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BIG news about the IISE Annual Conference & Expo!
ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPO 2020 IS NOW ALL-VIRTUAL!
It's official: We're going all-out virtual for your favorite ISE event of the year! Yes, the popular IISE Annual Conference & Expo Nov. 1-3 is now going to a virtual-only format to better serve you - our attendees, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors.
Your IISE leadership team promised to monitor the situation with your safety and health the top priority. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its widespread impact, possibly well into the fall, the decision to go virtual only for the Annual Conference is based on this promise.
Stay tuned to Annual Conference site for current information and updates, and open you IISE emails to stay in the know.
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First-ever Virtual VOLT was exceptional IISE event - 80 attendees!
The first ever Virtual VOLT(Volunteer Leadership Training) event was held on June 20 and was a huge success! The online event featured IISE members from around the world engaged in ideas on how to grow their chapter's membership and engagement. Of those taking part, 84% were university chapter members and 94% were participating in their first VOLT event.
The event organizers included the amazing IISE volunteer leaders below:
The day's activities featured an Escape Room Activity that was completed by two teams earning each member of the teams a super prize of one-year membership renewal to IISE. The first-place team included William Liu, Devon Sinclair, Sara Stavaski and Lee Wells. Placing second was the team of Krystal Ashby, Brian Bogert, Maria Carolina Diaz and Michael Magnotti.
Another popular activity was the Break Out Sessions which included a Scavenger Hunt icebreaker and Special Topics that covered chapter leadership, managing your chapter, and engagement and networking.
The keynote address was given by Michael Foss, founder and CEO of CoachFoss, LLC in Southlake, Texas. Michael is also a past president of IISE.
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Quotes from attendees:
- "I really enjoyed the event! Thank you for this opportunity and I'm glad I was able to attend," responded Magnotti, an honors student at Penn State Schreyer.
- "Thank you Kevin & Sean for organizing. Truly enjoyed the activity!" replied Diaz, president of the IISE Greater Miami chapter.
- "Thank you so much for setting this up Kevin and Sean! (along with the rest of the VOLT). It was super fun and informative. Congrats to all!" wrote Bogert, an ISE major at Virginia Tech.
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Young Professionals hold inaugural Virtual Town Hall
IISE Young Professionals held their first-ever Town Hall Event on July 25. Half of the attendees were new to the YP group. The event was on a Saturday morning and was a "coffee chat" style format. The YP's utilized Zoom to facilitate the event and used the Zoom breakout room feature to break into separate networking groups to play a round of IISE YP bingo. Overall the YP's saw this virtual town hall as a great first virtual event and intend to find more creative ways to hold virtual events for the IISE YP group in the future.
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I wanted to reach out to graduates regarding continuing your involvement with IISE after being a student chapter member. We do offer a national membership that is only $79 for the first year after graduation. You will find a lot of similarities to your college chapters- we offer different webinars as well as resources to assist with career development and networking. On top of the national membership, we offer a group called Young Professionals- I am currently the president of this group. This group assists with your transition from college graduate to professional, as well as works on offering events nationally. If you would like to be involved, please let me know! We would love to have you!
To read more about the Young Professionals, click here.
When you graduate and come up for renewal of your IISE membership, go to the
IISE site under the membership tab and click "Renew" to become a Young Professional for only $79. If you are not up for renewal and want to become a Young Professional, contact IISE Customer Service.
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We are thrilled to announce that the new IISE MemberCentric Connect app - one of your biggest, newest membership perks - is ready for you to enjoy. Don't have a Connect profile? Now is a great time to set one up! Search for the MemberCentric app on your smartphone or device, then scroll down to select "IISE Connect" from the list. Once installed, you're ready to create a profile (or log in if you're already a Connect user) and explore this easy-to-navigate addition to your professional toolkit.
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Chapter dues rebates for professional and student chapters will be mailed in September
Nashville professional chapter will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday, August 20 from 6 p.m.to 7 p.m. CDT. Meeting will feature a presentation by Karen Warren of Joshua Tree Group. Her presentation will be on Laying the Foundation for Successful Project Implementation (4 essential soft skills). Get tickets here.
The Annual IISE All Ohio Dinner Meeting will be held Monday, October 5 at Der Dutchman in Plains City. Limited to 75 attendees to ensure safe participation.
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IISE Wichita Chapter is hosting a Virtual Food Drive to support Kansas Food Bank
to help those in need in the community. If the chapter hits its initial goal of $500, the chapter president will get a pie to the face!
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Webinar on Sept 1 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time: Benchmarking Industry: How to
Engineer to Performance Excellence. Presented by Chapter 1. Hear from leaders in the Industrial and Systems Engineering "function" from UPS, Best Buy, Amazon, Chick-fil-A, Disney.
More information/registration.
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"Problem Solved": The IISE Podcast- Be sure to download episodes at podcast.iise.org or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. |
Submissions Now Open! First place prize is $2,500 !
Entries are now being accepted for the 7th Annual SHS Student Simulation Competition sponsored by FlexSim. Gather a team of four students (maximum) to solve a "real-world" healthcare situational case study using FlexSim's simulation software. Your team could win the first place prize of $2,500!
Each team will have approximately nine weeks to develop its solution for preliminary judging. Three teams will be chosen to compete in the finals in Orlando, Fla. at the Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference Feb. 24-26, 2021. The winning team will be announced at the conference. Each of the three finalist teams will receive $1,250 for travel to the finals, cash awards, complimentary conference registration and certificates. For more details about the competition and entry parameters, go to the simulation competition web page.
Entry forms for the competition are due Sept. 28. Don't miss this chance to show off your skills and reap the "awards".
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2020 Canadian Region Student Conference was a huge success!
Here are a few pictures:
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Virtual Session with Kaz Takeda
(standing room only)
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Attendees from Concordia University
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IISE member and volunteer Joe Wilck co-authors paper published in European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS)
Joe Wilck is currently IISE Technical Vice President of the IISE Data Analytics & Information Systems and Sustainable Development divisions. He and his colleagues,Jesse Pietz and Scott McCoy, recently published a paper in the European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS) that evaluated different COVID-19 data analytics dashboards (that were available in May) using a multi-attribute utility theory model. They linked early stringency measures taken by different countries and their outcomes at reducing the spread and impact of the pandemic. They found that governments that employed strict measures early (i.e., by their 10th case) were more successful at reducing the negative impact of the pandemic. These stringency measures included enforcing social distancing, widespread testing, and contact tracing.
If you want to know more, then please reach out to Joe. Free ePrints are available to share the paper if you do not have a subscription.
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IISE/Rockwell Undergraduate Student Simulation Competition
Fall session entries now being accepted.
Encourage a team of three undergraduate students to solve a "real-world" situational case study using Rockwell
Software's Arena simulation software. Your team could win the first place prize of $5,000. Each team will have approximately eight weeks to develop its solution for preliminary judging. Three teams will be chosen to compete in the finals in Montreal, QC, Canada. at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo May 22-25, 2021. The winning team will be announced at the conference. Three finalist teams receive $1,250 each for travel to the finals, complimentary conference registration, cash awards and certificates. For more details about the competition and entry parameters, visit the competition web site.
Entry forms for the Fall session of the IISE/Rockwell Undergraduate Student Simulation Competition are due Sept 30.
Questions? Contact Bonnie Cameron at bcameron@iise.org or (770) 349-1105, with questions. Thank you.
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Join 60+ universities who brought IISE Training to campus
As students everywhere recognize, you need every advantage to enter the job market during these turbulent times. IISE's Six sigma or Lean Green Belt certification programs can give you that edge - via virtual online training or our livestreaming option - at a massive 60% discount for our student chapters.
What's more, many of the 60+student chapters add a fee that helps fund their chapter activities. To take advantage, contact Training Director Larry Aft. We would be delighted to bring this opportunity to you.
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