<div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<br>This is a friendly reminder to submit your abstract to HF/E track by <b>11/17</b> (this Friday) for IISE Annual Conference 2024. Please see below for more detailed information.<div><br></div><div><div style="text-align:center"> <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;text-align:center">IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2024</span></div><p align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Call for Abstracts and Presentation Summaries</span></b></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Montreal Convention Centre, Montreal, Canada</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">May 18-21, 2024</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Track: Human Factors & Ergonomics</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><br><br></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Abstract Submission Link available on Conference Website: </span><a href="https://www.iise.org/Annual/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.iise.org/Annual/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"></span></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></p><p style="line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The <b>Applied Ergonomics Society </b>of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) is sponsoring the <b>Human Factors & Ergonomics (HF/E) Track</b> at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2024. The conference is a forum for exchanging knowledge and discoveries in the Industrial and Systems Engineering research and practitioner communities. The IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2024 will continue to integrate research and industry applications under one conference.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">As Track Chairs of the <b>HF/E Track</b>, we encourage you to contribute to the Conference and Track by submitting a 250-word abstract or presentation summary. Authors will be able to claim these works as <i>refereed extended abstracts</i>, which will be available on the conference website and can be cited. They will not be copyrighted or indexed in the official conference proceedings, and therefore there is no limitation on reusing this material for other purposes (e.g., toward the publication of journal papers or subsequent conference proceedings).  We highly encourage Abstracts and Presentations Summaries that demonstrate international collaboration and the application of emerging technologies and methods.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Key areas include:</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Applied ergonomics methods/Case studies (especially in industry)</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">HF/E in engineering applications, including those in aerospace and aeronautics, agriculture, construction, manufacturing, mining, transportation, training, learning & education and sustainable development.</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Engineering digital human modeling and simulation</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Neuroscience and cognitive ergonomics</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Human-computer and human-robotic interactions</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Human dynamics and human-centric designs</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Human performance modeling</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Human error, reliability and resilience engineering</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Physical ergonomics</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Musculoskeletal disorders</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Aging, gender and work</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Usability and user experiences (UX) relevant to designs, evaluations, and implementations</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Validations of emerging human performance technologies (e.g., exoskeletons, cyber security, computer vision, AI, autonomous systems, assistive technologies and wearables, etc.)</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Integrated risk management of complex systems</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sociotechnical systems, organizational design and management</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Macroergonomics</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Occupational Health and Safety</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Design for inclusion</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and anything else within the realm of HF/E</span></i></p><p style="margin:0in 67.5pt 0.0001pt 31.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Authors of accepted abstracts and presentation summaries will be invited to share their work in a conference session. Regular sessions will be 80 minutes and have up to four<b> </b>presentations. There will also be options where authors can elect to share their content in a “Poster Session”. In addition, <b>there are opportunities to organize and/or participate in Special Sessions (Panels, Workshops, etc.). If you are interested in a special session, please contact us directly by November 10, 2023.</b></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">While not required, we strongly encourage all presenters to submit a paper for publication so discoveries can be permanently documented.  This year, two types of papers will be considered: Research Papers and Case Study Papers. </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Research Papers</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> (with a limit of six pages) contain methods and results that are <i>significant</i> and have <i>archival value</i> to the industrial and systems engineering community.  They will undergo a double-blind peer review process and accepted papers will be copyrighted and indexed in the Conference Proceedings via ProQuest.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:black">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Case Study Papers</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> (two to six pages) describe the application of a method or technology that addresses an <i>important industry-motivated issue</i>.  They will be reviewed to ensure that the content focuses on the value and lessons learned for the Industrial and Systems Engineering community.  The case study papers should avoid significant marketing material.  Accepted manuscripts will be published with access via the IISE website.<b></b></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The HF/E Track will have the following competitions:</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr style="height:41.2pt"><td width="368" valign="top" style="width:276.2pt;border-top:1pt solid windowtext;border-left:1pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:none;border-right:none;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:41.2pt"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Student paper competition – HF/E Track:</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p></td><td width="351" valign="top" style="width:263.3pt;border-top:1pt solid windowtext;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:41.2pt"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Papers with a student as first and presenting author can participate in this competition.</span></i></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:34.65pt"><td width="368" valign="top" style="width:276.2pt;border-top:none;border-left:1pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;border-right:none;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:34.65pt"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Best HF/E Track paper competition:</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p></td><td width="351" valign="top" style="width:263.3pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;border-right:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:34.65pt"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">All submitted papers are eligible.</span></i></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">  </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Important deadlines:<span style="color:black"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 58.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Submission deadline for abstract/presentation summary:</span>           <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">November 17, 2023</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 58.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Notification of decision on abstract/presentation summary:</span>    <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">December 22, 2023</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 58.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Paper submission deadline: </span>                                                <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">February 9, 2024</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 58.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">(Paper submission is optional but encouraged.)</span></i>             <i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 58.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Notification on full paper decision:                                       March 8, 2024</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 58.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Speaker registration deadline:</span>                                             <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">March 22, 2024</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 58.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Paper final revision submission deadline: </span>                                    <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">March 22, 2024</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 9pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Important Note</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 9pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Authors/Presenters with approved abstracts must register for the Conference by March 22, 2024. Authors/Presenters that do not register by this date will have their presentations/papers withdrawn from the program and the proceedings. The presenting author must attend and present the paper at the conference.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you in Montreal!</span></p><p style="line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Best Regards,</span></p><p style="line-height:16.8667px;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p>Sylvie Nadeau, Eng., Ph.D. (<a href="mailto:sylvie.nadeau@etsmtl.ca" target="_blank">sylvie.nadeau@etsmtl.ca</a>)<br>Xu Xu, Ph.D. (<a href="mailto:xxu@ncsu.edu" target="_blank">xxu@ncsu.edu</a>)<br>Subhash Rakheja, Ph.D. (<a href="mailto:subhash.rakheja@concordia.ca" target="_blank">subhash.rakheja@concordia.ca</a>)<br>Firdaous Sekkay, B.Eng., M.Sc.A., Ph.D. (<a href="mailto:firdaous.sekkay@polymtl.ca" target="_blank">firdaous.sekkay@polymtl.ca</a>)</div></div>