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<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="560" height="72" style="width:5.8333in;height:.75in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D9FFA2.E6EB1090"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Intelligent Production and </b><b>Industry 5.0 with Human Touch, Resilience, and Circular Economy</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You are cordially invited to submit an abstract for the presentation at the International Conference on Production Research - Americas Region which will be held at Ohio University in Athens OH, July 22-24, 2024 (<a href="https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/">https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IFPR (International Foundation for Production Research) has been organizing biannual regional International Conference on Production Research – Americas region since the first regional conference in 2002, in Saint Louis, MO, USA. The fundamental
role of the Americas Region is the establishment of relationships among participants from research institutes, academia, and industry, as well as the introduction of early career researchers in disseminating the common research topics of the ICPR conferences.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The conference will cover many important topics in production research in the global economy, such as Intelligent Production for Circular Economy, Digital and Cyber Manufacturing and Services for Industry 4.0 & 5.0, Smart Factories and
Industrial Internet of Things. Innovative Manufacturing Systems and Services, Sustainable Manufacturing and Engineering, Enterprise Knowledge Engineering, Explainable AI in Production and Manufacturing. For a more extensive list see attached Call for papers.
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICPR Americas 2024 submission due dates are the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">November 15, 2023 - Abstract submission deadline – submit to
<a href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icpramericas2024">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icpramericas2024</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">February 15, 2024, Full paper submission due date<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">May 15, 2024 – Final paper submission deadline.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Detailed information about paper submission and the conference can be found at
<a href="https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/">https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Dusan Sormaz, <a href="mailto:sormaz@ohio.edu">sormaz@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">General Chair<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Omar Alhawari, <a href="mailto:alhawari@ohio.edu">alhawari@ohio.edu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Program Chair<o:p></o:p></p>
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