Organizing Committee

Conference Honorary Chairmen:

Dr. Alok K. Verma,
Professor,
Old Dominion University,
President of the International Society of Agile Manufacturing

Dr. Hans Andersin,
Professor,
Helsinki University of Technology,
Past President of the ISAM,
Chief Editor IJAM

••Dr. Suren Dwivedi,
P.E.
Past President ISAM,
Chief Editor IJAMS

Conference General Chairman :

DR. PAVEL G. IKONOMOV,
Asst. Professor
IME Dept., E221
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Parkview Campus
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5336
Tel: (269)-276-3284
Fax: (269)-276-3353
Email: ICAM2008@gmail.com or Pavel.Ikonomov@wmich.edu

Industry Program Chairs :

Dr. Alamgir Choudhury,
Associate Professor
F-222 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3357
alamgir.choudhury@wmich.edu

Dr. Sam Ramrattan,
Professor
F-218 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3373
sam.ramrattan@wmich.edu

Fred Sitkins,
Professor
F-231 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3375
fred.sitkins@wmich.edu

Academic Program Chairs:

Dr. Jorge Rodriguez,
Associate Professor
E-224 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3374
jorge.rodriguez@wmich.edu

Dr. Mitchel Keil,
Associate Professor
F-221 Parkview Campus
(269) 276-3365
mitchel.keil@wmich.edu

Organizing Committee ICAM-2008

Dr. Tim Green- Dean CEAS	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Pavel Ikonomov- General Chair	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Hans Andersin	International Society of Agile Manufacturing
Dr. Suren Dwivedi	International Society of Agile Manufacturing
Dr. Paul Engelmann - Chair IME	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Alamgir Choudhury	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Jorge Rodriguez	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Sam Ramrattan	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Mitchel Keil	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Svetan Ratchev	Nothingham University, UK
Fred Sitkins	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Merwan Mehta	East Carolina University, NC
Tom Shwartz	WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Takeshi Fukuda	TMIT, Japan
Dr. Dimiter Georgiev, VP President	Technical University, Varna, Bulgaria

International Scientific Committee:

1	Dr Weiming Shen		University of Western Ontario	Canada
2	Dr Jens O. Riis	Industrial Management Systems	Aalborg University	Denmark
3	Casper Lassenius	Software Business and Engineering	Helsinki University of Technology	Finland
4	Eero Eloranta	Industrial Engineering and Management	Helsinki University of Technology	Finland
5	Pekka Abrahamsson	Senior Scientist	VTT Electronics	Finland
6	Harri Haapasalo	Learning and Research Services	University of Oulu	Finland
7	Reijo Sulonen	Software Business and Engineering	Helsinki University of Technology	Finland
8	Jukka Tuomi	Research Director	Helsinki University of Technology	Finland
9	Dr. Hans Andersin	President of International Society of Agile Manufacturing	Helsinki University of Technology	Finland
10	Emmanuel Caillaud		IPST/Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg	France
11	Alexandre Dolgui	Division ”Industrial Engineering and Computer Sciences	Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne	France
12	Mickael Gardoni	INPG - ENSGI	Laboratoire GILCO,Grenoble	France
13	Christine Nitsche		Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA	Germany
14	Dr Wilfried. Sihn		Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung (IPA) Stuttgart	Germany
15	Walter Chung, Professor		Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong
16	Dr. István Mezgár	CIM Research Laboratory, Computer and Automation Research Institute	Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Hungary
17	Dr. Hans Raj	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Dayalbaugh Educational Institute	India
18	Dr.M.P. Chowdiah	Center for Agile Manufacturing Research	University of Bangalore	India
19	Dr. Amaresh Chakrabarti	Center for Product Design and Manufacturing	Indian Institute of Science, Banglore	India
20	Dr. Anindya Deb	Center for Product Design and Manufacturing	Indian Institute of Science, Banglore	India
21	Kenneth (Kenny) Preiss	Technology & Global Competitiveness	Ben Gurion University of the Negev	Israel
22	Dr Michele Germani		Università Politecnica delle Marche	Italy
23	Shuichi Fukuda		Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology	Japan
24	Ali Allahverdi	Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering	Kuwait University	Kuwait
25	Corinna Engelhardt	Univ. Prof. Dr. mont. Corinna Engelhardt-Nowitzki	Lehrstuhl für Industrielogistik	Leoben
26	Bjorn Moseng	Production Engineering	SINTEF Industrial Management	Norway
27	Dr Heidi Dreyer		SINTEF	Norway
28	Asbjorn Rolstadas	Department of Production and Quality Engineering	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Norway
29	Ricardo Goncalves	UNINOVA	Campus da FCT/UNL, Caparica	Portugal
30	Dr. Jerry Fuh Ying Hsi	Department of Mechanical Engineering	National University of Singapore	Singapore
31	Ann Kjellberg		Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)	Sweden
32	Torsten Kjellberg		Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)	Sweden
33	Bengt Lindberg	Institute of Industrial Production	Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)	Sweden
34	Gunnar Sohlenius		Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)	Sweden
35	Robert W. Grubbström	Department of Production Economics	Linköping Institute of Technology	Sweden
36	Dr. Turkay Dereli	Associate Professor	Dept. of Industrial Engineering	Turkey
37	Dr Adil Baykasoglu	Dept. of Industrial Engineering	University of Gaziantep	Turkey
38	Dr Gulcin Buyukozkan		Galatasaray University	Turkey
39	John Griffiths	Senior lecturer in Supply Chain Management	University of Central England	UK
40	Dr Mohamed M. Naim	Cardiff Business School	Cardiff University	UK
41	Dr Sameh Saad		Sheffield Hallam University	UK
42	Dr Remko van Hoek	Visiting Professor	Cranfield School of Management	UK
43	Dr. Subra Arunachalam	School of Computing and Technology	University of East London	UK
44	Dr Emin Aydin		London South Bank University	UK
45	Kai Cheng	Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Group	Leeds Metropolitan University	UK
46	Dr Remko van Hoek		Cranfield School of Management	UK
47	Dr. Ahmed Al-Ashaab	Manufacturing and System Engineering Department	Wolverhampton University, Telford Campus	UK
48	Dr S.C. Lenny Koh	MBA in EcoBusiness	University of Sheffield	UK
49	Dr. Alistair Cockburn		Humans and Technology, Salt Lake City	USA
50	Dr Shreyes N. Melkote		Georgia Institute of Technology	USA
51	Farrokh Mistree		Georgia Institute of Technology	USA
52	Dr Richard Turner		George Washington University in Washington	USA
53	Dr. Suren Dwivedi	Past President of ISAM, Chair Professor of Manufacturing	Lousiana State University	USA
54	Earll M. Murman	Dept. of Aeronautic and Astronautics,	MIT	USA
55	Dr. Venkata Allada	Enginnering Management & Systems	University of Missouri-Rolla	USA
56	Steve Brown	Professor of Life Cycl Logistics Management	Defense Acquisition University	USA
57	Dr. Bohdan W. Oppenheim	Professor of Mechanical Engineering	Loyola Marymount University	USA
58	Dr. Han P. Bao	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Old Dominion University, Norfolk	USA
59	Dr. Oktay Baysal	Dean- Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology	Old Dominion University, Norfolk	USA
60	Dr. Anthony Dean	Mechanical Engineering Technology Department	Old Dominion University, Norfolk	USA
61	Dr. Cheng Lin	Mechanical Engineering Technology Department	Old Dominion University, Norfolk	USA
62	Angappa Gunasekaran	Charlton College of Business	University of Massachusetts	USA
63	John H. Kleinsmith	MPS	Cornell University	USA
64	Alan MacCormack	Business Administration	Harvard Business School	USA
65	Dr. Jerry D. Parish	College of Business & Technology	Texas A&M University-Commerce	USA
66	Jahangir S. Rastegar	Mechanical Engineering Department	State University of New York at Stony Brook	USA
67	Dr. Alok K. Verma	Engineering Technology Department	Old Dominion University	USA
68	Dr Muammer Koc		University of Michigan	USA
69	Dr. Raju Dandu	Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering Technology	College of Technology and Innovation	USA
70	Dr. Abella Robert		University of Toledo	USA
71	Dr Greg Butler	School of Business Administration	Fort Lewis College	USA

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