Committees

Committees

Conference Chair
Irenilza de Alencar Nääs, UNIP, Brazil

Vice-Chairs
Oduvaldo Vendrametto, UNIP, Brazil
Dimitris Kiritsis, EPFL, Switzerland
Gregor Von Cieminski, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Germany

International Scientific Committee 
Chairs:
Cecilia Villas Boas, UNIP, Brazil
Pedro Luiz de Oliveira Costa Neto, UNIP, Brazil

Committee members
A. Kusiak, University of Iowa Industrial Engineering, USA
Abdelaziz Bouras, Qatar University & Ministry of ICT, Qatar
Agostino Villa, Dept. di Sistemi di Produzione / Ed Economia dell’AZIENDA / Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Alberto Portioli Staudacher, Politecnico di Milano / Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Italy
Alexandre Dolgui, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France
Alfred Büchel, Switzerland,
Allan S. Carrie, University of Strathclyde / Centre for Strategic
Manufacturing / Dept. of Design, Manufacture / and Engineering
Management, UK
André Thomas, ENSTIB, France
Andrew Kusiak, University of Iowa, USA
Asbjörn Rolstadås, Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Department of Production and Quality Engineering, Norway
Ashok K. Kochhar, Aston Uniersity / School of Engineering and Applied Science, UK
Assistant Catherine Da Cunha, Ecole Centrale de Nantes Institut de
Recherche en Communications et en Cybernétique de Nantes, France
Assistant Dimitris Mourtzis, Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS) / University of Patras, Greece
Assistant Magali Bosch-Mauchand, Université de Technologie de Compiègne
Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering Laboratoire Roberval,
France
Assistant Thorsten Wuest, Department of Industrial and Management
Systems Engineering; / Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and
Mineral Resources; / West Virginia University, USA
Bernard Grabot, ENIT, Industrial Engineering, France
Bernd E. Hirsch, BIBA / University of Bremen, Germany,
Bernd Hamacher, University of Bremen, Germany
Bjørn Andersen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Production and Quality Engineering, Norway
Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Systems Integration Division / Engineering
Laboratory / National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Bruno Vallespir, IMS Laboratory / University of Bordeaux, France
Byoung-Kyu Choi, KAIST Faculty of Dept of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Korea
Catherine Da Cunha, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Industrial Engineering Dept France
Christopher Irgens, University of Strathclyde, UK
Christos Emmanouilidis, Computational Systems & Applications Dept. /
Cultural & Educational Technology Institute (CETI) / Athena
Research & Innovation Centre in Knowledge, Communic. &
Information Technologies, Greece
Dan L. Shunk, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering / Arizona State University, USA
David O’Sullivan, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
David Romero, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Advanced MFG Research Group / Center for Innovation in Design & Technologies, Mexico
Dimitris Mourtzis, University of Patras, Industrial Engineering Dept , Greece
Eero Eloranta, Dept. of Industrial Eng. and Mgt. / Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Eiji Arai, School of Engineering Osaka University, Japan
Emeritus Ioánnis A. Pappas, National Technical University of Athens / Department of Mechanical Engineering, Greece
Emeritus Peter Falster, Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science / Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Erlend Alfnes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Production and Quality Engineering, Norway
Erry Yulian Triblas Adesta, Kulliyyah Department of Engineering, Malaysia
Farhad Ameri, Texas State University / Department of Engineering Technology, USA
Frédéric Demoly, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, France
Frédérique Biennier, INSA de Lyon Department Informatique –IF LIESP Laboratory, France
Fredrik Persson, Ph.D., Department of Science and Technology / Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden
Gerhard Gudergan, FIR Research Institute for Operations Management / Aachen University of Technology, Germany
Gert Zülch, IFAB – Lehrstuhl und Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft und Betriebsorganisation / University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Gideon Halevi, Hal Tech LTD, Israel
Gilles Neubert, EMLYON Business School / Campus Saint-Etienne, France
Gregor von Cieminski, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Germany
Guang Xun Yang, Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering & Automation /
Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China
Gündüz Ulusoy, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences / Sabancı University, Turkey
Guy Doumeingts, BPM Expert ADELIOR France GFI Group, France
Hajime Mizuyama, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering /
College of Science and Engineering / Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Hans Wortmann, Groningen University / Dept of Economics & Business, The Netherlands
Hans-Henrik Hvolby, Centre for Logistics / Aalborg University, Denmark
Hans-Peter Wiendahl, Institute for Production Systems and Logistics / Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
Harinder Jagdev, Digital Enterprise Research Institute / National University of Ireland, Ireland
Heidi C. Dreyer, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Production and Quality Engineering, Norway
Henk-Jan Pels, Eindhoven University of Technology / Dept. Of Technology
Management / Section Information & Technology, The Netherlands
Hermann Lödding, Institute of Production Management & Technology Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
Hironori Hibino, Technical Research Institute, JSPMI, Japan
Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Emeritus University of Tokyo / President / National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Hyunbo Cho, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Korea
Ichiro Inoue, Kyoto Sangyo University / Faculty of Business Administration & Graduate School of Management, Japan
Ilias Tatsiopoulos, National Technical University of Athens / Dept of Mechanical Eng / Industrial Mgm. and O.R. Section, Greece
Ilkeyong Moon, Dept. of Industrial Engineering / Seoul National University, Korea
Ing. Kai Mertins, Knowledge Raven Management GmbH, Germany
Ing. Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Universität Bremen und Bremer Institut fuer Produktion und Logistik GmbH (BIBA), Germany
Ing. Volker Stich, FIR Research Institute for Operations Management / Aachen University of Technology, Germany
Irenilza de Alencar Naas, UNIP- Paulista University, Brazil
Iveta Zolotová, Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence /
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics / Technical University
of Košice, Slovakia
Jacques H. Trienekens, Department of Social Sciences, Management Studies Group / Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Jan Frick, Stavanger University, Norway
Jan Ola Strandhagen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Production and Quality Engineering, Norway
Jens O. Riis, Aalborg University / Centre for Industrial Production, Denmark
Jim Browne, CIM Research Unit University College, Ireland
Jinwoo Park, Department of Industrial Engineering / Seoul National University, Korea
Jinwoo Park, Seoul National University, Korea
John Johansen, Centre for Industrial Production / Aalborg University, Denmark
John P. Shewchuk, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University /
Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, USA
Kai Mertins, Knowledge Raven Management GmbH, Germany
Kari Tanskanen, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) / Dept of Industrial Management, Finland
Kathryn E. Stecke, University of Texas at Dallas / School of Management, USA
Kenn Steger-Jensen, Department of Production / Aalborg University, Denmark
Kepa Mendibil, Strathclyde Institute for Operations Management / DMEM / University of Strathclyde, UK
Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Universität Bremen, Industrial Engineering Dept , Germany
Krzysztof Santarek, Warsaw University of Technology / Institute for Organisation of Production Systems, Poland
Lenka Landryova, Technical University of Ostrava / Department of Control
Systems and Instrumentation / Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech
Republic
llkyeong Moon, Seoul National University, Industrial Engineering Dept, Korea
Luis Camarinha-Matos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa + Uninova, Portugal
Magali Bosch-Mauchand, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Industrial Engineering Dept France
Manuel Fradinho Duarte de Oliveira, , UK
Marco Garetti, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale / Department of
Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering / Politecnico Di
Milano, Italy
Marco Macchi, Politecnico di Milano / Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Italy
Marco Taisch, Politecnico di Milano / Dipartimento di Ingegneria
Gestionale / Department of Management, Economics and Industrial
Engineering, Italy
Mario Rapaccini, Florence University / Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Italy
Mario Tucci, Dipartimento di Energetica “Sergio Stecco” / Universitá degli Studi di Firence, Italy
Masaru Nakano, Ph.D., The Graduate School of System Design and Management / Keio University, Japan
Ming K Lim, Head of Centre for Supply Chain Improvement/ / of Supply
Chain and Logistics Operations / The University of Derby, UK
Norio Okino, Emeritus Hokkaido Univeristy / Emeritus Shiga Prefectural Univeristy, Japan,
Paolo Gaiardelli, Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering / University of Bergamo, Italy
Paul Schönsleben, ETH Zurich / Department of Management, Technology and
Economics MTEC / BWI Center for Industrial Management, Switzerland
Peter Falster, Technical University of Denmark, Industrial Engineering Dept, Denmark
Prof.dr.ir. J.E. Rooda, Systems Engineering / Department of Mechanical
Engineering / Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Professor. Adolfo Crespo Marquez, Department of Industrial Management / School of Engineering University of Seville, Spain
Ralph Riedel, TU Chemnitz / Department of Factory Planning and Factory Management, Germany
rer. pol. Jan-Peter Lechner, First Global Liaison / Munich Office, Germany
Ricardo José Rabelo, Federal University of Santa Catarina / Department of Automation and Systems Engineering, Brazil
Richard Lee Storch, University of Washington / Industrial Engineering, USA
Riitta Smeds, SimLab / Aalto University / School of Science / Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Finland
Robert W. Grubbström, Linköping Institute of Technology / Department of Production Economics, Sweden
Samuel Gomes, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, France
Sang Do Noh, Department of Systems Management Engineering, College of Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Korea
Sergio Cavalieri, Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering University of Bergamo, Italy
Sergio Terzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Shengchun Deng, Research Center of Intelligent Computing for Enterprises
and Services / School of Computer and Science / Harbin Institute of
Technology, China
Shigeki Umeda, Japan
Slavko Dolinšek, University of Ljubljana Institute for Innovation and Development, Slovenia
Stanislaw Strzelczak, Warsaw University of Technology / Faculty of Production Engineering, Poland
Stephen Childe, Plymouth Graduate School of Management & Plymouth
Business School (Faculty of Business) / University of Plymouth, UK
Susanne Altendorfer-Kaiser, Chair of Industrial Logistics Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria
Susumu Fujii / Emeritus, Kobe Univeristy, Japan
Thecle Alix, Département Gestion Logistique et transport / IUT Bordeaux Montesquieu, France
Thomas E. Ruppli, , Switzerland
Thomas R. Gulledge, Jr, George Mason University / Enterprise Engineering, MS 2E4, USA
Thomas R. Kurfess, Department of Mechanical Engineering / Carroll A.
Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center / International Center for
Automotive Research / Clemson University, USA
Tomasz Koch, Institute of Production Engineering and Automation / Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Toshiya Kaihara, Department of Computer and Systems Engineering / Kobe University, Japan
Umit S Bititci of Business Performance, School of Management and Languages Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Vidosav D. Majstorovich, University of Belgrade / Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering / Laboratory for Production Metrology and TQM, Serbia
Vijay Srinivasan, NIST, USA
Vittaldas V. Prabhu, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering / The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Domestic Committee
Members:
Biagio Giovanetti, UNIP, Brazil
José Vicente Caixeta Filho, ESALQ, USP
Osvaldo L.G. Quelhas, Fluminense Federal University, UFF
Jorge Muniz Jr., UNESP, Guaratinguetá
Feni Agostinho, UNIP, Brazil
Rodrigo Gonçalves, UNIP, Brazil
Benedito Sacomano, UNIP, Brazil
Luis Mauricio Resende, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná Campus Ponta Grossa
Ricardo J. Rabelo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

International Advisory Board 
Dimitris Kiritsis, EPFL, Switzerland
Vittal Prabhu, Penn State University, USA
Bernard Grabot, University of Toulouse, INP-ENIT, France