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Students Paper Competitions ONLINE Option
5^th African International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management in South Africa, April 23-25, 2024

Dear Colleagues,

Students still can present their project and research works at the IEOM South Africa Conference competitions. VIRTUAL competition option is available.

Please submit your competition by March 25^th via submission link - https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=6QVTEVt.  All online student competitions will be one day before the conference (Monday, April 22). We will have onsite student competition also.

Competitions

• Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by SIEMENS
• Graduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by EATON Corporation
• Master Thesis Competition
• Doctoral Dissertation Competition sponsored by Airbus
• Senior Capstone Design Project Competition sponsored by Tooling Tech Group
• Undergraduate Research Competition sponsored by Daikin Applied
• High School STEM Competition
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition sponsored by CINTAS
• Lean Six Sigma Competition sponsored by Tooling Tech Group
• Simulation Competition
• Supply Chain and Logistics Competition
• Poster Competition

Students can add it as part of their career preparation portfolio. They will receive attendance certificate, presentation certificate and competition participation/winner certificates. Their papers will be published with DOI at IEOM Index https://index.ieomsociety.org/ and other indexing.

Key Highlights

• Participants from more than 30 countries
• 240+ submissions
• 10 keynote speakers
• 4 workshops

You can share with your students for these international competitions.

Regards,

The Organizing Committee
2024 IEOM South Africa

http://ieomsociety.org/southafrica2024/

Useful links:

• Website Access: http://ieomsociety.org/southafrica2024/
• Submission Link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=6QVTEVt
• Registration Link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=f77eJZv
• IEOM Reference Format – http://ieomsociety.org/ieom-reference-format.docx
• Paper Template – http://ieomsociety.org/documents/paper-southafrica2024.docx
• Paper Checklist – Paper Formatting and Guidelines

• Publication Ethics - http://ieomsociety.org/ieom/ethics-malpractice-statement/
• Paper Selection Process - http://ieomsociety.org/paper_selection_process.pdf

IEOM Index - https://index.ieomsociety.org/

IEOM Index – Publication Database

• This unique database is dedicated to research and achievements in the "Industrial Engineering and Operations Management" disciplines
• Each paper will have its unique DOI (Digital Object Identified) from CrossRef.
• Check all previous conference papers in the IEOM Index Publication Database Library - https://index.ieomsociety.org/.
• IEOM Conference DOI - https://index.ieomsociety.org/index.cfm/conference/list/
• Conference Proceedings will be published with an ISSN (2169-8767) in a soft form – OPEN ACCESS.
• All accepted papers will be published with an ISBN Number.
• All full papers submitted for conference proceedings will be evaluated using a double-blind review process and published electronically in proceedings with a DOI number.
• All approved full papers will be sent for indexation to world known databases: CrossRef, Google Scholar, IEOM Index Online Library and EBSCO

Conference Chairs

• Anthea Amadi-Echendu, University of South Africa (UNISA) - Chairperson
• Ahad Ali, LTU and Executive Director of IEOM Society, USA
• Clinton Aigbavboa, University of Johannesburg
• Didibhuku Wellington Thwala, University of Johannesburg
• Joke Buhrmann, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
• Khumbulani Mpofu, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
• Oludolapo Akanni Olanrewaju, Durban University of Technology (DUT)
• Sarma Yadavalli, University of Pretoria (UP)
• Thomas Tengen, Vaal University of Technology (VUT)
• Prof Nita Sukdeo (University of Johannesburg)

Conference General Chairs

• Professor Charles Mbohwa, Visiting Distinguished Professor at UNISA and Past Pro-Vice Chancellor Strategic Partnerships and Industrialisation, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
• Professor Don Reimer, Adjunct Professor, Lawrence Tech University and President, The Small Business Strategy Group, Detroit, Michigan, USA

UNIVERSITY PARTNERS

• University of South Africa (UNISA)
• University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
• Durban University of Technology (DUT)
• Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
• University of Pretoria (UP)
• Vaal University of Technology (VUT)
• University of Johannesburg (UJ)
• Binghamton University, The State University of New York (SUNY), USA
• Chiang Mai University, Thailand
• Eastern Michigan University, USA
• EMI, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
• Florida Polytechnic University
• Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
• Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
• Universite De Lorraine, Nancy cedex – France
• Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
• University of Derby, UK
• University of Monterrey, Mexico
• University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada
• University of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington, DC, USA
• Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

CORPORATE PARTNERS

• Airbus
• Amatrol Inc.
• Brasscraft Manufacturing Company
• Cintas
• Daikin Applied
• Eaton Corporation
• Ford Motor Company
• SIEMENS
• Tooling Tech Group

ORGANIZATION PARTNERS

• African Engineering Education Association (AEEA)
• BKSTI: Agency for Cooperation of Higher Education of Industrial Engineering, Indonesia
• Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIIE)
• International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)
• Pakistan Society of Industrial Engineering (PSIE)
• Operations Excellence Society
• the lean mag

Preliminary Program - http://www.ieomsociety.org/documents/program-2024southafrica.pdf

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