<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(68,114,196)">3rd
Australian International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations
Management</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(68,114,196)">September 24-26, 2024, Sydney, Australia (DOI with
CrossRef)</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(192,0,0)">Venue:
Hilton Hotel Sydney</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Host: University
of Wollongong NSW, Australia</span></b></p>

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work):</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Paper Template: </span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieomsociety.org%2Fdocuments%2Fpaper-sydney2024.docx&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Caeb4ab8f5550408d4bdd08dc98f3f710%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638553422872349516%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=M6vfJxR0QTVMWcVgO50R1lGajSrZh83h9SZUWckp7%2Fs%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://ieomsociety.org/documents/paper-sydney2024.docx" shash="ufEaS4pd0Adog5Umu/F5A+gfoyj8F/HhTYbQMMwNGkgrQ+jnYDUFemPUdenI5hJeqdYMgL9iECOtw6p+3IibYCzqyshTbSlhCv4BizflUGkF4scktXhk31kwAjIg7HFO3kGGKAeOE8x1nVVadWB4s1h/kKCPRlKFcOm2buwv1v0=" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">http://ieomsociety.org/documents/paper-sydney2024.docx</span></a><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt"></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Abstract Template: </span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieomsociety.org%2Fdocuments%2Fabstract-sydney2024.docx&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Caeb4ab8f5550408d4bdd08dc98f3f710%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638553422872349516%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9yLAT75aAIkTuS3f58m4obtWy3DP3zlW7rv9KawaHq8%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://ieomsociety.org/documents/abstract-sydney2024.docx" shash="RybI2CQ42QVkEJVcf2/rX9vSZp4ZDdsnGLtP37KAsqpJJdHBXWy5Gi8vPlUeAx3cWMvTk85iEntVWFDUbelADwwkqeFYBTP8tMwDd9X9YS/5u2t+guNslAbqVYTPZneNPkwfDJEAKa6cdP9EQxmpq/0v9UtRpezOv9FyYvMMqCU=" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">http://ieomsociety.org/documents/abstract-sydney2024.docx</span></a><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt"></span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Paper Checklist: </span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieomsociety.org%2Fpaper-checklist.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Caeb4ab8f5550408d4bdd08dc98f3f710%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638553422872349516%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rJBYMwpMOEB8Ts%2BtAg%2FCA1KqaIttTVBkqb2MQZ1waBE%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://ieomsociety.org/paper-checklist.pdf" shash="rMAfJe4MbpJtfvXeWVFITx2bQS+iHy1FE21dpp/BMjRgWQ9PEEU58cuzn13L7bHpFSDtBJaZbGExNwlCwLRlx49MViw9iJ2x2dsxWBSUP1DYctyKL2eMmqMYUS1a2EjFYGGzPdx4tHUAXyq3bAJSjO5wlulxatftbc1eqtOwNM0=" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">http://ieomsociety.org/paper-checklist.pdf</span></a><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt"></span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">IEOM Reference Format: </span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieomsociety.org%2Fieom-reference-format.docx&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Caeb4ab8f5550408d4bdd08dc98f3f710%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638553422872505762%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GnM99IAJ7UnQnRIL1TYwONY6%2F3jyClw7S75CL1JosWY%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://ieomsociety.org/ieom-reference-format.docx" shash="R/nH8kgtXT1FLRTe3/NJ6XU/vwbjR9oJ4aEACZtThrJB4rTwelmM29lm4fEuB31HLfgYTsWIbnSlSHIUqua/RqnVZnPV8pMfoW+FHJDupgqB5lT7BVPXw7QzNkODscV4ZiTcF1dMcR5+HIGLmDxPgD3PTexcnnrPHC41atLlt60=" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">http://ieomsociety.org/ieom-reference-format.docx</span></a><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">IEOM Society International, a nonprofit professional
organization, is organizing the Third Australian International Conference on
Industrial Engineering and Operations Management in Sydney, Australia during September
24-26, 2024. Host is University of Wollongong NSW, Australia. It will be held
at Hilton Hotel Sydney. The conference aims to provide a forum for academics,
researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and recent developments in the
field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Authors can submit
full paper(s) or abstract(s) only for presentations. Abstracts without full
academic paper submissions should give opportunities for projects and
industrial representatives to share their knowledge and experiences. IEOM
encourages submission of full paper(s). All full papers are subjected to double
peer review. Accepted papers will be published in proceedings and indexed.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">The IEOM Society International, a nonprofit
professional organization, is a premier global platform dedicated to the
advancement of industrial engineering and operations management discipline for
the betterment of humanity. IEOM is a global platform for academics,
researchers, scientists, and practitioners to exchange ideas. Most importantly,
it provides insights into the latest technologies, tools and advancements in
the fields of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. The IEOM
Society has successfully planned and organized international conferences around
the world including Dhaka (2010), Kuala Lumpur (2011), Istanbul (2012), Bali
(2014), Dubai (2015), Orlando (2015), Kuala Lumpur (2016), Detroit (2016),
Rabat (2017), Bristol, UK (2017), Bandung (2018), Paris (2018), Washington DC
(2018), Pretoria (2018), Bangkok (2019), Pilsen (2019), Toronto (2019), Riyadh
(2019), Dubai (2020), Detroit (2020), Harare (2020), Singapore (2021), Sao
Paulo (2021), Haiti (2021), Harbin (2021), Rome (2021), Bangalore (2021),
Indonesia (2021), Monterrey (2021), Istanbul (2022), Nigeria (2022), Orlando
(2022), Paraguay (2022), Rome (2022), India (2022), Sydney (2022), Manila
(2023), Zambia (2023), Peru (2023), Houston (2023), Lisbon (2023), Vietnam
(2023), New Delhi (2023), Melbourne (2023), Dubai (2024), Pretoria (2024),
Bogota (2024) and Washington, DC (2024). The IEOM Society currently has 249
student chapters in 55 countries. There are 151 countries from six continents
participating in various IEOM Society activities. The IEOM Global Community has
more than 25,000 members.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">All papers will have DOIs and unique landing pages
and indexed in world known databases: CrossRef, Google Scholar, IEOM Index
Online Library and EBSCO. It will be published in the IEOM Index -
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Database</span></b></p>

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unique database is dedicated to research and achievements in the “Industrial
Engineering and Operations Management” disciplines</span></p>

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paper will have its unique DOI (Digital Object Identified) from CrossRef.</span></p>

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all previous conference papers in the IEOM Index Publication Database Library
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Proceedings will be published with an ISSN (2169-8767) in a soft form – OPEN
ACCESS.</span></p>

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accepted papers will be published with an ISBN Number.</span></p>

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full papers submitted for conference proceedings will be evaluated using a
double-blind review process and published electronically in proceedings with a
DOI number.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 21.3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Professor Dr Sami Kara, School of Mechanical &
Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia. Topic: Decarbonisation and Sustainability of
Manufacturing Industry towards Net-Zero</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Romy Baker MBA, Grad Dip Admin, GAICD, RN, Chief
Executive Officer (CEO), Business Excellence Australia</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Professor Olivia Mirza, Associate Dean, Engagement,
School of Engineering, Design & Built Environment, Western Sydney
University, Sydney, Australia. Topic: Sustainability in Engineering Projects</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Professor Dr Kannan Govindan, Director, Centre for
Sustainable Operations and Resilient Supply Chain (CSORSC), Institute for
Sustainability, Energy and Resources (ISER) & Adelaide Business School
(ABS), Division of Research and Innovation, The University of Adelaide,
Adelaide, Australia</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Jamie Burrage, General Manager, Sydney Division,
Engineers Australia (EA), Sydney, Australia. Topic: Engineering workforce in
Australia from a skills supply and demand perspective</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Dr Mohsin Malik, Associate Professor &
Director-Master of Project Management, Swinburn Business School, Swinburn
University of Technology, Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Tracks: Topics
covering industrial issues/applications and academic research include, but are
not limited to:</span></b></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Artificial Intelligence and Data Science</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Automation, Robotics and Autonomous Systems</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Business Management and Operations Management</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Digital Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and IoT</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Engineering Management and Project Management</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Entrepreneurship and innovation</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Facility Planning and Layout</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Human Factors, Ergonomics and Healthcare System
Management</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Innovation in Engineering Education</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Lean Six Sigma and Operations Excellence</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Manufacturing, Assembly and Design</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Quality, Reliability and Maintenance</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(85,85,85)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Simulation, Optimization and Productivity
Improvement</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Supply Chain and Logistics</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Sustainability, Green Systems and Energy</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Case Studies and Best Practices</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Students can join various competitions</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(68,114,196)"></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:8pt">Competitions</span></b></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">Undergraduate
Student Paper Competition sponsored by Siemens</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">Graduate Student
Paper Competition sponsored by Eaton</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">Doctoral
Dissertation Competition sponsored by Airbus</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">Master
Thesis Competition</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">Undergraduate
Research Competition sponsored by Daikin Applied</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">Senior
Capstone Design Project Competition sponsored by Tooling Tech Group</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">High School
STEM Competition</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">Human
Factors Competition sponsored by CINTAS</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">Lean Six
Sigma Competition sponsored by Tooling Tech roup</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">Logistic
Supply Chain Competition</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">Simulation
Competition</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt">Poster
Competition</span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoFooter" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Special
Tracks  </span></b></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Global Engineering Education</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoFooter" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Global Business Management Education</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Global Supply Chain and Logistics</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Industry 4.0</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Industry Solutions</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoFooter" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">AI</span>-<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Global
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoFooter" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Global Lean Six Sigma and Operations Excellence</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoFooter" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt"> </span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoFooter" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt">Panels</span></b></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoFooter" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Diversity
and Inclusion Panel Sponsored by Ford Motor Company</span></b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">
(Panel Chairs: Dr Catherine Lou (FCILT), Associate Professor</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoFooter" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       
</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Supply Chain & Logistics, VUBS,
Research Lead in Business, ISILC & CoABLEIT, Victoria University,
Melbourne, Australia and Dr Alka Nand, Lecturer, Department of Management,
Monash Business School, Monash University, Victoria, Australia)</span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Editorial
Panel (Meet Journal Editors)</span></b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> – Panel Chair: Dr Sanjoy Paul, Associate
Professor, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney,
Australia</span></p>

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</span></span><b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Industrial
Engineering and Operations Management Tools</span></b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (Panel Chair:
Dr Matthew Pepper, Associate Professor, School of Business, Faculty of Business
and Law, University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia</span></p>

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     of Business, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong NSW
     2522 Australia</span></li>
</ul>

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     Associate Professor, Program Director and Academic Coordinator, Master of
     Engineering Management Program, Leader of the Sustainable Production
     Systems and Systems Engineering Group, Department of Infrastructure
     Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Dr Catherine Lou</span></strong><span style="font-size:9pt"> (FCILT),
     Associate Professor, Supply Chain & Logistics, VUBS, Research Lead in
     Business, ISILC & CoABLEIT, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.</span></li>
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     Department of Management, Monash Business School, Monash University,
     Victoria, Australia.</span></li>
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     Professor, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney (UTS),
     Sydney, Australia</span></li>
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     Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence
     Technological University, Michigan, USA</span></li>
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     Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia, and Director, IEOM Australia
     Operations: </span><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:australia@ieomsociety.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(42,158,212);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">mizanur@ieomsociety.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9pt">, +61 493 153 648.</span></li>
</ul>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Dr John Blakemore, CEO,
Blakemore Consulting International, Adjunct Professor, University of Newcastle,
Newcastle, NSW, Australia</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">David Aaron Karr</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, CPEng, FIIEA, President,
Industrial Engineers Australia (IEA), Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Professor Dr. Azharul Karim</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering, Queensland University of
Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Professor Dr Ambika Zutshi,</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)"> School of Business,
University of Southern Queensland, Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Associate Professor Dr
Ferry Jie</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, School of
Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia, Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Dr. Indra Gunawan</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, Adelaide Business School,
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics, The University of Adelaide,
Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Dr. Imran Ali</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, Senior
Lecturer, Operations & Innovation Management, School of Business and
Law Centre for Regional Economies and Supply Chains, Central Queensland
University (CQU), Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Dr Mohsin Malik</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, Associate Professor &
Director – Master of Project Management, Swinburn Business School, Swinburn
University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Dr Ki Pyung Kim, </span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">PhD, PMP, PMI-SP, MCTS,
Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer in the Construction and Project Management,
UniSA STEM University of South Australia, Australia, Visiting Professor,
Hanyang University, Korea<b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Dr Roberto Chavez Clavijo</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, Senior Lecturer, Supply
Chain Management, Department of Management and Marketing, Swinburne Business
School, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Dr Gopinath (Gopi)
Chattopadhyay</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, Maintenance
and Reliability Engineering, Federation University Australia, VIC 3841, Australia,
Chair of Asset Management Council Australia, Gippsland Chapter.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Dr Ngoc Dang Khoa Nguyen</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, School of Business and
Law, Central Queensland University, Melbourne, Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Dr Shamsul Huda</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, Lecturer in Computer
Science, Cyber Security Research and Innovation Centre (CSRI), School of
Information Technology, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment,
Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Dr Spring Zhou</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">, Senior Lecturer, School
of Business, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(102,102,102)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Dr Peter Shi</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, Director of Research
Centre for Transport, Logistics and Global Supply Chain Management, FoRC
Champion in Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Department of
Management, Macquaire Business School, Macquarie University, Australia</span></p>

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Supply Chain Management & Decision Analytics, UNSW Canberra, Australian
Capital Territory, Australia</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">University of Wollongong</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">The University of Melbourne</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Swinburne University of Technology</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Papua New Guinea University of Technology- UniTech</span></p>

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</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Industrial Engineers Australia (IEA)</span></p>

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</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">21411 Civic Center Dr., Suite 205<br>
Southfield, Michigan, MI 48076, USA<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Contact: Dr. Md Mizanur Rahman</span></strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia, and Director,
IEOM Australia Operations: </span><a href="mailto:australia@ieomsociety.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(42,158,212);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">mizanur@ieomsociety.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">, +61 493 153 648.</span></p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>IEOM Upcoming Conferences</b></p><ul type="disc" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal">15^th Annual IEOM Conference in Singapore, February 18-20, 2025 (Hybrid). <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieomsociety.org%2Fsingapore2025%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Caeb4ab8f5550408d4bdd08dc98f3f710%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638553422872505762%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cxXCUCXTjFEFdLKvVXrXegFCa02gxeE6WHJC5bXoP%2FE%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://ieomsociety.org/singapore2025/" shash="w0eqmnIHtnf9nAbOGmrwDICJqSHzMiE4W6RWlJ/hg/SfBydKGkSYNH4Z5sLqbRIHwaXdiyl3eqfdDnZjdENbTeqfE2uMZKc7POtSU3KrTGCmf6vlOAWH6a5HeKswGVdQAO1iX4WggJkITa22po/XcOL9OXoTghNAykAvI/ZP+8k=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://ieomsociety.org/singapore2025/</a><br></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p class="MsoNormal">7th European IEOM Conference in Augsburg / Munich, Germany, July 16-18, 2024 (Hybrid) - <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fieomsociety.org%2Fgermany2024%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Caeb4ab8f5550408d4bdd08dc98f3f710%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638553422872505762%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4%2B%2BfNrdBuor09Wo%2FUpDl5LrkkEGEy%2Bt%2BDVC0WJP0Tdw%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://ieomsociety.org/germany2024/" shash="trJF0xJJlVs/byq/aNHLErcnaS8lrjuRQGLUU3LZ2yEFyTdoiK0tuZIJTPCMyWaISVh2mY5PUZ2AjCgYp2dQdTQ9Dx8ET6b51djQCwR4DKJ3DA/09o0bzTkmTS265bRRScH7CdnLfdRdADowEideHUIjeUTg1upN2KwGPGOvwRc=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://ieomsociety.org/germany2024/</a> </p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Ms. Rocksana Ahmed<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Associate Program Director</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>IEOM Society International</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">21411 Civic Center Dr., Suite # 205</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Southfield, Michigan 48076, USA</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Phone: 1-248-450-5660</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Email: <a href="mailto:rocksana@ieomsociety.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">rocksana@ieomsociety.org</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ieomsociety.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Caeb4ab8f5550408d4bdd08dc98f3f710%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638553422872505762%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DtVhwoxbZR3MhiNlCHwjxf9RR%2FJqbqEnWVVywnpZI6o%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://www.ieomsociety.org/" shash="OpYdZEyD+UcWwZv2pV8TL3SiWhDSteHod/SrdWXRreGVbLf33gcxy/IRxyEZgoVYWZI2mmEmt2tNgawKGOfMGTWNq5ENoG09W+bN6uyEILXHqP/BvPY1znvIyyw21Iyd3B0A370yBGkqGsoGM05rHLcMv1/Yx48txb7K9OBLma0=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.ieomsociety.org</a></p></div></div></div>