The Fourth North American IEOM Toronto Conference
October 23-25, 2019, Toronto, Canada
Venue: Holiday Inn Toronto International Airport
www.ieomsociety.org/toronto2019/
Dear Colleagues:
You are invited to join the Fourth North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM Toronto) during October 23 – 25, 2019 organized by the IEOM Society International. The event will advance theory and practice by fostering networking, collaboration and joint effort among the conference participants. The theme of the conference is "Industrial Engineering and Operations Management for Industry 4.0". Proceeding papers (double peer review) will be indexed in SCOPUS.
IEOM Society has become a premier international platform and forum for academics, researchers, scientists and practitioners to exchange ideas and provide insights into the latest developments and advancements in the fields of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. IEOM has successfully organized international conferences in Dhaka (2010), Kuala Lumpur (2011), Istanbul (2012), Bali (2014), Dubai (2015), Orlando (2015), KL (2016), Detroit (2016), Rabat (2017), Bristol, UK (2017), Bogota (2017), Bandung (2018), Paris (2018), Washington DC (2018), and Pretoria (2018) and Bangkok (2019). IEOM Toronto event will be our 4th North American Conference.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Jatin Nathwani, Professor and Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy, Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE), Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Environment, Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Shalabh Bakshi, Director, Digital Enterprise and MindSphere, Digital Factory Division, Siemens Canada Limited, Oakville, Ontario, Canada - Digital Enterprise "Industry 4.0" and Mindsphere "Open Cloud based IoT Operating system"
Dr. Ahmad K. Elshennawy, Professor and Executive Director of The UCF Quality Institute in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, Florida, USA
Dr. Gursel Suer, Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA
Dr. Andrew K.S. Jardine, Professor Emeritus, Industrial Engineering, Department of Mechanical and industrial Engineering, Founding Director of the Centre for Maintenance Optimization & Reliability Engineering (C-MORE), University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Samir Elhedhli, Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Peter Merrill, President, Quest Management Inc., Canada, Head of Delegation for the Canadian Committee to ISO/TC279 on Innovation Management and chair of the ASQ Innovation Think Tank.
Sean Congdon, Vice President of Manufacturing, Linamar Corporation, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Special Tracks:
- Industry 4.0
- Global Engineering Education
- Industry Solutions
- Women in Industry and Academia
Competitions: Trophies and award certificates will be provided for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners.
- Undergraduate Student Paper Competition
- Graduate Student Paper Competition
- Doctoral Dissertation Competition
- Master Thesis Competition
- Undergraduate Research Competition
- High School and Middle School STEM Competition
- Sr. Capstone Design Project Poster Competition
- Simulation Competition
- Lean Six Sigma Competition
- Supply Chain and Logistics Competition
Honorary Chair: Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada
Conference Chairs:
- Dr. Ali ElKamel, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Dr. Srinivas Ganapathyraju, Sheridan College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
- Dr. Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Industry Chair: Steven Sibrel, Harman International and Past Chair, ASQ Greater Detroit
Conference Website: www.ieomsociety.org/toronto2019/
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Mohammad Khadem, Ph.D.
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman
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