Important Postponement Announcement - 6th World Conference on P&OM Nara 2020September 7-9, 2021, Nara

The 6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management - P&OM Nara 2020September 7-9, 2021, Nara Kasugano International Forum, Nara-Japan ( https://jomsa.org/worldpom/ )  Theme: P&OM and Strategy in the Era of Technological Revolution The Conference Steering Committee announces:Due to the current worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, the 6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management is postponed to September 7-10, 2021, the venue remains Nara. In line with the Olympic Games we will keep the brief name of P&OM Nara 2020 in order to maintain the 4 years interval between World P&OM Conferences (so the subsequent conference will be in 2024).The conference theme and topics stay the same but with the addition of the impact of COVID-19 on supply chains and operations. The conference committees will work hard to make the P&OM Nara 2020 Conference a successful forum to proactively address post outbreak operations issues.  Registration and abstract submission is now closed. Registration fees received to-date will be refunded and there will be a new round of registration and submissions. Registration information and abstracts submitted already will be kept in our database, which can then be reused or revised after we reopen the registration and submission process. New important dates of the Conference:

Reopening Registration Date: September 1, 2020, TuesdayStart of Abstract Submission: September 1, 2020, TuesdayAbstract Submission Due Date: December 28, 2020 at noon, MondayNotification of Abstract Acceptance: March 9, 2021, TuesdayFull Paper Submission Due Date: June 1, 2021, TuesdayEarly bird Online Registration Due Date: June 15, 2021, TuesdayFinal Online Registration Due Date: August 3, 2021, TuesdayExcursion for Kyoto and Nara : September 6, 2021, MondayConference: September 7-9, 2021 (Tuesday-Thursday)Plant Tours and Company Visits: September 10, 2021, Friday