Overall Conference Program

Registration: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=C1f6EXs

8:00 -9:30 am – Plenary, WIIA Panel and Parallel Sessions
10:00 – 10:20 am – Welcome Address: Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
10:20 – 11:00 am – Keynote Speaker I: Dr. Satish Bukkapatnam, Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Rockwell International Professor, College of Engineering and Director, TEES Institute for Manufacturing Systems, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
11:00 – 11:40 am – Keynote Speaker II: Dr. Vivek Anand, Vice President & Head of Technology, Deloitte Consulting, Houston, TX, USA
11:40 – 12:20 pm –Keynote Speaker III: Mark A. Bolen, VP of Quality, Engineering & Fleet, Cintas Corporation, Lebanon, Ohio, United States
12:20 – 1:00 pm – Keynote Speaker IV:
1:00 – 2:00 pm – Buffet Lunch
2:00 – 3:45 pm – Panel, Global Engineering Education and Technical Parallel Session
4:00 – 5:45 pm – Panel, Global Engineering Education and Technical Parallel Session

8:00 -9:30 am – Plenary II, GBME and Parallel Sessions
10:00 – 10:20 am – Conference Chair Remarks
10:20 – 11:00 am – Keynote Speaker V: Dr. Gino Lim, R. Larry and Gerlene (Gerri) R. Snider Endowed Chair and Professor & Chair, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Houston – University Park, Houston, Texas, USA
11:00 – 11:40 am – Keynote Speaker VI: José Rivera, Chief Admin Quality Officer, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
11:40 – 12:20 pm – Keynote Speaker VII: Dr. Robert Swearingen, Head of Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Management, Siemens GCI, Texas, USA
12:20 – 1:00 pm – Keynote Speaker VIII: Dr. Luis Rabelo, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
1:00 – 2:00 pm – Buffet Lunch
2:00 – 3:45 pm – Panel, Industry Solutions and Technical Parallel Sessions
4:00 – 5:45 pm – Panel, Industry Solutions and Technical Parallel Sessions

8:00 -9:30 am – Plenary III and Parallel Sessions
10:00 – 10:20 am – Conference Chair Remarks
10:20 – 11:00 am – Keynote Speaker IX: Dr. Magdy Akladios, Department Chair of Physical and Applied Sciences and Professor of Occupational Safety and Health with specializations in industrial hygiene or safety, College of Science and Engineering, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Texas, USA
11:00 – 11:40 am – Keynote Speaker X: Suresh Vaidyanathan, Chief Engineer & General Manager, Refining Business Improvement, Phillips 66, Westchase, Houston, Texas
11:40 – 12:20 pm –Keynote Speaker XI: Mr. Bruce Webb, Chief Pilot, Director of Aviation Education and Community Outreach, Airbus Helicopters, Inc., Prairie, Texas, USA
12:20 – 1:00 pm – Keynote Speaker XII: Paul Perkins, President, Amatrol, Inc., Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA
1:00 – 2:00 pm – Buffet Lunch
2:00 – 3:45 pm – Panel, GSCM and Technical Parallel Sessions
4:00 – 5:45 pm – Panel, GSCM and Technical Parallel Session
7:00 – 10:00 pm – Conference Awards Ceremony

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