Keynote Speakers

The following professors already confirmed to be a part of the ICIEOM-CIO-IIE Conference 2015

 Prof. Jan Godsell (University of Warwick)

“Can OM Scholars Have It All?: The way ahead for scholarship in OM”

Professor Godsell's career has been split between both industry and academia, and she is currently a Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy at WMG. She has worked for ICI/Zeneca Pharmaceuticals and Dyson, reaching the senior management level in both Supply Chain and Operations Management functions. She is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the IMechE. She is on the board and scientific committee of EurOMA (European Operations Management Association), the cabinet of the UK roundtable of CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) and the manufacturing steering committee of the IMechE. She is on the editorial board of 3 journals, including the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, and she is an advocate for improving the uptake of STEM subjects by school children.

 Prof. Rui Sousa (Catholic University of Portugal)

“Operations Management in the Digital Economy”

Rui Sousa holds a PhD from London Business School and is Professor of Operations Management at the Catholic University of Portugal, School of Economics and Management (Porto). His research has won several accolades and has been published in leading international journals, including the Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Decision Sciences, International Journal of Operations & Production Management and the Journal of Service Research. Rui serves on a number of Editorial Review Boards (e.g., JOM, IJOPM) and is member of the Scientific Council of Social Sciences of the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal). In the School of Economics and Management, he is President of the Scientific Council, Director of the MSc in Service Management and Director of the Service Management Lab (SLab). He has taught at the London Business School, London School of Economics, the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM, Brussels) and several Portuguese business schools. His present research interests include service operations, digital economy and operations strategy.

Meet the Editors

Ron Askin

Ronald G. Askin is Professor and Director of the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. He received a BS in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University, and an MS in Operations Research and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Askin is a member of INFORMS, SME, ASEE and a Fellow of the IIE. He was General Chair of the 2012 INFORMS Annual Meeting and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of IIE Transactions. Dr. Askin has served as the Chair of the IIE Council of Fellows, Chair of the Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads and Chair of the INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society. He has authored over 120 publications on the application of operations research and statistical methods to the design and analysis of integrated production control systems. His awards include an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research, the Eugene L. Grant Award from The Engineering Economist, the IIE Transactions on Design and Manufacturing Best Paper Award (twice) and the IIE Transactions Development and Applications Award. He is also a two-time recipient of the IIE Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award.

Alexandre Dolgui

Alexandre Dolgui is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Production Research –IJPR (Taylor & Francis). Professor of the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, received the distinction of Full Professor of Exceptional Class.  Member of diverse professional associations like IIE, IFPR and AIM, Dolgui is Deputy Director of CNRS Laboratory LIMOS – UMR 6158 and of the Henry Fayol Institute, where is the Head of the MSc and PhD programs since 2011. Former Editor of IEEE Transactions (2005-2008), IJSS (2006-2009) and Omega (2010-2013). Member of Editorial Board of 18 international journals (e.g. IJPE, IJMTM and others).

 Meet the Industry Professionals

João Gunter Amaral