POM 2015 - Twenty Sixth Annual Conference, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
May 8 – May 11, 2015
Production and Operations Management Society
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Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA
http://www.thewashingtonhilton.com/ Phone: 202-483-3000
Theme: RELEVANCE
Expanding POM research, teaching, and practice
to help organizations, society, economies, and the environment
About the Conference
Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) is an international professional
organization representing the interests of POM professionals from around the world. The
purposes of the Society are:
• to extend and integrate knowledge that contributes to the improved understanding and
practice of production and operations management (POM);
• to disseminate information on POM to managers, scientists, educators, students, public
and private organizations, national and local governments, and the general public; and
• to promote the improvement of POM and its teaching in public and private
manufacturing and service organizations throughout the world
The society’s web page may be found at: http://www.poms.org/
This conference brings together faculty and graduate students in POM along with industry
personnel to share academic research through paper presentations, tutorials and panel
discussions. Invited industry leaders will also share their insights on the relevance and
application of POM research to practice through plenary sessions.
About our Venue in Washington DC
Our conference hotel is the Washington Hilton, located near many historic sites, museums and
other points of interest in Washington DC, U.S.A. The hotel is ideally situated with sweeping
skyline views of the city and with easy access to landmarks such as the White House, Capitol,
National Mall, Smithsonian Institution, National Zoo, and many other sites of interest.
Who May Participate
Researchers working in the area of operations management (OM) from academia, government,
industry and research establishments as well as students are invited to submit papers, proposals
for symposia, tutorials, and/or workshops on current topics in OM
Conference Chairs
General Co-Chair: Kasra Ferdows (Georgetown University), [email protected]
General Co-Chair: J. George Shanthikumar (Purdue University), [email protected]
Program Co-Chair: Qi Annabelle Feng (Purdue University), [email protected]
Program Co-Chair: Glen Schmidt (University of Utah), [email protected]
Contact Information
For any questions, please contact one of the program Co-chairs or Sushil Gupta, POMS
Executive Director at [email protected]
The conference website will be available to submit abstracts on November 1, 2014.