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<div class="">This past year the Logistics, Operations & Supply Chain was the LARGEST track at Western Decision Sciences. John Bell and I are co-chairing the track this year, and we’d love to see all of you on the cruise ship the conference will be on. The
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" class="" style="font-size:14pt"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class=""><strong class="">The submission deadline for WDSI 2019 is quickly approaching. Don't miss the boat!!! </strong></font></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class="">The Western Decision Sciences Institute</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class=""> (</font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wdsinet.org_&d=DwMFAw&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=QPx94zjaPRh3W6ZXCsEpkeLZ-XG5jG-3yAxJVlWjgqQ&m=vKumxasZ7DvrL7IUQeKnPRjriCQZmKftj3R5rYETB4w&s=PJG8Flos_sie2Orq5zniQ5rjKQfFXM2pFd_fAWW9F_I&e=" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><strong class="">WDSI</strong></font></a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class="">),
like its parent organization </font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.decisionsciences.org_&d=DwMFAw&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=QPx94zjaPRh3W6ZXCsEpkeLZ-XG5jG-3yAxJVlWjgqQ&m=vKumxasZ7DvrL7IUQeKnPRjriCQZmKftj3R5rYETB4w&s=xRgJhxCYTofWGzdZV9oPwagKgAKzMwIqaPpknkg2vgU&e=" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><strong class="">Decision
Sciences Institute</strong></font></font></a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class="">, is an interdisciplinary, regional organization dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of business decisions. The </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class=""><strong class=""><em class="">48</em></strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="-1" color="#212121" class=""><strong class=""><em class=""><sup class="">th</sup></em></strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class=""><strong class=""><em class=""> Annual
Meeting</em></strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class=""> of the </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class=""><strong class="">WDSI</strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class=""> will
be held on </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">a 5-night cruise aboard the </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><strong class="">Ruby Princess </strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">departing from </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><strong class="">Los
Angeles, California,</strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""> to </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><strong class="">Cabo San Lucas</strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class=""><strong class="">, Mexico</strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class="">, March
5 - 10, 2019. Papers and research abstracts are invited. All papers are double-blind refereed. <strong class="" style="font-size:14pt">The submission deadline is August 31, 2018. </strong></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class="">Please see the attached </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class=""><strong class="">Call
for Papers</strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class="">. Complete details are available on the conference website: </font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wdsi2019.org_&d=DwMFAw&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=QPx94zjaPRh3W6ZXCsEpkeLZ-XG5jG-3yAxJVlWjgqQ&m=vKumxasZ7DvrL7IUQeKnPRjriCQZmKftj3R5rYETB4w&s=kdTATsZKheIX_72Lvk8sM1w4P9lb2HuN-bmkMjdp46g&e=" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">http://www.wdsi2019.org/</font></a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" color="#212121" class="">.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. We greatly appreciate you forwarding this CfP to colleagues who may be interested. Looking forward to seeing you on the Ruby Princess!!</font></span></font></div>
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