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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to invite colleagues to submit the full paper to ICPR Americas 2024 conference which will be held in Athens, July 21-25, 2024.
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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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have received significant number of abstracts, but we still accept full papers. Deadline for submission of the papers is February 15, 2024. We also have secured several renown researchers as keynote speakers at the conference. See the
conference web site, <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifpr-icpra2024.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7C5b10289c662a4df687e808dc1ce4cf29%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638417016279642593%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ri2GHFQvzxa%2B8iNex8Z6fBkc9FACbMlwwMKV7ImItAg%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/" shash="cjACOj8XJPhpybbeaz465khj66Wvnn0MOyr7YgO7+UW/XcI2fKv4F+p3lvC/tQ5ryk0MXXxUg7pOwmkYVwXMA573nNoP3A3J7gzyqRInP9RAQs0v7LHx6bItz6FBdFWyUqUppKQrhJ0gTp0n7V5Lov4RlzRNXJK7jDy2zh5Ir+k=">https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/</a>, for the updates. There is also information about accommodation, travel, and paper submissions. The conference proceedings will be published by Springer in one
of their proceedings book series.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have also started mailing list for updated information about the conference.
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<p class="MsoNormal">To submit the paper, visit the conference submission site at
<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fmy%2Fconference%3Fconf%3Dicpramericas2024&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7C5b10289c662a4df687e808dc1ce4cf29%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638417016279642593%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yEWeaQM%2BjQ0Z30CJ48MqaaCwZUCxusju3coFReDTChI%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icpramericas2024" shash="rJ0w1yuidTMbfRjLOCt2NLZXWk0auKltC8mvG9io93SueGIKeminNSfpRMh7NedbLUfMoEa63j5MWqWJIwVewtLOJt0tqoGhpJmZmcOFjTByxMYG090x3OCBUpQwog4GO9C0P+0Us4p5LQmCKPAB9BHiDiaG8y1wtWH9imwgYUA=">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icpramericas2024</a>. Once again, the deadline for the full paper submission is February 15, 2024.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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Dusan Sormaz<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*******************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Dusan Sormaz, PhD, Professor Emeritus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Omar Alhawari, Phd, Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Ohio University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* 1 Ohio University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Stocker Center 270, Athens, OH 45701-2979<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* icpra2024@ohio.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifpr-icpra2024.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7C5b10289c662a4df687e808dc1ce4cf29%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638417016279642593%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ri2GHFQvzxa%2B8iNex8Z6fBkc9FACbMlwwMKV7ImItAg%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/" shash="cjACOj8XJPhpybbeaz465khj66Wvnn0MOyr7YgO7+UW/XcI2fKv4F+p3lvC/tQ5ryk0MXXxUg7pOwmkYVwXMA573nNoP3A3J7gzyqRInP9RAQs0v7LHx6bItz6FBdFWyUqUppKQrhJ0gTp0n7V5Lov4RlzRNXJK7jDy2zh5Ir+k=">https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icpramericas2024</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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