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Lähettäjä: Pekka Kess
Lähetetty: 4. helmikuuta 2008 8:11
Vastaanottaja: tiedotus@virtuaaliyliopisto.fi
Kopio: Päivi Iskanius
Aihe: Call for papers - Special track on "Productivity and Quality in Higher Education" in the ICPQR 2008 conference, June 25-27, 2008 in Oulu, Finland

Arvoisa Suomen Virtuaaliyliopiston toimija

Suomen Virtuaaliyliopisto on aloittanut kahdeksannen toimintavuotensa tavoitteenaan mm laadukkuuden, tehokkuden ja joustavuuden lisääminen Suomen yliopistoissa. Oulun yliopisto järjestää kansainvälisen laatuun ja tuottavuuteen keskittyvän konferenssin tulevana kesänä. Konferenssissa on oma osuutensa korkeakoulujen laadun ja tehokkuuden kehittämisen tutkimukselle.

Olisiko Sinulla virtuaaliyliopistotoimijana jotain sellaista laadukkuuteen ja/tai tehokkuuteen liittyvää osaamista, josta muut toimijat voisivat ottaa opiksi. Konferenssiin tulee osallistujia Suomen lisäksi myös muista Euroopan maista, Aasiasta ja USAsta, joten konferenssi antaa hyvän tilaisuuden levittää omaa osamistaan ja samalla oppia myös muilta. Konferenssi on myös erinomainen mahdollisuus verkottua, sillä Oulussa päivät ovat tuohon aikaan 24 h pitkiä.

Abstraktien lähettämiseen on hyvin aikaa - eräpäivä on 29.2.2008.

Toivotan Sinut lämpimästi tervetulleeksi Ouluun korkeakoulujen laadukkuuden ja tehokkuuden merkeissä.

Yhteistyöterveisin

Pekka Kess

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The 13^th International Conference on Productivity and Quality Research

ICPQR 2008 Conference, June 25-27, 2008, Oulu, Finland

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Special track: Productivity and Quality in Higher Education

Chair: Prof. Kongkiti Phusavat, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Keynote speech: Dr Keith Williams, The Open University, Miltone Keynes, UK

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Extended deadline: 29^th February 2008!

Read more: www.icpqr2008.org

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Dear Colleague,

We would like to invite you to the 13^th International Conference on Productivity and Quality Research (ICPQR), to be held 25^th – 27^th June, 2008 in Oulu, Finland. The conference theme is “Productivity and Quality in Knowledge-Intensive Organization”. (More information in the web page: www.icpqr2008.org)

In cooperation with the European eXcellence Project, we are organizing a special track on "Productivity and Quality in Higher Education", which will focus on how Higher Education (HE) can be improved by using industrial engineering and management approaches. The topics for the special track include, but re not limited to:

· Use of industrial management approaches to increase productivity and quality in HE

· eLearning

· eLearning applications

· ICT tools for increasing productivity and quality in HE

· Measuring effectiveness of services in HE

· Applications of quality management approaches and tools

· Organizational aspects in improving productivity and quality in HE

· Governance in HE

· Productivity and quality as part of Bologna Process

· Best practices

T The extended abstracts of 1500-2000 words in English should be submitted no later than 29^th February, 2008. Abstracts may be submitted by using the on-line procedure on the website; http://www.icpqr2008.org or by email; icpqr2008@oulu.fi. Abstracts will be blind reviewed by the scientific group. Accepted articles will be presented by their author(s) and will be published in the conference proceedings. Authors of selected best papers will be given the opportunity to revise their papers for inclusion in a future issue of the following journals according to the guidelines for publication and editorial decision as specified in each journals:

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development
Electronic Government: An International Journal
Industrial Management and Data Systems
International Journal of Innovation and Learning
International Journal of Electronic Healthcare
International Journal of Services and Standards

The registration fee is 500 € (for students 300 €) including proceedings and other materials, coffees, lunches, ISPQR Evening, Welcome Party, Conference dinner.

Highlights of the programme:

Leading keynote speakers

· E.g. Prof. Mitsuo Nagamachi, Kyushu National University, Japan; Prof. Waldemar Karwowski, University of Central Florida, USA; Prof. Franklin Dexter, University of Iowa, USA; Prof. Paul Lillrank, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, Prof. Wim Vanhaverbeke, Hasselt University, Belgium, Dr. Keith Williams, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, and CEO Kari Nenonen, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Finland.

Parallel sessions for paper presentations

Special sessions on focused issues

E.g. P&Q of healthcare services, P&Q of working life and sustainable organizations, Participative design of product and production innovations, P&Q in Higher Education.

Special session chairs:

E.g. Dr (hr) Peter Rehnström, CEO, the Finnish Work Environment Fund, President of EANCP, Dr. Vesa Kämäräinen, Research Director, HEMA Research Group at BIT Research Centre, Helsinki University of Technology, Dr. Tuomo Alasoini, The Finnish Ministry of Labour, TYKES Programme; Prof. Jari Juga, University of Oulu, Dr Seija Kulkki, Director, CKIR, Helsinki School of Economic, and Prof. Kongkiti Phusavat, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.

ISPQR Evening, Welcome Party, Conference Dinner

Pre and post conference tours

Industrial visits: Polar Electro Oy
Artic Circle Visit

Social programme

The conference venue, Oulu has an image as an active city that is prosperous for business, and also has good public services, safe atmosphere and diverse natural environment. Due to the interdisciplinary university and international companies, Oulu has become an internationally well-known technological city. The city is easily accessible by all means of transportation. Finland’s most-traveled flight connection between Helsinki and Oulu provide a strong base for our profile as a conference and congress city. In its surroundings, one can enjoy a spacious environment and the silence of pure northern nature where the sun never sets. You will be closer to nature and the wilderness than ever before, however, near wireless connections.. Please, take a quick look what is waiting for you in Oulu: "A state of mind": http://www.ouka.fi/english/video/.

The ICPQR 2008 conference is organized by the University of Oulu in association with the International Society for Productivity and Quality Research (ISPQR). We provide a forum in which new research and applications are presented and discussed.

It is our pleasure and privilege to invite you to take part in ICPQR 2008 in Finland. We look forward to a great conference and to welcoming you and your colleagues to Oulu.

Sincerely,

Prof. Jaakko Kujala Prof. David J Sumanth

University of Oulu University of Miami

President of ISPQR

Please feel free to distribute this e-mail and the Call for papers to colleagues, research students or others who may be interested in attending, sponsoring or promoting the PhD workshop and the Conference.

If you believe that you have received this e-mail by error, or if you have received multiple copies, then please notify us by responding to this e-mail.

Best regards,

Dr Päivi Iskanius, Conference Coordinator

Contact address: Päivi Iskanius, University of

Oulu, Department of Industrial Engineering and

Management, P.O Box 4610, 90014 Oulu, Finland

Email: icpqr2008@oulu.fi
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PhD workshop on Scientific Writing

Oulu, Finland, June 23^rd – 24^th June 2008

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ICPQR Conference 2008

International Conference on

Productivity and Quality Research