Conference Committee
Honorary Chair
- Professor Paulo Roberto Freitas de Carvalho, Director, FACENS University, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Conference Chairs
- Prof. Vitor M. Caldana, IFSP – Instituto Federal de São Paulo – Campus Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
- Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Luiz Gigante, Coordinator of Production Engineering, FACENS University, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Dr. Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Program Chairs
- Dr. Lucila Campos, Department of Production Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
Technical Chairs
- Dr. Henrique Vieira, FACENS University, Sorocaba , SP, Brazil
- Prof. Dr. José Lázaro Ferraz, FATEC – Faculdade de Tecnologia de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Women in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Chairs
- Paloma María Teresa Martínez-Sánchez, Universidad El Bosque. Engineering Faculty. Industrial Engineering Program. Postgraduate coordinator on Production and Productivity, Bogota, Colombia
- Dr. Úrsula Maruyama, Business Administration Professor at Cefet/RJ – Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil
Diversity and Inclusion Chair
Global Engineering Education Chairs
- Ricardo Alexandre Diogo, Professor Adjunto, PUCPR – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Industry Solutions Chairs
- Rodrigo Ruiz, CTI Renato Archer, Campinas, Brazil
Special Track on Industry 4.0
- Dr. Sandro Breval, Universidade Federal do Amazonas
Publication Chair
- Dr. Mohammed Rahman, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Sponsors and Exhibitors Chair
- Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Track Chairs
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Dr. Symone Gomes Soares Alcalá, Production Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Federal University of Goiás, Campus Aparecida de Goiânia, Brazil
- Dr. Mohd Helmy Abd Wahab, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Dr. Eduardo Bezerra da Silva CEFET/RJ
Applied Statistics
- Mg Monica Giuliano, Departamento de Ingenieria e Investigaciones Tecnológica de la Universidad Nacional de La Matanza and Instituto de Tecnología e Ingeniería de la Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham, Argentina
Automation and Robotics
- Dr. Chanan Syan, Professor of Production Engineering and Management at University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
- Dr. Marcelo Trentin, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Business Management
- Dr. Úrsula Maruyama, Business Administration Professor at Cefet/RJ – Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil
Case Studies
- Dra. Patrícia Silva Ferreira, Diretora da Agência de Inovação – Instituto Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Rio de Janeiro – IFRJ (Federal Institute of Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro)
Computers and Computing
- Dr. Eduardo F. Silva, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
Construction Management
- Dr. Romulo N. Ulibas, Head of Procurement, Supply Chain and Corporate Services; PayMaya Philippines, Inc. and Full Member; Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply
Cyber Security
- Dr. Kashif Saleem, Associate Professor and Research Scientist, Computer and Information Sciences, Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Amjad Gawanmeh, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Data Analytics and Big Data
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Enzo Morosini Frazzon is associate Professor at the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department (EPS) of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil
- Dr. Ricardo Pimenta IBICT/UFRJ
Decision Sciences
- Dr. Johanna Trujillo Díaz, Decanatura de Ingeniería Industrial, Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, Colombia
- Dr. Oscar A. Vásquez-Bernal, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD – Colombia
Design and Analysis
- Dr. Husham A. Ali Elbaloula, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centro of Petroleum Studies (CEPETRO), State University of Campinas- UNICAMP, SP, Brazil
Digital Manufacturing / 3D Printing
- Andrio Homrich, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
e-Business and Security
- Dr. Arthur Coelho Bezerra IBICT/UFRJ
Energy
- Dr. Carlos A. Mariño Del Rosario, Research Director, CENTRUM PUCP Graduate Business School, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
- Dr Ivan Andres Ramirez – Pinzon Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Bogotá – Colombia
Engineering Economy
- Dr. José Aires Trigo UNESA/RJ (Universidade Estácio de Sá)
Engineering Education
- Dr. Mario Chauca, Advisor Reviewer Vice Rectorate Ricardo Palma University, Research RENACYT-CONCYTEC, Peru
- Dr. Luiz Pinheiro da Guia, Professor, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais – CEFET-MG, Brasil
- Dr. Marco Antonio Barbosa Braga CEFET/RJ, Brazil
Engineering Management
- Dr. Daniel Nascimento, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
- Prof Arnesh Telukdarie, Post Graduate School of Engineering Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Iván Andres Ramirez Pinzón. Escuela de Economia Programa Analítica de Datos para Innovación y Negocios. Universidad Sergio de Arboleda. Bogotá – Colombia
- Dr Francisco José Casarim Rapchan IFES (Instituto Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Espírito Santo)
Environmental Engineering and Management
- Paloma María Teresa Martínez-Sánchez, Universidad El Bosque. Engineering Faculty. Industrial Engineering Program. Postgraduate coordinator on Production and Productivity, Bogota, Colombia
- Dr Aline Monteiro Guimarães Trigo CEFET/RJ
Facilities Planning and Layout
- Dr. Salah Elaskari, Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Green Systems
- Mga William Eduardo Mosquera Laverde, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
Healthcare Systems
- Dr. Cláudia Affonso Silva Araujo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Human Factors and Ergonomics
- Dr. Moacyr Machado Cardoso Junior, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
Production Engineering in Latin America
- Dr. Lauro Enciso Rodas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Peru
Industrial Management
- Dr. Marcio Luiz Marietto, Post-doctoral Researcher at globADVANTAGE – Center of Research in International Business and Strategy, ESTG – Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal and Researcher at Dept of Buissiness Administration and Dept of Regional Development at Universidade do Contestado, Santa Catarina, Brasil
- Paloma María Teresa Martinez Sanchez – Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
Information Technology and Information Systems
- Dr. Carine de Oliveira Nunes, Administradora, Pró-reitoria de Pesquisa, Pós-graduação e Inovação, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Tocantins – Reitoria
Inventory Control and Management
- Dr. Kottala Sriyogi, Assistant Professor, Department of Operations, SBM, SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Hyderabad, India
IoT
- Dr. Edson Pinheiro de Lima, Professor of Operations and Technology Management, Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba – Brazil
Lean and Six Sigma
- Prof. Dr. André Luís Helleno, Coordenador do Curso de Engenharia de Produção, Escola de Engenharia Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie, Campus Higienópolis / SP
Logistics Management
- Peter Fernandes Wanke, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Logistics and Sustainability
- Dra. Lorena Bearzotti, Profesora Escuela de Ingeniería de Transporte, Facultad de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Manufacturing
- Dr. Vicente Ramírez Núñez, Instituto de Ingeniería Industrial y Sistemas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad Austral de Chile
Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA)
- Dr. Wichai Chattinnawat, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Modeling and Simulation
- Dr. Felipe Serafini, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Dr. Dayse Haime Pastore CEFET/RJ
Operations Management
- Guilherme Tortorella, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Prof. Omar, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Libyan Academy for Graduate Studies, and Former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Benghazi, Libya
Operations Research
- Mario C. Vélez G., Universidad EAFIT, Colombia
Optimization
- Dr. Laura Silvia Bahiense da Silva Leite, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Product Design and Development
- Dr. Diego Fettermann, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Product Lifecycle Management
- Dr. Wladmir Henriques Motta CEFET/RJ (Pró-reitoria de Pós-graduação)
Production Engineering
- Dr. José André Villas Boas Mello CEFET/RJ Nova Iguaçu
- Dr. Luciano Costa, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil
Production Planning and Control
- Dr. Cristina González, Ingeniera Industrial, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Project Management
- Dr. Úrsula Maruyama, Business Administration Professor at Cefet/RJ – Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil
Quality Control and Quality Management
- Dr. Ana Carla Souza Gomes dos Santos, Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ) and Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência CEFET/RJ , Brazil
Reliability and Maintenance
- Dr. Juan Carlos Ruiz-Carrera, Grupo de Decisiones e Innovacion, Facultad de Ciencia e Ingenieria en Alimentos, Universidad Tecnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador
Service Engineering and Service Management
- Dr. Ignacio Laiton P., Escuela Tecnológica Instituto Técnico Central (ETITC), Bogotá, Colombia
Statistical Process Control
- Dr. Gustavo Campos Avendaño, Universidad Konrad Lorenz, Colombia
Supply Chain Management
- Dr. Henrique Vieira, FACENS, Sorocaba School of Engineering, SP, Brazil
- Dr. Augusto César Barreto Rocha, Professor Associado, UFAM – Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil
Sustainability in Supply Chain, Enterprise Operations and Strategies including Food Supply Chain
- Dr. Fabiana Lucena Oliveira, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Brazil
- Dr. Patrícia Andrea do Prado Rios – University of York, UK
Sustainability
- Prof. Dr. Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva, Department of Production Engineering, School of Management & Technology, Federal University of São Carlos – Sorocaba, Brazil
Sustainable Manufacturing
- Dr. Victor H. Molina, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Technical University of Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador
Systems Dynamics
- Dr. Mahdi Bastan, University of Eyvanekey, Garmsar, Iran
- Milton Mauricio Herrera, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Center of Research in Economic Sciences, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogota, Colombia
Systems Engineering
- Dr. Rodrigo Caiado, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
Technology Management
- Dr. Gilson Ditzel Santos, Full Professor – UTFPR/Campus Pato Branco, Federal University of Technology – UTFPR/Campus Pato Pato Branco, Brazil
Total Quality Management (TQM)
- Dr. Humberto Alvarez Universidad Tecnologica de Panama
Transportation and Traffic
- Dr. Jaime Fernando Perez Gonzalez , La Universidad Católica De Colombia
Waste Management
- Dr. Lucila Campos, Department of Production Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
Work Design, Measurement, Standardization and ISO
- Ishat Islam, Industrial Engineer, Karupannya Rangpur Limited, Rangpur, Bangladesh
Competitions
Doctoral Dissertation Competition Chair
- Dr.
Master Thesis Competition Chairs
- Dr.
Graduate/Postgraduate Student Paper Competition Chair
- Dr.
Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Chair
- Dr.
Senior Design Capstone Project / FYP Poster Competition Chair
- Dr.
Undergraduate Research Competition Chair
- Dr.
High School STEM Competition Chairs
- Dr.
Undergraduate Poster Competition Chair
- Dr.
Graduate Poster Competition
Supply Chain and Logistics Competition Chair
- Dr. Julio Cesar González-Silva, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD – Colombia
Lean Six Sigma Competition Chair
- Dr.
Simulation Competition Chair
- Dr.
South American Academic Committee
- Carlos Ernani Fries, Federal University of Santa Catarina Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
- Ebert Brea, School of Industrial Engineering (SIE), Catholic University Andrés Bello (UCAB), Caracas 1000, Capital District, Venezuela
- Martín R. Dorante, Head of Professional Practices, School of Industrial Engineering, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Caracas 1020, Venezuela
- Victor H. Molina, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Technical University of Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador
- Dr. Hernando Garzón Sáenz, Research Professor, Industrial Engineering, Technology in Industrial Production, Fundación Universitaria Tecnológico Comfenalco, Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia
- Dr. Fáber D. Giraldo, System and Computer Engineer, University of Quindío, Quindío, Colombia
- Dr. Roberto Antonio Martins, Associate Professor, Department of Production Engineering, Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar), Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
- Dr. Guilherme Tortorella, Associate Professor, Department of Production Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Trindade, Florianópolis – SC, Brazil
- Dr. Humberto Alvarez Universidad Tecnologica de Panama
- Rebeca Caceres UMIP, Ancon, Panama
- Ana Arevalos National University of Asuncion, Faculty of Engineering, Asuncion, Central Paraguay
- Eduardo Redondo National University of Asuncion, Faculty of Engineering, Asuncion, Central Paraguay
- Juan Jeús Arenas Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú San Miguel, Lima Peru
- Katerine Becerra Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru
- Héctor Bravo Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru
- Lauro Enciso Rodas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Peru
- Hernan Nina Hanco Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Peru
- Johanna Trujillo Diaz, Decanatura de Ingeniería Industrial, Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, Colombia
Honorary Committee
- Pr. Moulay Larbi Abidi, Director, École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs (EMI), Rabat, Morocco
- Dr. Hesham Kamal Al-Fares, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Hamidi Bashir, Chairperson, Department of Industrial and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Mohamed Essaaidi, Professor and Director (Dean), ENSIAS College of Engineering – Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco
- Dr. Devashis Mitra, Dean – Faculty of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
- Prof. Dr. Mohd Razali Muhamad, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and Internationalization), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
- Professor Dr. Norazman Mohamad Nor, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation), National Defence University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur
- Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Texas A&M University at Qatar and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University
- Dr. Ismail Tag, SVP & Provost, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Noordin Mohd. Yusof, Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Advisory Committee
- Pr. Moulay Larbi Abidi, Director, École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs (EMI), Rabat, Morocco
- Dr. Muhammad Abid, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Pakistan
- Dr. Olufemi Adetunji, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Dr. Umar AL-Turki, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Ronald G. Askin, Arizona State University, USA
- Dr. Shekar Babu, Founding Head, AMRITA School of Business, Bangalore, India
- Dr. Mohammed Ben-Daya, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Dr. Raj Das, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Dr. Kudret Demirli, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dr. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, University of Derby, UK
- Dr. Alireza Ghasemi, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- Dr. Moncer Abdelhamid Hariga, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Dr. Mohammad D. Al-Tahat, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
- Dr. Arun Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Australia
- Dr. Jay Lee, University of Cincinnati, USA
- Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Sendai, Japan
- Dr. Abu Masud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
- Dr. Charles Mbohwa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dr. Samar Mukhopadhyay, GSB-Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea
- Dr. Nor Hasni Osman, Universiti Utara Malaysia
- Dr. Leonard Perry, University of San Diego, USA
- Dr. Ho Thanh Phong, International University – VNUHCM, Vietnam
- Dr. Yassine Ouazene, University of Technology of Troyes, France
- Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick, Canada
- Dr. Jafri Mohd Rohani, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Dr. Mehmet Savsar, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
- Dr. Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, USA
- Dr. Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
- Dr. Devdas Shetty, University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Dr. Hamid Seifoddini, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
- Dr. Alfredo Soeiro, University of Porto, Portugal
- Dr. Robert de Souza, The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific, Singapore
- Dr. Masine Md. Tap, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Dr. Zulkifli Mohamed Udin, Universiti Utara Malaysia
- Dr. Alok Verma, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
- Dr. Venkata Seshachala Sarma Yadavalli, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Dr. Hari Agung Yuniarto, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
- Dr. Li Zheng, Tsinghua University, China
- Dr. Henk Zijm, Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics, University of Twente, Netherlands
Global Engineering Education Committee
- Dr. Abu Masud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA (Chair)
- Dr. Hamid Parsaei, Texas A&M University (College Station) and Texas A&M University, Qatar (Co-Chair)
- Dr. Jafri Mohd Rohani, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Dr. Grace Kanakana, University of South Africa
- Dr. Ahmad Elshennawy, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
- Dr. Syed Ahmad Helmi Al Haddad, Program Coordinator for MSc in Industrial Engineering and Associate Fellow, Center for Engineering Education (CEE), UMasud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA (Chair)
- Dr. Hamid Parsaeiniversiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
- Dr. Mehmet Savsar, Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
- Dr. Vitor M. Caldana, Professor, Depto. de Eletroeletrônica, IFSP – Instituto Federal de São Paulo – Campus Sorocaba, Santana de Parnaíba, SP, Brazil
- Dr. Chan Chee-Ming, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (Academic and Research), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Dr. Ilham Kissani, Faulty of Engineering & Management Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
- Dr. Ho Hwi Chie, Bina Nusantara University (Binus), Indonesia
- Dr. Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
- Dr Hannelie Nel, Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate School of Engineering Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Program Committee
- Dr. M. Khadem, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman (Co-Chair)
- Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Dr. Rushan Ziatdinov, Department of Industrial & Management Engineering, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea
- Dr. Lina Aboueljinane, Industrial Engineering Program, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Rabat (ENSMR), Morocco
- Dr. Bouloiz Hafida, Industrial Engineering Department, National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
- Dr. Jaouad Boukachour, Université Le Havre, France
Industry Solutions Committee
- Dr. Zeki Ayağ, Kadir Has University, Turkey
- Amine Belhadi, Industrial Engineering Research Team, Higher School of Technology, Safi, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
- Navpreet Singh Chandok ,O2i Technologies, India
- Dr. Rahul Chougule, Caterpillar India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India
- Sameh Moh. Nour El-Din A-Razek, Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co., Alexandria, Egypt
- Abdullah Y Dhafer, Aramco, Saudi Arabia
- Natasha Dzulkarnain, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM)
- Dr. Kenichi Funaki, Hitachi, Yokohama, Japan
- Dr. Adel Hejaaji, Engineering Services Management (ESM) Limited, Essex, UK
- Dr. Anwar Hossain, Daikin Applied, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Ihfasuziella Ibrahim, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM)
- Hwa Kooi Kok, Intel Malaysia
- Ali Massaeli, National Iranian Gas Company, Iran
- Bob Mathur, Sr. Project Manager, Phillips 66 Refinery (Exxon), Linden, NJ, USA
- German Moya, President at IEEE Costa Rica Section, Costa Rica
- Paul Moore, International Mining, England, UK
- Dr. Gerard O’Connor, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Dr. Banu Ozkeser, Istanbul, Turkey
- Dr. Sushil K. Shetty, Wilsonart LLC, Temple, Texas, USA
- Masaru Tezuka, Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd., Japan
Women in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Committee
- Paloma María Teresa Martínez-Sánchez, Universidad El Bosque. Engineering Faculty. Industrial Engineering Program. Postgraduate coordinator on Production and Productivity, Bogota, Colombia
- Dr. Úrsula Maruyama, Business Administration Professor at Cefet/RJ – Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil
- Resh Plaha, Crystal Quality, UK
- Dr. Chan Chee-Ming, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (Academic and Research), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Dr. Mey Goh, Assoc Professor in Product Design, Loughborough University, UK
- Dr. Ilham Kissani, Faulty of Engineering & Management Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
- Dr. Stefanie Pillai, Dean and Associate Professor, Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Dr. Funda Sivrikaya Şerifoğlu, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Dr. Adibah Shuib, Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Dr. Vanajah Siva, Chalmers University, Sweden
- Vanessa Victoire, University of Mauritius
- Prof. Soumaya Yacout, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
- Dr. Docki Saraswati, Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Dr. Ho Hwi Chie, Bina Nusantara University (Binus), Indonesia
Technical Committee
- Peter M. Tase, IFEES – GEDC Secretariat
- Dr. A.O. Adewumi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Dr. Kondo H. Adjallah, Paul-Verlaine University, France
- Dr. Abdollah Aghaie, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran
- Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Gasim Al-Hawarii, Senior Fleet Management Engineer, Dubai Municipality, United Arab Emirates
- Ali I. Al-Mosawi, Miskolic University, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Hungary
- Dr. Fernando González Aleu, Departamento de Ingeniería, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
- Dr. Kuchkarov Atamurat, Uzbekistan National University, Uzbekistan
- Dr. Faieza Abdul Aziz, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
- Dr. Amir Azizi, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
- Amine Belhadi, Industrial Engineering Research Team, Higher School of Technology, Safi, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
- Dr. Behnam Bahrami, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus
- Dr. D. K. Banwet, IIT-Delhi, India
- Dr. Abdelaziz Berrado, The Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs (EMI), Rabat, Morocco
- Dr. Mahdi Bashiri, Shahed University, Iran
- Dr. Vladimir Beresnev, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia
- Dr. Haider Ali Biswas, Khulna University, Bangladesh
- Dr. Miguel Sanz Bobi, Comillas Pontifical University, Spain
- Dr. Nejib Chouaibi, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, Tunisia
- Dr. Mohammad Ishak Desa, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
- Dr. Mehran Doulat, Center for Quality and Sustainability, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, UTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Dr. Omar Elmabrouk, Benghazi University, Libya
- Dr. Dinusha Gamage, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- Dr. Rodrigo Garrido, Universidad Adolfo Ibaez, Chile
- Dr. Vassilis Gerogiannis, Department of Project Management, Greece
- Dr. Jahara bint Ghani, UKM, Malaysia
- Dr. Salah Haridy, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Ravi Gor, St. Kabir Institute of Professional Studies, Ahmedabad, India
- Dr. Kannan Govindan, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Dr. Indra Gunawan, The University of Adelaide, Australia
- Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, Brac University, Bangladesh
- Dr. Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina, USA
- Dr. Maruf Hasan, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Dr. Ahmed Kadhim Hussein, Babylon University, Iraq
- Dr. Md. Abdus Samad Kamal, Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia
- Dr. Javad Khamisabadi, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
- Dr. Raja Kothandaraman, Alpha College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
- Dr. Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University, Canada
- Dr. Rashmi Jha, Gitarattan International Business School (GIBS), Affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India
- Dr. Shahrul B. Kamaruddin, Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Prof. Dr. Anand Kumar, M.S. Engineering College, Bangalore Karnataka, India
- Dr. Nani Kurniati, Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
- Dr. Francis Leung, City University of Hong Kong, China
- Dr. Motah Mahendrenath, University of Technology, Mauritius
- Dr. Boudouda Malik, University of Champagne-Ardenne, France
- Dr. Ilias Mamat, Quest International University Perak, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
- Dr. Fulufhelo Masithulela, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dr. Abderrahmane Mellak, University of Boumerdes, Algeria
- Dr. Yuan Xue Ming, SIMTech: Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore
- Dr. Ruchi Mishra, Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India
- Dr. Vladimir Modrak, TUKE, Slovakia
- Dr. Norhamidi Muhamad, UKM, Malaysia
- Dr. Michael Mutingi, University of Botswana, Botswana
- Dr. Arun N. Nambiar, California State University – Fresno, USA
- Dr. Cecilia Nembou, Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea
- Dr. Sawat Pararach, Thammasat University, Thailand
- Dr. Ratri Parida, National Institute of Construction Management and Research (NICMAR), Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Dr. Eui H. Park, North Carolina A&T State University, USA
- Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
- Dr. T. Ramayah, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Dr. Raja Zuraidah Raja Mohd Rasi, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Dr. Bhuvenesh Rajamony, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia
- Dr. Ramakrishnan Ramamoorthy, Yanbu Industrial College, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Mohd Abdur Rashid, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia
- Dr. Syed Asif Raza, Qatar University, Qatar
- Dr. Nubia Milena Velasco Rodriguez, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
- Dr. P. Sanjeevikumar, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
- Dr. Mahmood Shafiee, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
- Dr. Ahm Shamsuzzoha, University of Vaasa, Finland
- Dr. Sharan Shetty, School of Management & Business, Manipal International University, Putra Nilai, Malaysia
- Dr. Abdussalam Shibani, Coventry University, UK
- Dr. Sarbjit Singh, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
- Dr. Shahryar Sorooshian, University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
- Dr. Jayakanth Srinivasan, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Dr. Gopalan Srinivasan, University of New Brunswick, Canada
- Dr. Zuraidah Sulaiman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor, Malaysia
- Dr. Balan Sundarakani, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE
- Dr. Murat Caner Testik, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- Dr. Theodore B. Trafalis, University of Oklahoma, USA
- Dr. Vladimir I. Tsurkov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Dr. Hui-Ming Wee, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
- Dr. Yong Yin, Yamagata University, Japan
- Dr. Norzaidahwati Zaidin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
- Dr. Suhaiza Hanim Zailani,University Malaya, Malaysia
- Dr. Linda L. Zhang, IESEG School of Management, Lille-Paris, France
- Dr. Suat Kasap, Industrial Engineering, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
- Dr. Mahdi Bastan, University of Eyvanekey, Garmsar, Iran
- Dr. Hamed Shakouri G., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Dr. Reza Ramazani K., Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Dr. Ahmad Taher Azar, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
Student Support Committee
- Kushtibh Kale, MSIE Student, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Website Coordinators
- Christian Forrest, Manager of Web Services, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
- Suvro Sudip, Undergraduate Student at Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Conference Secretariat
- Dr. Taufiqul Islam, Operations Manager, IEOM Society International