We invite you to participate in the 2009 Annual International Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society. This year’s conference will be held on May 1-4 in Orlando, Florida at The Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa. The hotel is located in the Walt Disney World Resort directly across the street from Downtown Disney with easy access to all the Disney attractions.
Given the global reach of POMS members the theme of this year’s conference is Global Challenges and Opportunities. It is exciting how POMS has evolved into a global community of academics with a strong common interest in Operations and Supply Chain Management. The theme underscores that our purpose with the conference is to share ideas on how to address the challenges and opportunities presented by business today in a global setting. Our hope is that the 2009 conference will be a showcase of relevant research that addresses these challenges and opportunities in our production and operations management context.
We have organized the conference into 26 tracks and have over 50 track chairs who will work at developing the sessions for this year’s conference. We encourage you to participate in the conference by presenting a paper, organizing a session, or participating in activities such as the doctorial consortium, emerging general scholars program, workshops and other sponsored sessions.
All of the information needed to submit your contribution, register for the conference and secure hotel registration is contained on the conference website at: http://www.poms.org.
We encourage you to plan a fun trip to Disney, bring your families and friends and enjoy your time at this world class venue.
We look forward to seeing you in Orlando in May.
| F. Robert Jacobs | Kyle D. Cattani | James P. Gilbert |
| Indiana University | Indiana University | Rollins College |
| jacobs@indiana.edu | kcattani@indiana.edu | jgilbert@Rollins.edu |
Abstract Submission
The abstracts will be submitted online, starting November 1, 2008 at http://www.poms.org. The deadline for submissions of abstracts is January 15, 2009. Abstracts should be limited to 150 words. A registered author may not be allowed to present more than three papers due to scheduling conflicts. Acceptance of abstracts will be notified through e-mail by January 27, 2009