Overall Conference Program

March 8, 2020 (Sunday)

8:00 am – 5:00 pm Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB) Certification Workshop

March 9, 2020 (Monday)

8:00 am – 5:00 pm Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB) Certification Workshop (Certification Exam – 5:00 – 7:00 pm)
13:00 – 20:00 Conference Registration

March 10, 2020 (Tuesday)

07:00 – 17:00 Registration
08:00 – 09:30 Parallel Sessions – Rooms 1-8
09:30 – 9:40 Welcome Address:
9:40 – 10:20 Opening Keynote I: Mr. Osman Sultan, CEO of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du), UAE – Ballroom
10:20 – 11:00 Opening Keynote II: Dr. Oliver Elbracht, Vice President Siemens / Managing Partner Siemens Consulting Middle East, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Ballroom

11:00 – 11:30 Networking Break at Exhibition Hall

11:30 – 12:10 Tuesday Keynote III: Dr. Rubén Elvira Herranz, Services Program Manager, Airbus Defence and Space, Military Aircraft, Madrid, Spain – Ballroom

12:10 – 12:50 Tuesday Keynote IV: Professor Ammar Kaka, Provost, Heriot-Watt University Dubai and Vice-Principal (Dubai), Heriot-Watt University, Dubai, UAE – Ballroom

13:00 – 14:30 Networking Buffet Lunch and IEOM Student Chapter Presentations – Ballroom

14:30 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions – Rooms 1-8
16:00 – 16:30 Networking Break
16:30 – 18:00 Parallel Sessions – Rooms 1-8
18:00 – 22:00 IEOM Global Council Meeting

March 11, 2020 (Wednesday)

07:00 – 17:00 Registration
08:00 – 09:30 Parallel Sessions – Rooms 1-8

09:40 – 10:20 Wednesday Morning Keynote I: Dr. Sharif Ullah, Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan – Ballroom

10:20 – 11:00 Wednesday Morning Keynote II: Dr. Ali Diabat, Global Network Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE – Ballroom

11:00 – 11:30 Networking Break at Exhibition Hall

11:30 – 12:10 Wednesday Keynote III: Dr. Nicklas Dahlstrom, Human Factors Manager, Emirates Airlines, Dubai, UAE – Ballroom

12:10 – 12:50 Wednesday Keynote IV: Dr. Mohammad T. Khasawneh, Professor & Chair, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA – Ballroom

13:00 – 14:30 Networking Lunch Buffet
13:40 – 14:00 Wednesday Lunch Keynote: Harry Kasuma (Kiwi) Aliwarga, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Owner, UMG Myanmar, Karet Kuningan Jakarta, Indonesia – Ballroom

14:30 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions – Rooms 1-8
16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 18:00 Parallel Sessions – Rooms 1-8
18:00 – 20:00 Poster Session, High School STEM Competition, Sr. Design Poster Competition and Faculty Position Networking Opportunities

March 12, 2020 (Thursday)

07:00 – 17:00 Registration
08:00 – 09:30 Parallel Sessions – Rooms 1-8

09:40 – 10:20 Thursday Morning Keynote I: Dr. Yousef Al-Assaf, President, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) – Dubai, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Ballroom

10:20 – 11:00: Thursday Morning Keynote II: Prof. Dr. Bhaskar Bhandarkar, Director General, Institution for Innovation, Industrial Engineering & Entrepreneurship, Principal Investigator IUSSTF India and Former Chairman of IIIE – Indian Institute of Industrial Engineers – Ballroom

11:00 – 11:30 Networking Break at Exhibition Hall

11:30 – 12:00 Kenote III: Dr. Sayyad Zahid Qamar, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoudh, Sultanate of OMAN – Ballroom

11:30 – 13:00 Parallel Sessions – Rooms 1-8

13:00 – 14:30 Networking Buffet Lunch and IEOM Student Chapter Presentations – Ballroom

14:30 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions – Rooms 1-8
16:00 – 16:30 Networking Break
16:30 – 18:00 Parallel Sessions – Rooms 1-8

19:00 – 22:00 CONFERENCE AWARD DINNER and Fellows Recognition – Ballroom

Awards Keynote – Professor Charles Mbohwa, Pro-Vice Chancellor Strategic Partnerships and Industrialisation, University of Zimbabwe, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe

Other Activities

IEOM Global Engineering Education
IEOM Industry 4.0 / Industry Solutions
Panel Sessions
Undergraduate and Graduate Poster Competitions
Undergraduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by SIEMENS
Graduate/Postgraduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by EATON Corporation
Capstone Senior Design Project Poster Competition
Undergraduate Research Presentation
Doctoral Dissertation Competition
Masters Thesis Competition
Simulation Case Study Competition
Supply Chain and Logistics Case Study Competitions
Lean Six Sigma Case Study Competition
High School STEM Project Presentation Competition
Exhibitors and Sponsors Opportunities

Program

March 8, 2020 (Sunday)

March 10, 2020 (Tuesday)

March 11, 2020 (Wednesday)

March 12, 2020 (Thursday)

Other Activities

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