HOCM Track at POMS 2027 Conference
📢 Call for Papers & Session Organizers | 2027 POMS Conference
Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management Track
Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) invites high-quality research submissions for presentation in the Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management (HOCM) track at the 37th POMS Annual Conference.
📅 April 22–26, 2027
đź“Ť Hyatt Regency Orlando, Florida
We welcome research on topics including, but not limited to:
- Disaster preparedness, response, relief, recovery, and mitigation
- Emergency and crisis management and current disaster challenges
- Vulnerability mapping, data sources, and information challenges
- Coordination, collaboration, and partnerships among humanitarian actors
- Humanitarian logistics, procurement, pre-positioning, and buyer–supplier relationships
- Sustainable humanitarian operations and climate change
- Rebuilding, restoration, and impacts on beneficiaries
- Bridging research and practice in humanitarian logistics
- Operational and methodological challenges, tools, policy issues, and country- or region-specific research
Analytical, simulation, empirical, and qualitative research methods are all welcome.
⌛ Abstract submission deadline: November 8, 2026
Submit your abstract to the HOCM track
We also welcome requests from colleagues interested in organizing sessions within the track. Submit a session-organizing request
For questions about the track, please contact the track chairs:
- Diana G. Ramirez-Rios, University at Buffalo; dgramire@buffalo.edu
- Andrew Arnette, Virginia Tech; aarnette@vt.edu
- Hossein Rikhtehgar Berenji, Pacific University; hossein@pacificu.edu
Please share this invitation with colleagues and students working in this field. We look forward to your submissions and to welcoming you to Orlando!
