Submission deadline of IEOM 2015 Conference is extended to September 30, 2014 due to last minute submission technical problem and some requests. ASQ, IEEE and INFORMS are co-sponsoring IEOM 2015. Your papers will be published in IEEE Xplore and indexed. Still you can submit your technical papers/abstracts online:https://www.xcdsystem.com/ieom2015/

The following categories of submission are accepted:

Technical Full Paper and/or Abstract Only – Scientific and applied research work can be submitted and presented at the IEOM Dubai conference in the breaded area of IE and OM. All full papers are subject to peer review. Accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore and indexed. Research can be presented independently with an abstract. Please submit online: www.xcdsystem.com/ieom2015/.

Global Engineering Education – Provide a global view of the opportunities and challenges that are currently available in all aspects of engineering education. One of the main aspects is how to reduce readiness gap around the world for engineering graduates. If you are interested, please send your bio, photo and a summary toconference@iieom.org.

Industry Solutions – Provide a review and analysis of a specific industry and the role that the engineering profession can play in addressing the issues and the solution facing a broad spectrum of industry in today’s society. If you are interested, please send your bio, photo and a summary to conference@iieom.org.

Operations Excellence – Examine the process and operational issues facing both manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors of the international marketplace. Develop possible to approaches to increase the operational efficiency and productivity. If you are interested, please contact Mr. Paris (ParisJF@xonitek.com).

Poster Sessions – Create a poster to communicate how a specific problem was addressed using graphics and a short narrative. All poster presentations are to be reviewed by IEOM members at the event for IEOM Members Choice Awards. Three awards will be given for the first, second and third places. Please submit online:www.xcdsystem.com/ieom2015/.

Capstone Student Poster Competitions – Recognizes engineering students who may have an interest in submitting poster based on innovative subject from a capstone project. Please submit to Dr. Shamsuzzaman (mshamsuzzaman@sharjah.ac.ae).

Student Paper Competition – Recognizes students who have demonstrated a strong interest in a publishing a paper on a project that may include research that addressed and solved an industrial engineering or operations management problem. Please submit to Dr. Shamsuzzoha (ahm.shamsuzzoha@uwasa.fi).

Keynote Speakers

• Dr. G. Don Taylor, Charles O. Gordon Professor and Department Head, Grad Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA and Past IIE President (Opening Keynote)
• Chris Smith; Vice President & Managing Director of Boeing Saudi Arabia
• Dr. Chris Backhouse, Professor of Product Innovation, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK
• Dr. Leland Blank, Professor and Dean of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, UAE and Past IIE President

Global Engineering Education Panel Session Speakers

• Dr. Funso Falade, President, African Engineering Education Association
• Dr. Hans-Juergen Hoyer, Secretary General of the International Federation for Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)
• Dr. Abu Masud, Interim Dean of Graduate School and Boeing Global Engineering Professor at Wichita State University and
• Dr. Hamid Parsaei, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University (College Station) and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University Qatar

Please follow IEEE format for full paper submission. All full papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore and indexed.

Your participation is highly appreciated. Let us know if you have any question.