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Conference Committee<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Conference Leadership Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Honorary Conference Chair:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Prof. Saud Ghani, Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Organizing Committee<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    • Dr Khalifa Al Khalifa, local conference chair<\/li>\n
    • Dr Abdelmagid Hammuda, Local conference co-chair<\/li>\n
    • Dr Galal Abddella, LOC member<\/li>\n
    • Dr Mohamed Kharbeche, LOC member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Program Chair<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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      • Professor Don Reimer, Chief Operating Officer, IEOM Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        Competition Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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        • Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Chair: Dr.<\/li>\n
        • Graduate Student Paper Competition Chair: Dr.<\/li>\n
        • Doctoral Dissertation Competition Chair: Dr.<\/li>\n
        • Master\u2019s Thesis Competition Chair: Dr.<\/li>\n
        • Senior Design Project Competition Chair: Dr.<\/li>\n
        • Undergraduate Research Competition Chair: Dr.<\/li>\n
        • AI-ML Competition Chair: Dr.<\/li>\n
        • Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition Chair: Dr.<\/li>\n
        • Simulation Competition Chair: Dr<\/li>\n
        • High School STEM Competition Chair: Prof. Don Reimer, IEOM Society<\/li>\n
        • Lean Six Sigma Competition Chair: Dr.<\/li>\n
        • Supply Chain and Logistics Competition Chair: Dr.<\/li>\n
        • Global Design Competition Chair: Dr.<\/li>\n
        • Poster Competition Chair: Dr<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          Program Committee<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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          • \u00a0Laoucine Kerbache, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            Track Chairs<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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            1. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science: Dr.<\/li>\n
            2. Automation, Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Dr.<\/li>\n
            3. Business Management and Operations Management: Dr.<\/li>\n
            4. Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0 and IoT: Dr.<\/li>\n
            5. Engineering Education and Curriculum Improvement: Dr.<\/li>\n
            6. Engineering Management and Project Management: Dr.<\/li>\n
            7. Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Dr.<\/li>\n
            8. Facility Planning and Layout: Dr.<\/li>\n
            9. Human Factors, Ergonomics and Healthcare Systems: Dr.<\/li>\n
            10. Lean Six Sigma and Operations Excellence: Dr.<\/li>\n
            11. Manufacturing, Assembly and Design: Dr.<\/li>\n
            12. Quality, Reliability and Maintenance: Dr.<\/li>\n
            13. Simulation, Optimization and Productivity Improvement: Dr.<\/li>\n
            14. Supply Chain and Logistics: Dr.<\/li>\n
            15. Sustainability, Green Systems and Energy: Dr.<\/li>\n
            16. Case Studies and Best Practices: Dr.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              Technical Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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              • Dr Garza-Reyes Jose Arturo, The University of Derby, UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Conference Committee Conference Leadership Committee Honorary Conference Chair: Prof. Saud Ghani, Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar Organizing Committee Dr Khalifa Al Khalifa, local conference chair Dr Abdelmagid Hammuda, Local conference co-chair Dr Galal Abddella, LOC member Dr Mohamed Kharbeche, LOC member Program Chair Professor Don Reimer, Chief […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/qatar2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/qatar2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/qatar2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/qatar2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/qatar2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":128,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/qatar2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2259,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/qatar2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/2259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/qatar2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}