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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to invite everybody to join us at the 28<sup>th</sup> ICPR Conference, which will be held in Chia (Bogota), Colombia, July 12-16, 2025. Save the date now!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The theme of the conference is <i>Sustainable Systems in an Internetworked Digital World</i>. The papers are invited in a range of topics within production research portfolio and the conference theme. See attached CfP for more details.
To follow new information about the conference visit <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fifpr-icpr.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7C488d152945f2466bcae208dcfdc71f8c%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638664279344538577%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=musRXI2VAv7jZYz4HvQNmRtI6iLV%2Fp%2F3Lc833PCZNuo%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://ifpr-icpr.org/" shash="CCoN1+KwGDf3mksmhm+Khts7Fy3VpukSTQDFsv+tk7W8Ab/n9NWWHewAbFlasLIwYsKTS3ydOeu3RdES7zqO18HpBZ/Crj4Gbq6F+wCtNdSywafwV0J0NCfdIj0M0C5W8WP6SlE/+YLzMMnNFM9SscpHr/X7fsBw6cM08oD3hCc=">
https://ifpr-icpr.org/</a> (with the conference dedicated site coming soon).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Major deadlines: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">March 15, 2025: Deadline for abstracts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 30, 2025: Early bird registration opens<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">April 15, 2025: Notification of acceptance/rejection<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">May 15, 2025: Early bird registration closes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">June 15, 2025: Full paper due (4 pages)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">July 1, 2025: Registration closes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">July 12-13, 2025: Doctoral workshop<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">July 14-17, 2025: Conference<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
Dusan Sormaz, IFPR Vice-president for Americas region<o:p></o:p></p>
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* Dusan Sormaz, PhD, Professor Emeritus<br>
* Ohio University <br>
* Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering <br>
* 1 Ohio University <br>
* Stocker Center 284, Athens, OH 45701-2979 <br>
* Phone: (740) 707-9016<br>
* e-mail: <a href="mailto:sormaz@ohio.edu"><span style="color:blue">sormaz@ohio.edu</span></a>
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