The 6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management P&OM Nara 2022 August 23-26
Nara Kasugano International Forum, Nara-Japan(https://jomsa.org/worldpom/ ; Inquiries to: worldpom@e-jomsa.jp)
Theme: P&OM and Strategy in the Era of Technological Revolution

CALL FOR PAPERS (UPDATE January 2022)
Postponed due to the pandemic, the Sixth World Conference P&OM will be held in Nara, Japan inAugust 2022. The Conference will provide a global forum for researchers and practitioners toexchange innovative ideas on Operations Management. The World P&OM Conferences takes place
every four years through collaboration between EurOMA (European Operations ManagementAssociation), POMS (Production and Operations Management Society) and JOMSA (JapaneseOperations Management and Strategy Association). For this Conference, POMS is involved in theSteering Committee, and DSI (Decision Sciences Institute) and ASCOM (Association of SupplyChain and Operations Management-China) as sponsors .
Although postponed to 2022, we have kept the name of P&OM Nara 2020 in order to maintain theidea of 4 years interval between World P&OM Conferences (so the next conference is still planned
to be held in 2024).
Location
Nara is a UNESCO World Heritage site, reflecting its importance as the original capital of Japan(https://narashikanko.or.jp/en/ and https://www.visitnara.jp/world-heritage/). It is surrounded by thebustling cities of Osaka (about 40 minutes), Kyoto (about 40 minutes) and Nagoya (about 1½ hours).
Tokyo is about 3 hours away by bullet train via Kyoto. The Conference hall is next to the Todaiji
Temple, the Kofukuji Temple, and the Kasuga Grand Shrine, all of which are in Nara Park itself(https://www.visitnara.jp/destinations/area/nara-park/).
Theme and Topics of Interest
The main theme of the Conference, “Operations Management and Strategy in the Era ofTechnological Revolution” is in line with the environmental issues and the digital revolution thatare reshaping society and the industrial world . This is a unique opportunity to debate and reflect on
OM’s contribution to this new technological revolution. See the main web site for a full list ofsuggested themes (https://jomsa.org/worldpom/)..
Special Conference Features
Significant keynote plenary and semi-plenary sessions. Confirmed standout participants todate include (in alphabetical order): Kasra Ferdows; Joe Hair; Hau Lee; Arnoud de Meyer; Michiya
Morita; Mark Pagell; Ann Vereecke; Chris Voss and Xiande Zhao as well as industrial speakers from

global corporations.
Editorial panel of leading POM Journals: Editors from the following journals have already agreed
to participate: IJOPM; IJPDLM; IJPE; OMR, JSCM; and JOMS.
Special issues To-date special issues have been agreed with IJOPM, IJPDLM, OMR and JOMS.
See the conference website for further detail (https://jomsa.org/worldpom/).
Three Awards will be given to excellent papers presented at the Conference (more information on theConference website (https://jomsa.org/worldpom/)).
Social events are core to the conference including a welcome dinner/reception at a garden of thebeautiful award-winning Nara Park, a banquet dinner at the historic Nara Hotel, the Gagaku concert(https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/gagaku-00265, intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) withadditional cultural events and walking tours. Optional sightseeing tours around Nara and Kyoto(August 22) will be organized as pre-Conference and post-Conference activities as well as factory
tours and company visits (August 26).
Abstract and Full Paper Submissions
To present a paper at the Conference you must submit an extended abstract (max. 1,000 words)
before February 28, 2022. The template on how to submit is on the main conference website
https://jomsa.org/worldpom/abstract-model-instructions/.One person can submit up to threeabstracts, irrespective of primary or secondary authorship. All submitted abstracts will be doubleblind peer-reviewed, based on their relevance and significance for POM and their originality. At least
one author must register before the 10th May, 2022, and attend the Conference to present the paper.
Usually accepted abstracts will be followed by full paper submissions (maximum 10 pages), to be
included in the Conference proceedings. Full paper submission is not mandatory, except for papers
applying to an Award or/and to a Special issue. However, full paper submission is strongly
recommended. Manuscripts submitted to this conference must be original work, which has not been
copyrighted, published, or accepted for presentation in any other format. Abstracts and full papers
must be submitted in English. Presentations in Spanish or Japanese are allowed in ad-hoc
Spanish and Japanese-speaking sessions; however presentation in English is strongly
recommended.
Important Dates (updated January 2022)
Abstract Submission Due Date:
February 28, 2022(extended)
Notification of Abstract Acceptance: March 31, 2022(extended)
Full Paper Submission Due Date:
May 10, 2022
Early Registration Due Date:
May 20, 2022
Final Online-Registration Due Date: July 15, 2022
Conference dates:
August 23-26, 2022
Registration Procedures
For registration and submissions please go to https://amarys-jtb.jp/pom2020/, where you find a twostep registration process and further information on hotels, company visits, sightseeing tours, andadditional arrangements for accompanying person/s – and you can pay! (see table below).
EARLY REGISTRATION(On or Before May 20, 2022)

LATE REGISTRATION(On or After May 21, 2022)

Member

70,000JPY

80,000JPY

Non-member

80,000JPY

90,000JPY

Student (certification required)

30,000JPY

35,000JPY

Early registration must be paid by May 20, 2022. At least one author of a paper needs to make thepayment by May 20, 2022; otherwise, the paper and its presentation will be automatically withdrawn
from the Conference program.
The member category applies to members of JOMSA, EurOMA, POMS, DSI , ASCOM and othersponsoring and supporting organizations. The registration fee includes lunch on two days (August24 and 25), a welcome dinner/reception (August 23) and the Conference banquet for the registeredperson of member and non-member category. The student registration fee includes lunch on twodays (August 24 and 25) and the welcome dinner/reception (August 23) but does not include theconference Banquet. Accompanying person/s of each registered attendant is/are required to makereservations and pay additional fees for the welcome dinner/reception and Conference banquet.
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Organizing and Sponsoring Organizations

Japanese Operations Management and Strategy Association (JOMSA); European Operations Management
Association (EurOMA); Production and Operations Management Society (POMS); Decision Sciences Institute(DSI) ; ASCOM (Association of Supply Chain and Operations Management).

Other Supporting Organizations
Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM); Japan Academy of Business Administration(JABA); Japan Academy of International Business Studies (JAIBS); Japan Industrial Management
Association (JIMA); Japan Society for Information and Management (JSIM); Japanese Society for Quality
Control (JSQ); Reliability Engineering Association of Japan (REAJ); The Japan Chapter of the System
Dynamics Society (JSD); The Japan Society for Management Information (JASMIN); The Japan Society of
Mechanical Engineers (JSME); The Operations Research Society of Japan (ORSJ); Asociación Científica
Economía y Dirección de Empresas (ACEDEDOT chapter)_____________________________________________________________________________________

Steering Committee

Hirofumi Matsuo (JOMSA Board and Third President), Japan (Chair); Jose A. D. Machuca (EurOMA fellow,POMS, and JOMSA), Spain (Honorary Ex-Officio Chair); Michiya Morita (JOMSA Board and First President),Japan; Yoshiki Matsui (JOMSA Fourth and Immediate Past President), Japan; Nigel Caldwell (EurOMA Events
Team Chair), UK; Gerald Reiner (EurOMA Events Team Member), Austria; Sushil Gupta (POMS ExecutiveDirector), USA; Nagesh Murthy (POMS Associate Executive Director), USA.

Organizing Committee Representatives
Munehiko Itoh (JOMSA Board and Fifth President), Japan (Chair); Masaharu Ota (JOMSA Board and SeventhPresident), Japan (Co-Chair); Kakuro Amasaka (JOMSA Board and Second President), Japan (Co-Chair);
Prakash J. Singh (Asia-Oceania Regional Contact), Australia; Yinan Qi (ASCOM President), China.

Program Committee Chairs
Barbara B. Flynn, (DSI Fellow and Past President, ASCOM Past President), USA ; Andreas Größler,(EurOMA Former Events Team Chair), Germany; Jeet Gupta (DSI and POMS Fellow and Past President),
USA; Ryo Sato (JOMSA Board and Sixth President), Japan; Yasutaka Kainuma (JOMSA Board and Eighth
President), Japan; Osam Sato (JOMSA Board and Tenth President), Japan; Junichi Tomita (JOMSAPresident and Secretariat), Japan; Xiande Zhao (ASCOM founder,Honorary President), China.

For further information, please check the Conference website: https://jomsa.org/worldpom/
Please send all proposals and inquiries electronically to: worldpom@e-jomsa.jp