<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)">Dear esteemed colleagues,<br><br>On behalf of the </span><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)">OMEA (Operations Management and Entrepreneurship Association) division, I kindly encourage you to attend the</span><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"> <b>MBAA International Conference in Chicago (March 22-24, 2023).</b><br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)">You are invited to submit<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>full-length or research-in-progress papers or abstracts</b> for review and presentation at the MBAA International 2023. You'll be able to</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(83,105,128)"> present and attend as an in-person or online (virtual) delegate. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"><br></span></b><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)">Please send submissions or inquiries to the OMEA Program Chairs:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"><u>Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management</u>:</span></b></p><b style="color:rgb(83,105,128);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Ulrich Schmelzle</b><br><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Michigan Technological University</span><br><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Office: 906-487-2710 </span><div><a href="mailto:schmelzle@mtu.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">schmelzle@mtu.edu</a><br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"> </span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"><u><br></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"><u>Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development</u>:</span></b></p><b style="color:rgb(83,105,128);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Lisa Cooley</b><br><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Delta State University</span><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)">Office 662-846-4234 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"><a href="mailto:lcooley@deltastate.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue">lcooley@deltastate.edu</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)">Please refer to the attached submission guidelines for more details:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><a href="https://www.schmelzle.us/CFP_MBAA_2023.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.schmelzle.us/CFP_MBAA_2023.pdf</a></b><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://mbaainternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MBAA-Call-For-Papers-2023_2.pdf" target="_blank">https://mbaainternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MBAA-Call-For-Papers-2023_2.pdf</a><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(83,105,128)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt;font-s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