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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>2024 INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE: EMERGING AREAS OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT-ENERGY SYSTEMS TRACK </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> Call for Papers</b> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chair: Ona Egbue, PhD., University of South Carolina Upstate </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Emerging areas: Energy Systems Track Chair invites submissions for present-to-publish papers and presentations only for the 2024 International Annual Conference (IAC)
of the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM), which will be held in Virginia Beach from October 6-9, 2024. Presenters, including international presenters, whose work would contribute to the Emerging Areas: Energy Systems track, are welcome to
submit papers. The ASEM International Annual Conference is a peer-reviewed conference. Abstracts are published in the conference book; papers are published in the conference proceedings; presentations are not published. Membership in ASEM is not required and
nonmembers are cordially invited to submit contributions. </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>The Emerging areas: Energy Systems track will deal with an array of topics including (but not limited
to) the following:</b> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Smart grid integration and management </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Grid balancing and optimization </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Decision support tools for energy systems management </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Proactive design and protection of energy systems </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Performance measures and incentive structures for energy systems management </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Sustainable energy systems </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Case studies in energy systems and sustainability</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Abstract Submission Site:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">https://asem2024.exordo.com. During abstract submission, select “Emerging – Energy Systems” as your topic group. </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Important Dates</b></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>:
</b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Major deadlines for the conference are: </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>March 25, 2024</b> – Abstract submission for technical presentations, workshops, panels, and tutorials due.</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 1in;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>April 15, 2024
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>June 3, 2024 </b></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">– </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Paper
submission for double-blind peer review (Optional if presentation-only). Proposal for workshops, panels, and tutorials due</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in;">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Peer-review for submitted paper begin (only corresponding authors who had submitted a paper will be assigned to review two papers)</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>July 1, 2024</b></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">–
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>July 15, 2024
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</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b> </b>Paper acceptance notification. Workshops, panels, and tutorials acceptance notification</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 1in;">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Final paper submission due</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 1in;">
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>September 9, 2024</b>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> Preliminary Technical Presentation Schedule Published</span></li></ul>
<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Additional Conference Events</b></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>:</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Best Student Conference Paper Competition</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 1in;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Best Conference Paper Competition </span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 1in;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Undergraduate and Graduate Case Study Competitions</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 1in;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Best Dissertation Award Presentation</span></li><li style="font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 1in;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Local Industries Tours and Social Events</span></li></ul>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you would like more information about the Emerging Areas of Engineering Management-Energy Systems Track<b>,</b> please
contact the track chair. </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Emerging Areas of Engineering Management-Energy Systems Track Chair:</b> </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ona Egbue, PhD </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">University of South Carolina Upstate </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:egbueo@uscupstate.edu" id="OWA937f709d-61da-b967-ed4a-b4dd3c2b68b4" class="x_OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">egbueo@uscupstate.edu</a> </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>Ona Egbue, PhD., CPEM, ASEM Fellow</b></span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(15, 92, 26);"><b>Associate Professor</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(15, 92, 26);"> </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>Informatics and Engineering Systems </b></span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">University of South Carolina Upstate<br>
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