2009 IEEE/INFORMS International Conference on Service Operations, Logistics and Informatics

Sponsored by the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, INFORMS Service Science Section
http://liu.ece.uic.edu/SOLI09

July 22 - 24, 2009, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Chicago, IL, USA


Call for Contributed Papers and Special Sessions
The 2009 IEEE/INFORMS International Conference on Service Operations, Logistics and Informatics will be held in Chicago, July 22-24, 2009. This conference will provide a remarkable opportunity for the academic and industrial communities to address new challenges and share solutions, and discuss future research directions. It will feature plenary speeches, industrial panel sessions, lecture sessions, interactive sessions, and invited/special sessions. Papers related to services/logistics design, innovations, marketing, operations, and informatics are strongly encouraged. Technical topics of the conference include but are not limited to:

* Theory in Service Science, Boundaryless, Information Inflation, Mobile & Network Fusion
* Service Design, Engineering, Operations, and Innovations
* Logistics & Supply Chain Management
* Material Flow (MF) Science and Technology
* Service/Event Management & Manufacturing
* Information & Communications Technology and Systems (ICTS)
* Electronic Commerce & Knowledge Management

PAPER SUBMISSION
Manuscripts must be electronically submitted through the conference website http://liu.ece.uic.edu/SOLI09/. Submitted manuscripts should be at most six (6) pages in IEEE two-column format, including figures, tables, and references. Please use the LaTeX style file or Microsoft Word template available from the conference website to prepare your manuscript. All submissions MUST be in PDF format.

IMPORTANT DATES
Special session proposals deadline: February 1, 2009
Paper submission deadline: February 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2009
Camera-ready copy due: May 1, 2009