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The submission deadline of the 2026 IISE Annual Conference & Expo is approaching. As Track Chairs of the Health Systems Track, we encourage you to contribute to the Conference and Track.<br>
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The 2026 IISE Annual Conference & Expo has partnered with IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering to offer a conference-based special issue. Authors whose abstracts are accepted for the conference may choose to have full manuscripts reviewed by
the journal. Accepted manuscripts will be published in the conference-based special issue of the journal. For manuscripts not accepted, authors have option to publish in the conference proceedings or not publish.<br>
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Abstract Submission Link available on Conference Website: https://www.iise.org/Annual/<br>
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Key Dates:<br>
Submission deadline for abstract/presentation summary: November 10, 2025<br>
Notification of decision on abstract/presentation summary: December 15, 2025 <br>
Paper submission deadline: January 18, 2026<br>
Notification on full paper decision: February 25, 2026<br>
Speaker registration deadline: March 8, 2026<br>
Paper final revision submission deadline: March 22, 2026<br>
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Health Systems Track Chairs<br>
Ying Liao (ying.liao@whu.edu.cn)<br>
Mina Ostovari (mostovari@binghamton.edu)<br>
Feifan Wang (wangfeifan@tsinghua.edu.cn)<br>
Qingpeng Zhang (qpzhang@hku.hk)<br>
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<b><span style="color:#2F5496">Feifan Wang</span></b>, Ph.D.<br>
Assistant Professor<br>
Department of Industrial Engineering | Tsinghua University<br>
Haidian District, Beijing, China<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:wangfeifan@tsinghua.edu.cn">wangfeifan@tsinghua.edu.cn</a><br>
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