AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
6/3/11
IAC Countdown
Annual Meeting
Welcome to the IAC
Countdown!
19-22 October 2011, Lubbock, Texas, USA
http://aln.coe.ttu.edu/asem2011/
We are launching a
monthly newsletter to count
down to the International
Annual Conference. We will
try to keep you informed on
the many exciting events and
developments regarding the
IAC.
In this first issue, we
provide information on the
conference venue and how to
reserve your rooms, airlines
flying to Lubbock, and a bit
about the technical paper
review process.
We look forward to
hosting you on the !ano
estacado of West Texas!
The 2011 International Annual
Conference of the American
Society for Engineering
Management will be held at the
Holiday Inn Park Plaza in
Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Workshops, tutorials, and
special events will supplement the
strong technical program. The
Professional Engineering Manager
certification exam will be offered
on Saturday afternoon. A winetasting tour is also in order!
--Dave Wyrick, 2011 IAC
General Chair
Start making your plans to
attend! Encourage one of your
colleagues to join us!
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
ASEM promotes the development
Knowledge, the Practitioner’s Periodical
and practice of the engineering
Newsletter, and the Proceedings of the Annual
management profession. Members
Conference.
come from around the world.
The International Annual Conference is
ASEM publications include
Engineering Management Journal, the
Engineering Management Handbook, the
Engineering Management Body of
great for networking, sharing the latest
developments in the profession, and
building lifelong friendships.
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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
6/3/11
CONFERENCE VENUE: HOLIDAY INN PARK PLAZA
The Holiday Inn Park Plaza in Lubbock will be
the venue for the 2011 IAC. The hotel is completing
a renovation of all of the guest rooms, which will be
ready for conference attendees. The renovation
includes new carpeting, beds, bathrooms, and flatpanel televisions (which we doubt you have time to
enjoy with the events and networking!).
reservation on line, be sure to use the promotion
code “ASE” (no “M”) to get the special $85 rate.
Sessions will be held in the various meeting
rooms, which will be set up for presentations and
workshops.
Meals included in the conference registration
include a welcome reception on Wednesday,
breakfast on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, lunch on
Thursday and Friday, and the Awards Banquet on
Friday.
The group rate for the conference is $85 per
night. To reserve your room, you may click the
“Hotel Reservations” tab on the conference website
(http://aln.coe.ttu.edu/asem2011/Hotel
%20Reservations.htm). You can also call the hotel
directly at +1.806.797.3241 and ask for the “ASEM
Conference Special.” If you choose to make your
Holiday Inn-Lubbock Park Plaza
3201 South Loop 289
Lubbock, Texas 79423
United States
DON’T RIDE A STAGECOACH TO LUBBOCK!
American Airlines has nonstop service to Dallas-Fort Worth
(http://www.aa.com)
Continental has non-stop
service to Houston George Bush/
Intercontinental (http://
continental.com)
Southwest does not transfer bags
to other airlines, but does not
charge for bags on their system.
(http://www.southwest.com)
Delta has non-stop service to
Memphis
(http://www.delta.com)
We have convenient air service
to a number of hubs! United has
United has non-stop service to
recently joined the carriers to
Denver International (http://
Lubbock, so pick your favorite
www.united.com)
carrier and book your flights!
Southwest Airlines has a
variety of direct and connecting
flights from Lubbock. Note that
ABOUT THE TECHNICAL PAPER REVIEW PROCESS
Papers will undergo a double-blind referee process. Author names will be removed
before sending to review, and the names of referees will be removed before comments are
sent to the authors. We hope to send comments to authors by early July so they can prepare
the final papers. If you are asked to referee, please do so right away!
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