POMS College of Operational Excellence Mini-Conference 2026 – Full Agenda Now Available (Reno, May 7)
Announcement date: March 6, 2026
Don't forget to include the OPEX Mini-conference when you are registering for POMS.
POMS College of Operational Excellence Mini-Conference 2026
📍 Reno, Nevada 📅 Thursday, May 7, 2026. 📌 Room: TBD
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Registration and Coffee
10:00 AM – 10:10 AM Welcome and Introductions
10:10 AM – 11:00 AM Speaker: Subodha Kumar, President, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
Future Trends Related to Business Analytics and Disruptive Technologies for Operational Excellence and Related Domains
Best Paper Award Finalists
11:00 AM – 12:10 PM
Improving Inspection Resource Allocation to Control Organizational Misconduct - Finn Petersen & Rachna Shah
When Yes Is a No: Navigating the Façade of Conformity in Continuous Improvement - Vijaya Sunder M & Kevin Linderman
Modeling the Influence of Unpaid Effort in Delivery Agents' Choices in Last-Mile Platforms - Lina Wang, Stanley F Lim, PMP & Elliot Rabinovich
Subsidizing Social Welfare Programs: Contracted Slots or Vouchers?
Wei Wei, Priyank Arora & Senay Solak
12:10 PM – 12:30 PM Part I Concluding Remarks and Best Paper Award Winner Announcement
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM Lunch hosted by the College at The Shore Lakefront Dinning - https://shoreroom.com
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM Guided Tour – 🚗 National Automobile Museum
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Transfer Back to the Hotel (Bus)
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM POMS Shared College Reception
COE Officers
Giuliano Marodin, Xianghui (Richard) Peng, Anto John Verghese, Serena Finco, Matthias Thurer, Jurriaan de Jong
COE Advisors
Torbjørn Netland, Peter Ward, Rachna Shah, Morgan Swink, Tyson Browning
