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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 is March 15, 2024, which is the end of the week. We
will grant a two-week grace period extension for all colleagues who wish to submit the papers, so that
<b>the final deadline for acceptance of the papers will be Friday, March 29, 2024.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The paper submission is 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%7Cc300158150eb452d246808dc44349e56%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638460239981403786%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=OwKaLlkFBTXKFypRKGVXu8RsUS8DDrPttstnbNp46%2BU%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icpramericas2024" shash="hT+QV5+9wXucTww46gH/8UbGcug2QhXBxjIWgts9YgMK/FmSfpcpevUyouF/ZlsPPjWTPyNaEiyRPHXw9jGVlOLHt0DdZh1M+8UsfGD2uon2qzoEXHxhlqM9CtLALdrERs4ZQA9mtjO3eU5LP+fRcjXeXm/FH/0z6eRz3UziMtM=">
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icpramericas2024</a> <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">Few updates for the conference:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- The proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Production Engineering series.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- There will be keynotes and tutorials by renown researchers. Visit the 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%7Cc300158150eb452d246808dc44349e56%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638460239981403786%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2%2BaaeHGTTD9jfu7584rJ7lDX2%2FsoBlAV7YG51jGkyMk%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/" shash="KJSr3UVbCgAcX3wcl3oSs52UE+mTidNBQoIArDzQf7Mt6SCYAq9tDywV7ze69ml0KUDtfx2iNmOo7Ay0U3UWN7ofmuEPQybmv6MGkYRdVjvFpBxMLRoW9NNQzrUJQL12fsdcrSMCj0s0XdynVWG98NhHDF+D/WBZXSqRQUXpF5k=">https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/</a> for more details, as we have added new speakers recently.<o:p></o:p></p>
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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>
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<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>
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https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icpramericas2024</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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