Conference Committee
Conference Chairs
- Dr Abdelaziz Berrado, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, École Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs (EMI), Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco, berrado@emi.ac.ma
- Dr Omar SOUISSI, Professor, The National Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, Rabat, Morocco and AI Technologies Evangelist & IWSIF Founder, souissi@inpt.ac.ma
- Dr Zoubida Chorfi, Industrial Engineering Department, Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs, Rabat, Morocco, zd.chorfi@gmail.com
- Dr Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence Technological University, USA
Program Chairs
- Prof Don Reimer, Chief Operating Officer, IEOM Society International
- Dr Ilham Kissani, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI)
Organizing Committee
- Dr Yassine ERRAOUI, EMI, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr Fadoua OUDOUAR, EMI, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr Driss ALLAKI, INPT, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr Amine BAINA, INPT, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr Hicham BENSAID, INPT, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr Ikram EL ASRI, INPT, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr Mostafa BELLAFKIH, INPT, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr Mostafa BELMEKKI, INPT, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr Iyad LAHSEN-CHERIF, INPT, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr Laila Elabbadi, ENSA, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
- Dr Anass Cherrafi, EST, Cadi Ayyad University, SAFI, Morocco
- Dr Amine Amar, AUI, AlAkhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
- Dr Sanae Kouismi, AUI, AlAkhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
- Dr Jabir Arif, EST, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
- Dr Ahmed Aboutajeddine, FST, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
Competition Chairs
Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Chair
- Dr Yassin Erraoui, EMI
Graduate Student Paper Competition Chair
- Dr Omar Souissi, INPT
Doctoral Dissertation Competition Chair
- Dr Abdelaziz Berrado, EMI
Master Thesis Competition Chair
- Dr Mostafa BELLAFKIH, INPT
Senior Design Capstone Project / FYP Presentation Competition Chair
- Dr Amine Amar, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI)
Undergraduate Research Competition Chair
- Dr Ilham Kissani, AUI
High School STEM Competition Chair
- Prof Don Reimer, LTU
Supply Chain and Logistics Competition Chair
- Dr Sanae Kouismi, AUI
Lean Six Sigma Competition Chair
- Dr Omar Souissi, INPT
Simulation Competition Chair
- Dr Zoubida Chorfi, EMI
AI-ML Competition Chair
- Dr Fadoua Oudouar, EMI
Global Design Competition Chair
- Dr. Yassin Erraoui, EMI
Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition Chair
- Dr Zoubida Chorfi, EMI
IEOM African Country Representatives
| SL. | Country | Name | University |
| 1 | Algeria | Hitham Ali Yami | University of Sfax |
| 2 | Angola | N. Armando | Universidade Kimpa Vita |
| 3 | Benin | Osatohanmwen Enehizena | University of Benin |
| 4 | Botswana | Michael Mutingi | University of Botswana |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | M.T. Dandjinou | Nazi BONI University/LAMDI, Bobo-Dioulasso |
| 6 | Burundi | Mikerego Emmanuel and Jeremie Ndikumagenge | University of Burundi |
| 7 | Cameroon | Jean-Claude Mbianda | University of Yaoundé I |
| 8 | Cape Verde | Sónia Semedo | University of Cape Verde |
| 9 | Central African Republic | F.A. Muvundja | Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB) |
| 10 | Chad | J. Mbainaibeye | Université de DOBA |
| 11 | Comoros | Said Soudjay | University of Comoros, Moroni |
| 12 | Congo | Clarimon Georges Kiakondo | Faculté des sciences et technologies, Brazzaville |
| 13 | Côte d’Ivoire | M.M. Wielfrid | Institut National Polytechnique Felix Houphouët-Boigny (INPHB), Yamoussoukro |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | G.-N.T. Longandjo | Université Nouveaux Horizons, Lubumbashi |
| 15 | Djibouti | Abdoulkader Ibrahim Idriss | University of Djibouti |
| 16 | Egypt | Noha Mostafa | The British Univeristy of Egypt |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | G.A. Mboro Nchama | Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial (UNGE), Malabo |
| 18 | Eritrea | R. Kumar | Eritrea Institute of Technology, Asmara |
| 19 | Eswatini | Sandile Motsa | University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni |
| 20 | Ethiopia | Befekadu Zeleke | Bahir Dar Textile Share Company |
| 21 | Gabon | Jean Brice MANDATSY Moungomo | Ecole Normale Supérieure de l’Enseignement Technique (ENSET) |
| 22 | Gambia | M. Minteh | Ministry of Agriculture, Gambia |
| 23 | Ghana | Kwame Osei | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| 24 | Guinea | Sekou Traore | Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | Amará Jaurá | CENFI Centro de Formaçao Industrial |
| 26 | Kenya | Joseph Onyango | Kenyatta University |
| 27 | Lesotho | Khobatha Setetemela | National University of Lesotho, Roma |
| 28 | Liberia | G. Nallo | University of Liberia Pacific, Monrovia |
| 29 | Libya | Omar Elmabrouk | Benghazi University |
| 30 | Madagascar | Marni Lafleur | University of Madagascar |
| 31 | Malawi | C. Mikeka | University of Malawi (UNIMA), Zomba |
| 32 | Mali | C.O. Bagayoko | USTTB, Bamako |
| 33 | Mauritania | A.M. Idriss | Al Aassriya Nouakchott University, Nouakchott |
| 34 | Mauritius | Devkumar Callychurn | University of Mauritius |
| 35 | Mayotte | Thibaut L’Honoré | Université de Mayotte |
| 36 | Morocco | Abdelaziz Berrado | The Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs, Mohammed V University |
| 37 | Mozambique | Carlos Manuel | Eduardo Mondlane University |
| 38 | Namibia | Michael Mutingi | Namibia University of Science and Technology |
| 39 | Niger | N.D. Lamso | Université de Abdou Moumouni, Niamey |
| 40 | Nigeria | Paul Amaechi Ozor | University of Nigeria, Nsukka |
| 41 | Reunion | Eric Fock | University of Reunion |
| 42 | Rwanda | Shyaka Gilbert | University of Rwanda |
| 43 | São Tomé and Príncipe |
Eurídice Helga Aguiar |
Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe |
| 44 | Senegal | Mamadou Diouf | Université Cheikh Anta Diop |
| 45 | Seychelles | Paul Kang’Ethe | University of Seychelles |
| 46 | Sierra Leone | H. Wurie | University of Sierra Leone, Freetown |
| 47 | Somalia | Eng. Abdirahman Ismail Dhaqane | Mogadishu University |
| 48 | South Africa | Henry Ncube | University of Johannesburg |
| 49 | South Sudan | F.N. Osman | University of Medical Sciences and Technology, South Sudan |
| 50 | Sudan | Ahmed Hassan | Sudan University of Science and Technology |
| 51 | Tanzania | Elisha Kibona | University of Dar es Salaam |
| 52 | Togo | Komi Mawuli | University of Lomé |
| 53 | Tunisia | Salah BENABDALLAH | University of Tunisia |
| 54 | Uganda | Sam Kabugo | Makerere University |
| 55 | Zambia | Bupe Getrude Mwanza | University of Zambia |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | Loice K. Gudukeya | University of Zimbabwe |
Program Committee
- Dr Nadia Hamani, Picardie Jules Verne University, Amiens, France
- Dr Imane Bouhaddou, ENSAM, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco
- Dr Zakaria Yahia, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME), Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Alexandria, Egypt
- Dr Anup Pradhan, Associate Professor at University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dr Youssef Zaz, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco
- Dr Joshua Ofori-Amanfo, Department of Operations & Management Information Systems, University of Ghana Business School, Accra – Ghana
- Dr Sebonkile Cynthia Thaba, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dr Bupe Getrude Mwanza, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
- Dr Tawanda Mushiri, University of Zimbabwe
- Dr Noha Mostafa, The British University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
- Dr Mohamed Grida, Zagazig University, Egypt
- Dr Said Elfezazi, Caddi Ayyad University, Morocco
- Dr Abdelkabir Charkaoui, Hassan 1st University, Morocco
- Dr Jabil Arif, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco
- Dr Jamal Elbaz, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
- Dr. Ahmed Aboutajeddine, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fez, Fez, Morocco
- Dr Amine Belhadi, Higher School of Technology, Safi, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
- Dr Bouloiz Hafida, National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
- Dr Ilham Kissani, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
- Dr A.O. Adewumi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Dr Abderrahmane Mellak, University of Boumerdes, Algeria
- Dr Jaouad Boukachour, Université Le Havre, France
- Dr Jihong Yan, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
- Dr Michael Mutingi, University of Botswana, Botswana
- Dr Miguel Sanz Bobi, Comillas Pontifical University, Spain
- Dr Nejib Chouaibi, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, Tunisia
- Dr Salah BENABDALLAH, Eng., PhD., HDR, Tunis Business School, University of Tunis, Bir El Kassaa, TUNISIA
- Ms. Rocksana Ahmed, Associate Program Director, IEOM Society
Advisory Committee
- Dr Rosemary Seva, De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
- Dr Robert de Souza, The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific, Singapore
- Dr Olufemi Adetunji, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Dr Mukondeleli Grace Kanakana, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
- Dr Linda L. Zhang, IESEG School of Management, Lille-Paris, France
- Dr Li Zheng, Tsinghua University, China
- Dr Kannan Govindan, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Dr Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, University of Derby, UK
- Dr Jay Lee, University of Maryland, College Park
- Dr Budi Santosa, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
- Dr Ho Hwi Chie, Bina Nusantara University (Binus), Indonesia
- Dr Hamid Parsaei, Texas A&M University (College Station)
- Dr Hamid Seifoddini, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
- Dr Devdas Shetty, University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Dr Charles Mbohwa, University of South Africa
- Dr Abdul Hakim Halim, Industrial Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
- Dr Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Dr Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Dr Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick, Canada
- Dr Abu Masud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
- Dr Alfredo Soeiro, University of Porto, Portugal
- Dr Ali ElKamel, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Dr Arun Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Australia
- Dr Asela K. Kulatunga, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Dr Balan Sundarakani, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE
Technical Committee
- Dr Khadija Echefaj , Hassan First University of Settat, Morocco
- Dr Hala Hmamed, ENSAM, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco
- Dr A.M. Pendzhiev, Turkmen Polytechnical Institute, Kotovskogo, Turkmenistan
- Dr Agus Ulinuha, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia
- Dr Ali I. Al-Mosawi, Miskolic University, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Hungary
- Dr Chan Chee-Ming, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Dr Chen-Fu Chien, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Dr D.M. Mukhammadiev, Urazbayev Institute of Mechanics and Seismic Stability of Structures, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Dr Docki Saraswati, Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Dr Ferdous Sarwar, IPE, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Dr Fernando González Aleu, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
- Dr Funda Sivrikaya Şerifoğlu, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Dr Hannelie Nel, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dr Hassan Shiraz, HOD – Department of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Science and Technology, The Maldives National University (MNU), Male, Maldives
- Dr Hayatullah Mushwani, Lecturer at Kabul University (KU), Afghanistan
- Dr Henk Zijm, Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics, University of Twente, Netherlands
- Dr Hesham Ahmad Flaih Al Momani, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
- Dr Hiroyuki Goto, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
- Dr Ho Thanh Phong, International University – VNUHCM, Vietnam
- Dr Hsieh Cheng-Hsien, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore
- Dr Hui-Ming Wee, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
- Dr Ihfasuziella Ibrahim, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM)
- Dr Ilias Mamat, Quest International University Perak, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
- Dr Indra Gunawan, The University of Adelaide, Australia
- Dr Ir. T. Yuri M. Zagloel, Head of Industrial Engineering Department, University of Indonesia
- Dr Jafri Mohd Rohani, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Dr Jahara bint Ghani, UKM, Malaysia
- Dr James C. Chen, National Tsing-Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan
- Dr Jinwoo Park, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Dr Kondo H. Adjallah, Paul-Verlaine University, France
- Dr M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA
- Dr M. Shamsuzzaman, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
- Dr Ma. Janice J. Gumasing, Mapua University, Manila, Philippines
- Dr Magdy Helal, American University of the Middle East (AUM), Kuwait
- Dr Md. Abdus Samad Kamal, Gunma University, Japan
- Dr Mesbahuddin Chowdhury, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Dr Mohammad D. Al-Tahat, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
- Dr Moncer Abdelhamid Hariga, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Dr Nani Kurniati, Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
- Dr Omar Elmabrouk, Benghazi University, Libya
- Dr Peter Baonhe Sob, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa
- Dr Rumi Tobita, Ashikaga University, Tochigi, Japan
Student Volunteers
- Achchab Ihsane, INPT
- Amiri Karima, INPT
- Chbani Wissal, INPT
- Id Said Oubella Ijja, INPT
- Ihrouchen Zineb, INPT
- Jabri Maryam, INPT
- Malk Malak, INPT
- Rami Khalil, INPT
- Sait Yassine, INPT
- Serji Asmae, INPT
- Youssef Jouicha, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco (PhD Student)
- Mariama Maina Abari, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco (PhD Student)