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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:107%"><font color="#ff0000">9th North
American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk151130698"><b>Washington,
DC, USA, June 4-6, 2024<br>
</b></a>Venue: University of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington, DC,
USA</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/" target="_blank">http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/</a><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference Chair: Dr. Devdas Shetty, Dean of the School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University
of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington, DC, USA</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Submission Link:</span></strong>
<a href="https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=4DOFeoQ">https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=4DOFeoQ</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Registration Link:</span></strong> <a href="https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=rzd9S0y">https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=rzd9S0y</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">IEOM Society International is organizing the 9th North
American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management in Washington,
DC, USA, June 4-6, 2024. Conference host is University of the District of
Columbia (UDC), Washington, DC.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The conference venue is
the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) campus, 4200 Connecticut Ave
NW, Washington DC 20008. UDC Campus is connected to DC Metro Station (Take the
Red Line to Van-Ness-UDC station). Metro is well connected in DC areas. You can
reach easily to UDC campus from nearby metro station. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sightseeing Opportunities</span></b></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">National
Air and Space Museum</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">United
States Capitol and Capitol Hill</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
Lincoln Memorial</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">National
Mall and Veterans Memorials</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
White House</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
Washington Monument</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">National
Gallery of Art</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Library
of Congress</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">National
Museum of Natural History</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">National
Museum of American History</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Jefferson
Memorial and Tidal Basin</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">National
Zoological Park</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Georgetown
Historic District</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Smithsonian
American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;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 lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">New
York City (4 hours by bus)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The conference will provide an opportunity for academics,
researchers, and practitioners to exchange ideas and explore recent
developments in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.
The conference is also expected to foster networking, collaboration, and joint
effort among the conference participants to advance the theory and practice as
well as to identify major trends in Industrial Engineering and Operations
Management.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The IEOM Society International, a nonprofit professional
organization registered in Michigan, USA, is a premier global platform
dedicated to the advancement of industrial engineering and operations
management discipline for the betterment of humanity. IEOM is a global platform
for academics, researchers, scientists, and practitioners to exchange ideas.
Most importantly, it provides insights into the latest technologies, tools and
advancements in the fields of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.
The IEOM Society has successfully planned and organized international
conferences around the world including Dhaka (2010), Kuala Lumpur (2011),
Istanbul (2012), Bali (2014), Dubai (2015), Orlando (2015), Kuala Lumpur
(2016), Detroit (2016), Rabat (2017), Bristol, UK (2017), Bandung (2018), Paris
(2018), Washington DC (2018), Pretoria (2018), Bangkok (2019), Pilsen (2019),
Toronto (2019), Riyadh (2019), Dubai (2020), Detroit (2020), Harare (2020),
Singapore (2021), Sao Paulo (2021), Haiti (2021), Harbin (2021), Rome (2021),
Bangalore (2021), Indonesia (2021), Monterrey (2021), Istanbul (2022), Nigeria
(2022), Orlando (2022), Paraguay (2022), Rome (2022), India (2022), Sydney
(2022), Manila (2023), Zambia (2023), Peru (2023), Houston (2023), Lisbon
(2023) and Vietnam (2023). The IEOM Society currently has 220 student chapters
in 54 countries. There are 151 countries from six continents participating in
various IEOM Society activities. The IEOM Global Community has more than 20,000
members.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TEMPLATES</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><span style="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>IEOM Paper Template - <a href="http://ieomsociety.org/paper-washingtondc2024.docx">http://ieomsociety.org/paper-washingtondc2024.docx</a></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>IEOM Abstract Template - <a href="http://ieomsociety.org/abstract-washingtondc2024.docx">http://ieomsociety.org/abstract-washingtondc2024.docx</a></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>IEOM Reference Format –
<a href="http://ieomsociety.org/ieom-reference-format.docx">http://ieomsociety.org/ieom-reference-format.docx</a></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="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>Paper Checklist – <a href="http://ieomsociety.org/paper-checklist.pdf">http://ieomsociety.org/paper-checklist.pdf</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Authors can submit full paper(s) or abstract(s) only.
Authors MUST use the conference template to prepare papers or abstracts. IEOM
Society encourages to submit full paper(s). All full papers will be subjected
to double peer review. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings and
indexed (open access). Any submission implies that an author will present the
paper or abstract. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">COMPETITIONS</p>
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</span></span>Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored
by SIEMENS</p>
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</span></span>Graduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by
EATON Corporation</p>
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</span></span>Master Thesis Competition</p>
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</span></span>Doctoral Dissertation Competition sponsored by
Airbus</p>
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</span></span>Senior Capstone Design Project Competition
sponsored by Tooling Tech Group</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Undergraduate Research Competition sponsored by
Daikin Applied</p>
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</span></span>High School STEM Competition</p>
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</span></span>Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition</p>
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</span></span>Lean Six Sigma Competition sponsored by Tooling
Tech Group</p>
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</span></span>Simulation Competition</p>
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</span></span>Supply Chain and Logistics Competition</p>
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</span></span>Poster Competition</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TRACKS: Topics covering industrial issues/applications and
academic research include, but are not limited to:</p>
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</span></span>Artificial Intelligence</p>
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</span></span>Automation and Control</p>
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</span></span>Business Management</p>
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</span></span>Business Process Management and Digital
Transformation</p>
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</span></span>Case Studies</p>
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</span></span>Computers and Computing</p>
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</span></span>Construction Management</p>
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</span></span>Data Analytics and Big Data</p>
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</span></span>Decision Sciences</p>
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</span></span>Defense Management Science</p>
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</span></span>Design and Analysis</p>
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</span></span>E-Business and E-Commerce</p>
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</span></span>Energy</p>
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</span></span>Engineering Economy</p>
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</span></span>Engineering Education</p>
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</span></span>Engineering Management</p>
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</span></span>Entrepreneurship and Innovation</p>
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</span></span>Facilities Planning and Management</p>
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</span></span>Financial Engineering</p>
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</span></span>Healthcare Systems</p>
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</span></span>Human Factors and Ergonomics</p>
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</span></span>IoT</p>
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</span></span>Industrial Management</p>
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</span></span>Information Technology/Information Systems</p>
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</span></span>Inventory Management</p>
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</span></span>Lean and Six Sigma Logistics Management</p>
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</span></span>Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA)</p>
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</span></span>Modeling and Simulation</p>
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</span></span>Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)</p>
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</span></span>Operations Management</p>
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</span></span>Operations Research</p>
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</span></span>Product Design and Development</p>
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</span></span>Product Lifecycle Management</p>
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</span></span>Product / Service Configuration</p>
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</span></span>Production Planning and Management</p>
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</span></span>Project Management</p>
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</span></span>Quality Control and Management</p>
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</span></span>Reliability and Maintenance</p>
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</span></span>Sensors and Sensing Systems</p>
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</span></span>Service Systems and Service Management</p>
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</span></span>Smart Mobility</p>
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</span></span>Software Testing and Quality Assurance</p>
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</span></span>Statistical Process Control</p>
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</span></span>Statistics and Empirical Research</p>
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</span></span>Supply Chain Management</p>
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</span></span>Sustainability in Operations and Supply Chain</p>
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</span></span>Sustainability and Green Systems</p>
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</span></span>Sustainable Manufacturing</p>
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</span></span>Systems Dynamics</p>
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</span></span>Systems Engineering</p>
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</span></span>Technology Management</p>
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</span></span>Total Quality Management</p>
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</span></span>Transportation and Traffic</p>
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</span></span>Work Design, Measurement and ISO</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SPECIAL TRACKS</p>
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</span></span>Global Engineering Education (GEE)</p>
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</span></span>Global Business Management Education</p>
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</span></span>Global Supply Chain and Logistic</p>
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</span></span>Industry 4.0</p>
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</span></span>Industry Solutions</p>
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</span></span>Diversity and Inclusion Panel sponsored by Ford
Motor Company</p>
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</span></span>Women in Industry & Academia (WIIA)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference Chairs</p>
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</span></span>Dr. Devdas Shetty, Dean of the School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences, Professor of Mechanical Engineering , University
of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington, DC, USA</p>
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</span></span>Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director
of Industrial Engineering Program, A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical,
Robotics and Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technological University,
Southfield, Michigan, USA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>North American
University Partners</b></p>
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</span></span>University of the District of Columbia (UDC),
Washington, DC, USA</p>
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</span></span>Binghamton University, The State University of
New York (SUNY), USA</p>
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</span></span>Eastern Michigan University, USA</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Florida Polytechnic University</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Lawrence Technological University, Southfield,
Michigan, USA</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>University of Monterrey, Mexico</p>
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</span></span>University of New Brunswick at Fredericton,
Canada</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="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>Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Global University
Partners</b></p>
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</span></span>Chiang Mai University, Thailand</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>EMI, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>University of Derby, UK</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Universite De Lorraine, Nancy cedex – France</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="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>Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Corporate Partners</b></p>
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</span></span>Airbus</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Amatrol Inc.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Brasscraft Manufacturing Company</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Cintas</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Daikin Applied</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Eaton Corporation</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Ford Motor Company</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>SIEMENS</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="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>Tooling Tech Group</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Organization Partners</b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><span style="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>African Engineering Education Association (AEEA)</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>BKSTI: Agency for Cooperation of Higher
Education of Industrial Engineering, Indonesia</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering
(IIIE)</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>International Federation of Engineering
Education Societies (IFEES)</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Pakistan Society of Industrial Engineering
(PSIE)</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Society of Cost and Quality Engineers (SCQE)</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="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>Operations Excellence Society</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="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>the lean mag</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:107%">9th North American Conference on Industrial
Engineering and Operations Management<br>
</span>Washington, DC, USA, June 4-6, 2024<br>
</b>Host and Venue: University of the District of Columbia (UDC),Washington,
DC, USA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/">http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/</a>
<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">•<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><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Submission Link:</span></strong>
<a href="https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=4DOFeoQ">https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=4DOFeoQ</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Registration Link:</span></strong> <a href="https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=rzd9S0y">https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=rzd9S0y</a><span style="font-size:11.5pt"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">•<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:11.5pt">Committee - <a href="http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/committee/">http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/committee/</a> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">•<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:11.5pt">Keynote - <a href="http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/keynote/">http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/keynote/</a> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">•<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:11.5pt">Plenary - <a href="http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/plenary/">http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/plenary/</a> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">•<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:11.5pt">Global Engineering Education -
<a href="http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/global-engineering-education/">http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/global-engineering-education/</a> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">•<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:11.5pt">Global Business Management Education -
<a href="http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/gbme/">http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/gbme/</a>
</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">•<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:11.5pt">Global Supply Chain and Logistics -
<a href="http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/scm/">http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/scm/</a>
</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">•<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:11.5pt">Industry Solutions and Industry 4.0 –
<a href="http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/industry-solutions/">http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/industry-solutions/</a> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">•<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:11.5pt">Panels - <a href="http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/panels/">http://ieomsociety.org/washingtondc2024/panels/</a>
</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">IEOM Society
International</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
21411 Civic Center Dr., Suite 205<br>
Southfield, Michigan, USA<br>
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Phone: 1-248-450-5660<br>
Email: </span><a href="mailto:info@ieomsociety.org"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">info@ieomsociety.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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