{"id":71,"date":"2017-01-16T01:49:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T01:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom2018\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2024-04-08T04:27:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T04:27:24","slug":"program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/southafrica2024\/program\/","title":{"rendered":"Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overall Conference Program<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Preliminary Program \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/www.ieomsociety.org\/documents\/program-2024southafrica.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pre-conference – April 22 (Online) – <\/strong><\/span>Student Competitions and online technical presentations<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • 08:45 – 09:00 Welcome by Ms Sibongile Thaba, University of Johannesburg<\/li>\n
  • 09:00 – 10:15 Online Competitions<\/li>\n
  • 10:15 – 10:45 COMFORT BREAK<\/li>\n
  • 10:45 – 13:00 Online Competitions<\/li>\n
  • 13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK<\/li>\n
  • 14:00 – 15:30 Online Competitions<\/li>\n
  • 09:00 – 11:15 Parallel session – IEOM student chapter session<\/li>\n
  • 12:00 – 14:30 STUDENT COLLOQUIUM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Day 1 \u2013 April 23 (Tuesday)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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    • 08:00 – 17:00 – Registration<\/li>\n
    • 08:30 – 08:45 WELCOME ADDRESS\n
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      • Prof Ahad Ali: Director IEOM Director<\/li>\n
      • Dr Anthea Amadi-Echendu: Conference chair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • 08:45 – 09:00 Welcome by Tshwane Executive Mayor of Tshwane – Mr Cilliers Brink<\/li>\n
      • 09:00 – 09:30 – OPENING ADDRESS – Prof Lenka Bula, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Africa<\/li>\n
      • 09:30 -10:00 – Keynote Speaker I: Dr. Menghestab Haile, World Food Programme Regional Director<\/li>\n
      • 10:00 – 10:30 – Keynote Speaker II – Prof. Rene Pellissier – Southern African Regional, Universities Association (SARUA), Activating mode 3 knowledge co-production<\/li>\n
      • 10:30 -11:00 – Refreshment Break<\/li>\n
      • 11:00 – 13:00 – Workshops<\/li>\n
      • 13:00 – 13:45 – LUNCH IN THE FOYER<\/li>\n
      • 13:45 – 15:00 – Technical Parallel Sessions<\/span><\/li>\n
      • 15:00 – 15:30 – BREAK FOR TEA<\/span><\/li>\n
      • 15:30 – 17:00 – Technical Parallel Sessions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        Day 2 \u2013 April 24 (Wednesday)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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        • 08:00 – 17:00 – Registration<\/li>\n
        • 08:30 – 08:45 – WELCOME + RECAP OF PREVIOUS DAY<\/li>\n
        • 08:45 – 09:15 – KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Ms. Portia Nkuna, Fazi Rail, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • 09:15 – 09:45 – KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Prof. Ahmed Mahmoud Deif, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA<\/li>\n
        • 09:45 -10:30 – Technical Parallel Sessions\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
        • 10:30 – 11:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK – IN THE FOYER<\/li>\n
        • 11:00 – 12:00 – Panels<\/li>\n
        • 11:15- 13:15 SAIIE special session<\/li>\n
        • 12:00 – 13:00 – Technical Parallel Sessions<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 13:00 – 13:45 – LUNCH IN THE FOYER<\/li>\n
        • 13:45 – 15:00 pm – Technical Parallel Sessions<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 15:00 – 15:30 pm – BREAK FOR TEA<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 15:30 – 17:00 pm – Technical Parallel Sessions<\/span><\/li>\n
        • 18:00 – NETWORKING, GALA DINNER AND AWARDS \u2013 Dress code: Office wear or Traditional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          Day 3 \u2013 April 24 (Thursday)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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          • 8:00 – 17:00 – Registration<\/li>\n
          • 08:30 – 08:50 – WELCOME + RECAP OF PREVIOUS DAY<\/li>\n
          • 08:50 – 09:20 – KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Prof. James J. Cochran, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA<\/li>\n
          • 9:20 – 9:50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. Ertunga C. Ozelkan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA<\/li>\n
          • 9:50 – 10:20 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. Thuli Khumalo, Executive Manager, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa<\/li>\n
          • 10:20 – 10:50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Mr. Talifhani Banks, Founder of Spaza Eats, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa<\/li>\n
          • 10:50 – 11:20 – REFRESHMENT BREAK IN THE FOYER<\/li>\n
          • 11:20 – 13:05 – Technical Parallel Sessions<\/li>\n
          • 13:05 – 13:45 – LUNCH AT RESTAURANT \u2013 Venue TBA<\/li>\n
          • 13:45 – 15:15 – Technical Parallel Sessions<\/li>\n
          • 15:15 \u2013 15:30 – REFRESHMENT BREAK IN THE FOYER<\/li>\n
          • 15:30 – 17:00 – Technical Parallel Sessions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Overall Conference Program Preliminary Program \u2013\u00a0http:\/\/www.ieomsociety.org\/documents\/program-2024southafrica.pdf Pre-conference – April 22 (Online) – Student Competitions and online technical presentations 08:45 – 09:00 Welcome by Ms Sibongile Thaba, University of Johannesburg 09:00 – 10:15 Online Competitions 10:15 – 10:45 COMFORT BREAK 10:45 – 13:00 Online Competitions 13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK 14:00 – 15:30 Online Competitions 09:00 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/southafrica2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/southafrica2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/southafrica2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/southafrica2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/southafrica2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/southafrica2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2264,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/southafrica2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/southafrica2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}