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<p><img width="814" height="419" style="width:8.475in;height:4.3666in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://websites.uta.edu/fasstlab/files/2023/11/WSC2023_keynote_plenary_speakers.png" alt="WSC 2023 Keynote & Plenary Speakers"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:14.0pt">Winter Simulation Conference 2023 will be held
<b>December 10-13 </b>at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter with a superb line-up of keynote and titan speakers.
<b>Ann Dunkin</b>, <b>Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Department of Energy</b>, will give the opening keynote talk on “<b>Modeling for Energy Resilience: How Department of Energy Uses Simulation to Model and Manage Everything from the Power Grid to the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve</b>”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:14.0pt">In the “Titans of Simulations” plenary talks, there are two excellent speakers:
<b>Dr. John Fowler</b>, Motorola Professor of Supply Chain Management at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and
<b>Dr. Enver Yucesan</b>, Professor of Information Management at INSEAD. Dr. Fowler will give a talk on “<b>Resilience of Supply Chains and the Role of Simulation</b>”, and Dr. Yucesan will give a talk on “<b>Ensuring Food Security under Climate Change: How
Simulation Can Help in Making Agricultural Supply Chains More Resilient?</b>”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:14.0pt">WSC 2023 incorporates the Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing (MASM) as a conference-within-a-conference. MASM features a keynote by
<b>Hans Ehm</b>, Senior Principal Supply Chain at the Infineon Technologies AG, on “<b>Simulation, Optimization and AI for Semiconductor Manufacturing and Supply Chains: Four Decades of Progress and a Vision for the Future</b>”.
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:14.0pt">Our military keynote speaker is <b>Dr. Imre Balogh</b>, Research Associate Professor and Director of the MOVES Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School and the New Mexico State University. He will speak about “<b>Creating
Live Virtual Constructive Environments to Evaluate Human and System Resilience</b>”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr. Stephen E. Chick</span></b><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:14.0pt">, Professor of Technology and Operations Management and Novartis Chair of Healthcare Management at INSEAD will deliver the PhD colloquium
keynote: “<b>Methods and Applications or Applications and Methods?</b>”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:14.0pt">We are looking forward to seeing you in San Antonio!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">WSC 2023 Publicity Committee</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Caroline Krejci</b> University of Texas at Arlington<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Angel A. Juan</b> Universitat Politècnica de València<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Ek Peng Chew</b> National University of Singapore<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Sojung Kim</b> Dongguk University<o:p></o:p></p>
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