The 2019 IEOM North American Toronto Conference

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

WISE Executive Director, Professor Jatin Nathwani delivered the opening keynote on October 23.

Program:

October 22, 2019 (Tuesday)

13:00 – 20:00 Registration
20:00 – 22:00 IEOM Meetings


October 23, 2013 (Wednesday)

07:00 – 17:00 Registration
09:30 – 9:40Welcome Address

09:40 – 10:20Opening Keynote I:

Dr. Jatin Nathwani,Professor and Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy, Executive Director, ݮƵ Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE), Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Environment, Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA),University of ݮƵ, ݮƵ, Ontario, Canada

10:20 – 11:00Opening Keynote II:

Shalabh Bakshi,Director, Digital Enterprise and MindSphere, Digital Factory Division,Siemens Canada Limited, Oakville, Ontario, Canada

“Digital Enterprise “Industry 4.0” and Mindsphere “Open Cloud based IoT Operating system”

11:00 – 11:30 Networking Break at Exhibition Hall

11:30 – 12:00Tuesday Keynote III:

Ahmad K. Elshennawy, Ph.D.,Professor,Executive Director of The UCF Quality Institute,Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems,University of Central Florida(UCF),Orlando, Florida, USA

12:00 – 12:30Tuesday Keynote IV:

Jeffrey Jones, Plant Manager, Etobicoke Casting Plant, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ontario, Canada

12:30 – 1:00Tuesday Keynote V

13:00 – 14:30Buffet Lunch


13:30 – 14:00WednesdayLunchKeynote:

Dr. Gursel Suer,Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering,Ohio University,Athens, Ohio, USA

14:30 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions
16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 18:00 Parallel Sessions
18:00 – 20:00Poster SessionandStudent Chapter Mixer


October 24, 2019 (Thursday)

07:00 – 17:00 Registration
08:00 – 09:30 Parallel Sessions

09:40 – 10:20ThursdayMorning Keynote I:

Dr. Andrew K.S. Jardine,Professor Emeritus, Industrial Engineering, Department of Mechanical and industrial Engineering, Founding Director of the Centre for Maintenance Optimization & Reliability Engineering (C-MORE),University of Toronto, Canada

10:20 – 11:00ThursdayMorning Keynote II:

Peter Merrill,President,Quest Management Inc.,Canada

Knowledge and Skills for Industry 4.0

11:00 – 11:30 Networking Break at Exhibition Hall
11:30 – 13:00 Parallel Sessions

13:00 – 14:30Lunch Buffet


13:30 – 14:00ThursdayLunch Keynote:

Eric Ayanegui,CPMM, CRL, Director Operations Engineering, Cintas Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA

14:30 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions
16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 18:00 Parallel Sessions

18:00 – 22:00Tours


October 25, 2019 (Friday)

07:00 – 17:00 Registration
08:00 – 18:00
08:00 – 09:30 Parallel Sessions

09:40 – 10:20Friday Morning Keynote I:

Todd Deaville, Director of Engineering and R&D, Magna International Inc., Toronto, Canada

10:20 – 11:00:FridayMorning Keynote II:

Dr. Samir Elhedhli,Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Engineering,University of ݮƵ, ݮƵ, Ontario, Canada

11:00 – 11:30 Networking Break at Exhibition Hall
8:00– 11:30High School and Middle School STEM Poster Competition


11:30 – 12:00:FridayMorning Keynote III:

Dr. Birsen Donmez, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Human Factors and Transportation, University of Toronto, Canada

12:00 – 12:30:FridayMorning Keynote IV

12:30 – 13:00:FridayMorning Keynote V

13:00 – 14:30Lunch Buffet


13:40 – 14:00FridayLunch Keynote:

Mr. Lee Childers, Chief Executive Officer, Tooling Tech Group, Macomb, Michigan, USA

14:30 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions
16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 18:00 Parallel Sessions

19:00 – 22:00 CONFERENCE AWARD DINNER


Awards Keynote


Other Activities

  • DedicatedIEOM Global Engineering EducationSessions
  • DedicatedIEOM Industry SolutionsSessions
  • DedicatedIEOM Women in Industry and Academia (WIIA)Sessions
  • Poster Sessions
  • Undergraduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by SIEMENS
  • Graduate/Postgraduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by EATON Corporation
  • Capstone Senior Design Project Poster Competition
  • Undergraduate STEM ResearchCompetition
  • Doctoral Dissertation Competition
  • Masters Thesis Competition
  • Simulation and PLM Competition
  • High School and Middle School STEM Project Competition
  • Exhibitors and Sponsors Opportunities