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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to notify all colleagues that the due date for submission of full draft papers for the International Conference of Production Research Americas Region - ICPR Americas 2024
<b>has been extended until March 15, 2024</b> (which will now be the firm deadline). All interested professionals are invited to submit the papers on the topics of the conference. See
<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%7C5755c6d46dee43b5c83508dc2e5d65dc%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638436226739171731%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VbxpMjpAcp5ijkF92KVe8CtWMCXGSDCadhyX9QrheFU%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/" shash="WmLRdiwr7f7360QBMlOeyEXK6REi9NRs5zRDk/uXTAxl2ERAw4IvvE6i2aXUTSIloSCLhpvEKeeM5IsqeLqx6GSCXsHpdB9yx2k3N/qfzi9OIdEy6k0SdiARReZ6RgiK9P/olhrTTQt8giRZ7K3g5tE8eHnIja8okl/vppxbzQA=">https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/</a> for more details.<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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ICPR Americas 2024 is organized by the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Ohio University and it will be held on the OHIO campus in Athens OH, on July 21-25, 2024.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached is the Second Call for Papers with topics and all deadlines. The paper submission is at
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<p class="MsoNormal">Few updates for the conference:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Production Engineering series.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Several keynotes from renown researchers and practitioners have been arranged (see the web site).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Industrial tours and workshop have been planned (see the web site regularly for the updates).<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any inquiry about the conference can be made at <a href="mailto:icpra2024@ohio.edu">
icpra2024@ohio.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dusan Sormaz<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">*******************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">* Dusan Sormaz, PhD, Professor Emeritus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">* Omar Alhawari, Phd, Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">* Ohio University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">* Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">* 1 Ohio University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">* Stocker Center 270, Athens, OH 45701-2979<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">* icpra2024@ohio.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">* <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%7C5755c6d46dee43b5c83508dc2e5d65dc%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638436226739171731%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VbxpMjpAcp5ijkF92KVe8CtWMCXGSDCadhyX9QrheFU%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/" shash="WmLRdiwr7f7360QBMlOeyEXK6REi9NRs5zRDk/uXTAxl2ERAw4IvvE6i2aXUTSIloSCLhpvEKeeM5IsqeLqx6GSCXsHpdB9yx2k3N/qfzi9OIdEy6k0SdiARReZ6RgiK9P/olhrTTQt8giRZ7K3g5tE8eHnIja8okl/vppxbzQA=">
https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">* <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%7C5755c6d46dee43b5c83508dc2e5d65dc%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638436226739171731%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=P0oZjMghiGYmWTzKr1AFIPvYrUw9RPBjBmyPeP2zTDQ%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icpramericas2024" shash="h+S53X5T8A6120ONfykyx/rFOcNodYZwliJtGWavcZIXwlLHO697iiFw/6CRYt9oWuqCqXt83QE48vpuKA3idjdAN+YJ3a0yPCXZuWTrRzjO+Qbawgk9VxbfLv+5hH6hACXMW8E2B1iPbgPCKzOhpLqRsdqVw8URKcjSS6LkS5M=">
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icpramericas2024</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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