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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white">The CALL FOR ABSTRACTS is now open for the 7th International Conference in Operational Excellence in the Higher Education Sector (and Public Sector Organizations)
to be held at the University of Galway (abstract deadline is March 30th). <br>
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Conference Website: https://universityofgalwayelec.clr.events/event/135435#<br>
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Our proceedings will be published in Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering: https://www.springer.com/series/11786<br>
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We are interested in all aspects of OpEx, Lean, Quality Management, digitalization, applications in HEI and the Public sector (Healthcare, Legal, government, Education, etc.), or common themes across all sector types.
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There will be a special issue of the International Journal of Lean Six Sigma (Emerald) for selected papers.
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Please contact me or my co-chairs if you have any questions in relation to topics or check out the conference website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white">Olivia McDermott, olivia.mcdermott@universityofgalway.ie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white">Jiju Antony, jiju.antony@northumbria.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white">Beth Cudney, ecudney@maryville.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white">Beth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Beth Cudney, PhD, CLSSMBB</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">ASQ Fellow, IISE Fellow, ASEM Fellow, IAQ Academician<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Professor of Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Program Coordinator, Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">John E. Simon School of Business<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Maryville University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">650 Maryville University Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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