REGISTER BY MARCH 8, 2013 TO GET A T-SHIRT!!REGISTER BY MARCH 17, 2013 TO GET A NAMETAG. CONFERENCE AGENDAFriday March 22, 2013                     4:00 – 6:00                   Hotel check-in                                                                         * Holiday Inn or Hilton Garden Inn                   6:00 – 10:00                  Informal Welcoming Event - Come meet the Pitt Student Chapter at a favorite campus bar!                                                                          * Fuel and Fuddle (212 Oakland Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213) Saturday March 23, 2013                   8:30 – 9:30                  Conference registration/Continental Breakfast/Info packet and t-shirt handout at conference venue                                                                           * Ballroom of the William Pitt Union (corner of Bigelow Blvd and Fifth Ave)                    9:40 – 9:45                   Welcome - Annie Jones, Conference Head Chair                   9:45 – 10:15                  First plenary speaker - Manufacturing Realm                                                                         * Ann Samler, Vice President of Solution Design at GENCO                   10:15 – 10:45                 Second plenary speaker - Healthcare Realm                                                                         * John Innocenti, President of UPMC Presby of Shadyside                  10:45 – 11:15                 Third plenary speaker - Retail Realm                                                                        * Dan May, Senior VP, Supply Chain at Giant Eagle                  12:00 – 1:15                  Break for lunch - explore Pitt's Oakland campus!                  1:15 – 1:30                   I.I.E. update - President of the I.I.E                                                                          * Doug Rabeneck                   1:30 – 1:45                   I.I.E. Young Professionals                                                                          * Emily Forcke                  2:00 – 3:00                   Breakout Session #1                                                                        * Q-and-A/Advice Panel held by recent IE grads                                                                         * Hands-On Process Improvement Activity                                                                        * Resume critique/workshop                  3:00 – 4:00                  Breakout Session #2                                                                         * Q-and-A/Advice Panel held by recent IE grads                                                                         * Hands-On Process Improvement Activity                                                                         * Resume critique/workshop                  4:00 – 5:00                   Presentation of paper competition contenders                  5:15 – 6:15                   Formal dinner (included in registration)                                                                        * Transportation via Molly’s Trolleys to the LeMont, a Pittsburgh landmark!                  6:30 – 7:15                  Dinner service                  7:15 – 7:35                  Dr. Bopaya Bidanda                   7:40 – 8:25                  Final plenary speaker                                                                        * Mel Schubert, Site Director, Lockheed Martin, Retired                  8:30 – 10:30                  Professional networking event  Sunday March 23, 2013                  9:30 – 10:00                  Breakfast offered at conference venue                   10:00 – 10:30                 Paper competition winners and awards presentation                  10:30 – 11:00                 Conference closing remarks PAPER COMPETITION DETAILSSubmissions of technical papers will be accepted for review until 11:59 PM on March 8, 2013.Paper submissions will be reviewed by a pannel of judges consisting of University of Pittsburgh faculty and members of the Pittsburgh IIE Senior Chapter.The authors of the submissions will have the opportunity to give a ~10 minute presentation of the paper on Saturday March 23 to the conference attendees and the pannel. The overall winning paper/presentation will be announced the following day at a short awards ceremony.Please submit entries as an attachement to aej18@pitt.edu specifying your school and the submission title in the subject of the email. Be sure to include the author's name on the paper submission.Please reference http://www.iienet2.org/Details.aspx?id=863 for layout and criteria requirements and rules.  HOTEL DETAILSHoliday Inn @ Pittsburgh University Center100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213Ph: (412) 682-6200  Fax: (412) 681-4749Check-In Time: 4:00 p.m. Check-Out Time: 11:00 a.m. Nightly Parking Charge: $18.00In order to make a reservation, the hotel must be either directly contacted at (412) 682-6200 or emailed at pittsburghreservations@gmail.com. The group name that the hotel requires is "University of Pittsburgh Department of Industrial Engineering" and the group code is IIE.**The group code must be entered to receive discounted rates. Hilton Garden Inn3454 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15213(412) 683-2040    ANY QUESIONS CAN BE EMAILED TO AEJ18@PITT.EDU OR POSTED ON THE EVENT'S FACEBOOK WALL  https://www.facebook.com/events/395664487194578/?notif_t=plan_user_joined Visit EventBrite.com for pricing.