HMS 2012-ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

The International Conference on Harbor, Maritime & Multimodal Logistics Modelling and Simulation (HMS 2012)
(http://www.msc-les.org/conf/HMS2012)

Location
September 19-21, 2012
Wien, Austria, in cooperation with the I3M 2012 MultiConference.

Key Dates
Extended Abstracts, April 12th 2012
Acceptance Notification, May 12th 2012
Camera Ready Papers, June 12th 2012

ISI Indexing
The HMS proceedings are indexed by Thomson ISI.

Conference Aim
The HMS Conference concentrates on applications of simulation and computer technologies to logistics, supply chain management, multimodal transportation, maritime environment and industrial logistics. This event is the ideal framework for setting up European Community and International Projects and it could be used as a framework for hosting project review meeting and project exploitation. The audience includes both users, vendors and scientists operating in applying advanced techniques to industry, business and services. The International Program Committee will accept two types of camera-ready papers: extended paper (10 pages, 2 columns); regular paper (6 pages, 2 columns).
Please refer to the on line authors instruction section
(http://www.msc-les.org/Conf/hms2012/index_file/HMS2012_AuthorsInstructions.htm)

Conference Topics
Bulk Terminals, Container Terminals, C4I & Military Systems, Harbour Services, Industrial Facilities, Navigation Lines, Multimodal Transports, Oil Terminals, Passenger Terminals, Railways, Ro-Ro Terminals, Ships & Platforms, Supply-Chains, Warehouses, Automation, Concurrent Engineering, Electronic Data Interchange, Environment Management, Harbour Simulation, Industrial Engineering, Logistics & Manufacturing, Naval Architecture, Naval Training Systems, Total Quality Management, Resources Planning, Safety & Security in Maritime Environment, Vessel Traffic Systems, Urban Transportation.

Topics description at http://www.msc-les.org/Conf/hms2012/index_file/HMS2012_Tracks.htm

Contact and Information
For further Information please contact Marina Massei(massei@itim.unige.it)or hms@msc-les.org.