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<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6th
South American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 12-15, 2025<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Host and Venue: Facens University, Sorocaba, Sao
Paulo, Brazil<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference Chair: Dr. Rodrigo Luiz Gigante,
Coordinator of Production Engineering, FACENS University, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo,
Brazil, <a href="mailto:rodrigo.gigante@facens.br">rodrigo.gigante@facens.br</a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Contact: Prof. Vitor Mendes Caldana, Federal
Institute of Sao Paulo (IFSP) – Sorocaba Campus, Sao Paulo, Brazil and Director
of IEOM South America Operations, <a href="mailto:vitor.caldana@ifsp.edu.br">vitor.caldana@ifsp.edu.br</a><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IEOM Society International is organizing the 6th
South American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and
Operations Management in Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil during April 8-10, 2025.
Host is FACENS University. It will be held at the Facens’s campus.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The conference will provide an opportunity for
academics, researchers, and practitioners to exchange ideas and explore recent
developments in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.
The conference is also expected to foster networking, collaboration, and joint
effort among the conference participants to advance the theory and practice as
well as to identify major trends in Industrial Engineering and Operations
Management.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The IEOM Society International, a nonprofit
professional organization registered in Michigan, USA, 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 250 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></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Artificial
Intelligence and Data Science<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Automation,
Robotics and Autonomous Systems<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Business
Management and Operations Management<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Digital
Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and IoT<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Engineering
Education and Curriculum Improvement<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Engineering
Management and Project Management<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Entrepreneurship
and Innovation<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Facility
Planning and Layout<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Human Factors,
Ergonomics and Healthcare System Management<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lean Six Sigma
and Operations Excellence<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Manufacturing,
Assembly and Design<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Quality,
Reliability and Maintenance<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Simulation,
Optimization and Productivity Improvement<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Supply Chain
and Logistics<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sustainability,
Green Systems and Energy<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Case Studies
and Best Practices<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IEOM Society, 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. IEOM Society organizes conferences in six
continents. IEOM has 250 student chapters in 55 countries and has more than
25,000 members from 151 countries.<span></span></span></p>
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only. Authors MUST use the conference template to prepare papers or abstracts.
IEOM Society encourages to submit full paper(s). All full papers will be
subjected to double peer review. Accepted papers will be published in the
Proceedings and indexed. Any submission implies that an author will deliver an
oral presentation at the conference and open for questions.<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Rodrigo
Luiz Gigante, Coordinator of Production Engineering, FACENS University, Sorocaba,
Sao Paulo, Brazil, <a href="mailto:rodrigo.gigante@facens.br">rodrigo.gigante@facens.br</a><span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Ahad Ali,
Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence
Technological University, USA<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Program Chairs<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Vitor Mendes
Caldana, Federal Institute of Sao Paulo (IFSP) – Sorocaba Campus, Sao Paulo,
Brazil and Director of IEOM South America Operations, <a href="mailto:vitor.caldana@ifsp.edu.br">vitor.caldana@ifsp.edu.br</a><span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Professor Don
Reimer, Chief Operating Officer, IEOM Society<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Special Tracks<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Global
Engineering Education<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Industry 4.0
and Industry Solutions<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Smart Mobility
and Smart Cities<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">COVID-19
Analytics<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Women in
Industry and Academia (WIIA)<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Panels on
Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, Smart Mobility and WIIA<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Undergraduate
Student Paper Competition Sponsored by SIEMENS<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Graduate
Student Paper Competition Sponsored by EATON Corporation<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Master Thesis
Competition<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Doctoral
Dissertation Competition sponsored by Airbus<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Final Year
Project (FYP)/Senior Capstone Design Project Poster Competition<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Undergraduate
Research Competition sponsored by Daikin Applied<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">High School
STEM Competition<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Simulation
Competition<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lean Six Sigma
Competition<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Supply Chain
Management Competition<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Poster
Competition<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SPONSORS / CORPORATE PARTNERS<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Airbus<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Amatrol Inc.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cintas<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Daikin Applied<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eaton<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ford Motor
Company<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SIEMENS<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tooling Tech
Group<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UNIVERSITY PARTNERS<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Facens
University<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IFSP, Brazil<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Binghamton
University, The State University of New York (SUNY), USA<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eastern
Michigan University, USA<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EMI, Mohammed
V University, Rabat, Morocco<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Florida
Polytechnic University, USA<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lawrence
Technological University, Michigan, USA<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prince Sultan
University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Universitas
Mercu Buana<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Universitas
Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Universite De
Lorraine, Nancy cedex – France<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Universiti Tun
Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of
Derby, UK<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of
New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of
the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington, DC, USA<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wayne State
University, Detroit, Michigan, USA<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ORGANIZATION PARTNERS<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">African
Engineering Education Association (AEES)<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BKSTI: Agency
for Cooperation of Higher Education of Industrial Engineering, Indonesia<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Indian
Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIIE)<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">International
Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pakistan
Society of Industrial Engineers (PSIE)<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the lean mag<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Operations
Excellence Society<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Exhibitors<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-Biography" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Attendance Certificates will be provided for
conference participants. Continuous Education Unit (CEU) is available. IEOM
Society International will provide fellows, awards and recognition at the 2025
IEOM Brazil event. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6th South American Conference on
Industrial Engineering and Operations Management<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sorocaba, Sao
Paulo, Brazil, April 8-10, 2025<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Host and Venue:
Facens University, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference
Chair: Dr. Rodrigo Luiz Gigante, Coordinator of Production Engineering, FACENS
University, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, <a href="mailto:rodrigo.gigante@facens.br">rodrigo.gigante@facens.br</a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Contact: Prof.
Vitor Mendes Caldana, Federal Institute of Sao Paulo (IFSP) – Sorocaba Campus,
Sao Paulo, Brazil and Director of IEOM South America Operations, <a href="mailto:vitor.caldana@ifsp.edu.br" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">vitor.caldana@ifsp.edu.br</a></span></p>
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