples of the process industries include food,
beverages, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, petroleum, ceramics, base metals,
coal, plastics, rubber, textiles, tobacco, wood and wood products, paper
and paper products, etc.

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 for attendees, including the Applied Solutions Conference
program, plant tours, networking, and keynote speakers.

We look forward to seeing you in San Juan!

Regards,

Dirk Van Goubergen, 

Van Goubergen P&M Productivity Improvement gcv (Belgium) -
dirk at vangoubergen.com

Ran Jin, 

Virginia Tech - jran5 at vt.edu <mailto:jran5 at vt.edu> 

Process Industries Track Chairs 

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