Honorary Chair
Dr. Ahmed S. Yamani, Rector – Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Conference Chair
Dr. Abdulhakim A. Almajid, Dean, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University
Conference Co-Chairs
- Dr. Bandar A. Alkhayyal, Prince Sultan University
- Dr. Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University, USA
Organizing Committee
- Dr. Bandar A. Alkhayyal, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Chairman – Organizing Committee
- Dr. Abdulaziz T. Almaktoom, Operations and IM Department, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Ahmad Alkhaleefah, Dept. of Engineering Management, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Ammar Y. Alqahtani, Industrial Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Areej Malibari, Dean, College of Engineering, Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Hamad Al Jassmi, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
- Dr. Hemaid Alsulami, Saudi Society for Industrial & Systems Engineering, General Secretary, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Hesham K. Al-Fares, Chair of Systems Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Ibrahim Falqi, Dean, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Khaled A. Abuhasel, Dean, College of Engineering, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Mahmood Al Kindi, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
- Dr. Mohammed Alkahtani, Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Osama Al Jamal, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain
- Dr. Umar Al-Turki, Systems Engineering Dept., King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- Prof. Majid M Aldaihani, Assistant Vice President for Planning, Kuwait University, Kuwait
- dr. Abdullah A. Alabdulkarim, Dean, College of Engineering, Majmaah University Al Majma’ah, Saudi Arabia
Steering Committee
- Dr. Abdulhakim A. Almajid, Dean, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University
- Dr. Bandar A. Alkhayyal, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University
- Dr. Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University, USA
- Dr. Rafed A. Zawawi, General Supervisor, Public Relations & Media Center, PSU
Logistics Committee
- Dr. Rafed A. Zawawi, General Supervisor, Public Relations & Media Center, PSU
- Mr. Abdulaziz H. Al-Obaid: Director, Human Resources, PSU
- Mr. Abdulrhman Al. Fehaid, Director, Public Relations & Events, PSU
- Mr. Ayman Al-Shaikh, Director for Protocol Unit, PSU
- Mr. Musharraf AlMuhnna, Director, Media Unit, PSU
- Mr. Anas Abdal Raziq, Director, Marketing & Publishing Unit, PSU
- Mr. Jabr Ahmed Aljabr, Operation And Maintenance Office, PSU
- Mr. Abdullah Saleh Alhashel, Government Relations Officer, PSU
Design Committee
- Eng. Sara A. AlOmran
- Ms. Shahad A. Alkhayyal
IEOM
Support Committee
- Dr. Abdur Rahim, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada
- Dr. Abu Masud, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
Dr. Mohammed Khadem, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman - Professor Don Reimer, IEOM Society international
- Dr. Anwar Rahman, Central Connecticut State University, USA
- Dr. Taufiq Islam, IEOM Society international
GCC Academic Committee
- Dr. Ahmad Yassin, Tabuk University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Abdelhakim Naif Abdelhadi, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Talal Al Sulaiman, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Ahmed Attia, Effat University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Ali A. Al-Matouq, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Ali M Al Samhan, Industrial Engineering Department, King Saud University
- Dr. Amir J. Majid, Ajman University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Asif Haleem, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Ateekh Ur Rehman Lateef ur Rehman, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Balan Sundarakani, University of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Basil Al-Sasi, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Dhekra Ben Sassi, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Emad Hashiem Abdullah Abualsauod, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Fauzia Jabeen, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Fikri Dweiri, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Hamdi Bashir, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Husam Arman, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait
- Dr. Imad Jawhar, UAE University, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Islam El-Ghonaimy, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
- Dr. Jean-Paul Arnaout, Gulf University for Science & Technology, Kuwait
- Dr. Kamal Taha, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Khalid Al-Ghamdi, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Kudret Demirli, Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research (KUSTAR), United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Mahmoud Al Kindi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
- Dr. Mehmet Savsar, Kuwait University, Kuwait
- Dr. Melfi Alrasheedi, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Mian Ajmal, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Mohamed Ali Abdel-Fattah Mansour, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Mohammad Al-Saleh, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Mohammad Khadem, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
- Dr. Mohammed AlKahtani, Industrial Engineering Department, King Saud University
- Dr. Mohammed Alsumiri, Yanbu Industrial College, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Mojahid Saeed Osman, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Priyabrata Pal, The Petroleum Institute, United Arab Emirates
- Dr. Raed Rida Obaid, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Saifullah Sadi, Al Yamamah University, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Suat Kasap, American University of Middle East, Kuwait
- Dr. Umar Al-Turki, Systems Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Dr. Waleed Ahmed, UAE University, United Arab Emirates
Technical and Scientific Committee
- Dr. Ahmad S Alkhaleefah, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Chair of the Scientific Committee
- Dr. A.O. Adewumi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Dr. Abdelaziz Berrado, The Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs, Rabat, Morocco
- Dr. Abderrahmane Mellak, University of Boumerdes, Algeria
- Dr. Abdul Talib Bon, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Dr. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali, American University of Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Abdussalam Shibani, Coventry University, UK
- Dr. Ahm Shamsuzzoha, University of Vaasa, Finland
- Dr. Ahmad Taher Azar, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
- Dr. Ahmed Kadhim Hussein, Babylon University, Iraq
- Dr. Amir Azizi, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
- Dr. Anand Kumar, M.S. Engineering College, Bangalore Karnataka, India
- Dr. Arjun K. Gupta, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA
- Dr. Arun N. Nambiar, California State University – Fresno, USA
- Dr. Balan Sundarakani, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE
- Dr. Behnam Bahrami, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus
- Dr. Bhuvenesh Rajamony, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia
- Dr. Boudouda Malik, University of Champagne-Ardenne, France
- Dr. Bouloiz Hafida, ENSA, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
- Dr. Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University, Canada
- Dr. Cecilia Nembou, Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea
- Dr. D. K. Banwet, IIT-Delhi, India
- Dr. Dani Harmanto, University of Derby, UK
- Dr. Dinusha Gamage, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- Dr. Eui H. Park, North Carolina A&T State University, USA
- Dr. Faieza Abdul Aziz, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
- Dr. Fernando González Aleu, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
- Dr. Francis Leung, City University of Hong Kong, China
- Dr. Fulufhelo Masithulela, University of South Africa
- Dr. Gopalan Srinivasan, University of New Brunswick, Canada
- Dr. Haider Ali Biswas, Khulna University, Bangladesh
- Dr. Hui-Ming Wee, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
- Dr. Ilias Mamat, Quest International University Perak, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
- Dr. Indra Gunawan, The University of Adelaide, Australia
- Dr. Jahara bint Ghani, UKM, Malaysia
- Dr. Jaouad Boukachour, Université Le Havre, France
- Dr. Jayakanth Srinivasan, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Dr. Jiří Tupa, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
- Dr. Kannan Govindan, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Dr. Kondo H. Adjallah, Paul-Verlaine University, France
- Dr. Kuchkarov Atamurat, Uzbekistan National University, Uzbekistan
- Dr. Lina Aboueljinane, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Rabat (ENSMR), Morocco
- Dr. Lina Gozali, Universitas Tarumanagara, Indonesia
- Dr. Linda L. Zhang, IESEG School of Management, Lille-Paris, France
- Dr. Mahmood Shafiee, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
- Dr. Maruf Hasan, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Dr. Md. Abdus Samad Kamal, Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia
- Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, Brac University, Bangladesh
- Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Sabah, Malaysia
- Dr. Mehran Doulat, UTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Dr. Michael Mutingi, University of Botswana, Botswana
- Dr. Miguel Sanz Bobi, Comillas Pontifical University, Spain
- Dr. Mohammad Ishak Desa, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
- Dr. Mohd Abdur Rashid, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia
- Dr. Motah Mahendrenath, University of Technology, Mauritius
- Dr. Murat Caner Testik, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- Dr. Nani Kurniati, Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Indonesia
- Dr. Nejib Chouaibi, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, Tunisia
- Dr. Noha Mostafa, Industrial Engineering Department, Zagazig University, Egypt
- Dr. Norhamidi Muhamad, UKM, Malaysia
- Dr. Norzaidahwati Zaidin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
- Dr. Nubia Milena Velasco Rodriguez, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
- Dr. Omar Elmabrouk, Benghazi University, Libya
- Dr. P. Sanjeevikumar, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
- Dr. Raja Kothandaraman, Alpha College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
- Dr. Raja Zuraidah Raja Mohd Rasi, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
- Dr. Ramakrishnan Ramamoorthy, Yanbu Industrial College, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
- Dr. Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina, USA
- Dr. Rashmi Jha, Gitarattan International Business School (GIBS), New Delhi, India
- Dr. Ratri Parida, National Institute of Construction Management and Research (NICMAR), Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Dr. Ravi Gor, St. Kabir Institute of Professional Studies, Ahmedabad, India
- Dr. Rodrigo Garrido, Universidad Adolfo Ibaez, Chile
- Dr. Ruchi Mishra, Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India
- Dr. Rushan Ziatdinov, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea
- Dr. Salah Haridy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
- Dr. Sarbjit Singh, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
- Dr. Sawat Pararach, Thammasat University, Thailand
- Dr. Shahrul B. Kamaruddin, Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Dr. Shahryar Sorooshian, University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
- Dr. Sharan Shetty, Manipal International University, Putra Nilai, Malaysia
- Dr. Suat Kasap, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
- Dr. Suhaiza Hanim Zailani,University Malaya, Malaysia
- Dr. T. Ramayah, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Dr. Tan Chan Sin, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia
- Dr. Theodore B. Trafalis, University of Oklahoma, USA
- Dr. Vassilis Gerogiannis, Department of Project Management, Greece
- Dr. Vladimir Beresnev, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia
- Dr. Vladimir I. Tsurkov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Dr. Vladimir Modrak, TUKE, Slovakia
- Dr. Yong Yin, Yamagata University, Japan
- Dr. Zuraidah Sulaiman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Dr. M. Manzoor Hussain, JNTU, Hyderabad, India
- Dr. Qutubuddin Syed Mohammed, Industrial & Production Engineering Department, P.D.A. College of Engineering, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
- Jumah E. Alalwani, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering at Yanbu, Taibah University-Yanbu branch,
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia