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<P><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif; COLOR: blue">IEOM Orlando Conference – Call for Papers and Presentations – Deadline May 15</SPAN></B> </P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in -13.5pt 0pt 0in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #050199">IEOM International Conference on </SPAN></B></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in -13.5pt 0pt 0in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #c00000">Operations Excellence & Service Engineering<BR>
</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: fuchsia">Orlando, Florida, USA<BR>
</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">September 10-11, 2015</SPAN></B> <BR>
<B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Venue:</SPAN></B> <B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #003399">Rosen Plaza Hotel, International Drive</SPAN></B> <BR>
<A href="http://www.iieom.org/icmoe2015/" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0563c1">www.iieom.org/icmoe2015/</SPAN></A> </P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black">The IEOM Society is organizing</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black"> an International Conference on Operations Excellence and Service Engineering to be held </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black">in Orlando, Florida</SPAN> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black">during September 10–11, 2015</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black">. The venue is</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black"> the Rosen Plaza Hotel – International Drive. The theme of the conference is “</SPAN><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: green">Achieving and Sustaining Excellence in Quality, Service and Operations</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black">”. The conference provides a forum for academics, researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and recent developments in the field of manufacturing and operations excellence. The event will advance theory and practice by fostering networking, collaboration and joint effort among the conference participants. </SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black">With the great success of the Global Engineering Education Series at Dubai IEOM Conference, 2015 IEOM Orlando Conference will have a dedicated session on Global Engineering Education. This session will include the world. A special focus will be given on </SPAN><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #c00000">Engineering Education in the Americas</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black">. Thirty six featured speakers will participate from various parts of the world and will address engineering education challenges and opportunities. Each speaker is required to submit a title of the presentation, abstract, a short biography and “head-shot” photo. All presentations will be included in the 2015 IEOM Orlando Conference proceedings and in the printed program booklet. If you are interested in delivering a presentation as a distinguished speaker at the 2015 IEOM Orlando Conference Global Engineering Education session, September 10-11, 2015, please contact Dr. Anwar Rahman </SPAN><A href="mailto:rahman.industrial@gmail.com"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><FONT color=#0000ff>rahman.industrial@gmail.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black"> or Dr. Ahad Ali </SPAN><A href="mailto:aali@ltu.edu"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><FONT color=#0000ff>aali@ltu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black"> (IEOM Orlando Conference Chairs).</SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">Keynote Speakers:</SPAN></B></P>
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<LI><B><I>Dr. Helmuth Ludwig,</I></B> Executive Vice President, Digital Enterprise Realization and Chief Manufacturing Officer, SIEMENS PLM Software
<LI><B><I>Dr. Pamela McCauley</I></B>, Professor & Director of the Ergonomics Laboratory, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
<LI><B><I>Dr. Miguel Gastón Cedillo-Campos,</I></B> Professor in Logistics Systems Dynamics, Senior Researcher, Mexican Institute of Transportation and Founding President, Mexican Logistics and Supply Chain Association (AML) </LI>
</UL>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black">ONLINE Submission Site:</SPAN></B> <A href="http://www.xcdsystem.com/icmoe2015/" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #0563c1">www.xcdsystem.com/icmoe2015/</SPAN></A> </P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Presentation can be given with an abstract. Full paper is optional. Participants can present theoretical and applied research with abstract. </SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Five student competitions are arranged: undergraduate student paper competition, graduate student paper competition, undergraduate research competition, senior design project competition and high school STEM project competition. First, second and third place awards will be provided for each category. Details can be found from the following links:</SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><A href="http://iieom.org/icmoe2015/?page_id=186"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif; COLOR: navy">Undergraduate Paper Competition</SPAN></A> <BR>
<A href="http://iieom.org/icmoe2015/?page_id=190"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif; COLOR: navy">Graduate Paper Competition Details</SPAN></A> <BR>
<A href="http://iieom.org/icmoe2015/?page_id=196"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif; COLOR: navy">Senior Capstone Design Project / Final Year Project (FYP) Competition Details</SPAN></A> <BR>
<A href="http://iieom.org/icmoe2015/?page_id=193"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif; COLOR: navy">Undergraduate Research Competition Details</SPAN></A> <BR>
<A href="http://iieom.org/icmoe2015/?page_id=199"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif; COLOR: navy">High School STEM Project Competition Details</SPAN></A> </P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: black">The conference will cover the following topics but not limited to:</SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #0e0096">TOPICS</SPAN></B> <BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Artificial Intelligence<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Automation and Control<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Case Studies<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Construction Management<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Data Analytics<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Decision Sciences<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">E-Business/E-Service<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">E-Manufacturing<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Energy<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Engineering Education<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Engineering Management<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Entrepreneurship and Innovation<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Environmental Services<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Financial Service Management<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Healthcare Operations and Services<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Human Factors and Ergonomics<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Industrial Services<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Industry Practices and Solutions<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Information Technology<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Inventory Management<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Lean and Six Sigma<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Logistics Services<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Maintenance Services<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Manufacturing and Design<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Modeling and Simulation<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Operations Management<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Operations Research<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Production Planning and Management<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Project Management<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Public Service<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Quality and Reliability<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Retail Service<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Service Systems and Management<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Supply Chain<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Sustainability<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Systems Engineering<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Technology Management<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Transportation</SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #c00000">Deadlines<BR>
</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Paper/Abstract Submission: </SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: red">May 15, 2015</SPAN></B> <BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Review Feedback: June 15, 2015<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Registration: July 15, 2015 </SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Workshops: <BR>
</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (September 10 and 11) <BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Entrepreneurship (September 11)</SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">The upcoming 2015 Orlando Conference will provide great value to the participants. You and your students are encouraged to participate in this event. </SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Thanks for your attention.</SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Regards,</SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Dr. Anwar Rahman, University of Southern Mississippi<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Conference Chair<BR>
</SPAN><A href="mailto:rahman.industrial@gmail.com"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><FONT color=#0000ff>rahman.industrial@gmail.com</FONT></SPAN></A> </P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Dr. Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University<BR>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: black">Conference Co-Chair<BR>
</SPAN><A href="mailto:aali@ltu.edu"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT color=#0000ff>aali@ltu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A> </P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">Conference Site: </SPAN><A href="http://www.iieom.org/icmoe2015/" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #0563c1">www.iieom.org/icmoe2015/</SPAN></A> </P>
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