Those who would like to present a paper at the symposium are kindly requested to submit the abstract within 2000 characters along with the personal information (name, affiliation, postal address, phone number, fax number, and email address) of each author from here until April 12, 2013(Extension).

All submitted abstracts will be reviewed on the basis of their relevance and significance to operations management and strategy as well as their originality.

Besides, any proposal of invited sessions, tutorials, panels, etc. will be highly welcome. Please submit such proposals to the symposium email at matsuo-isoms@e-jomsa.jp until April 12, 2013(Extension).

The full papers must be submitted by April 20, 2013 for refereeing. The authors of accepted paper must submit the Camera-ready version by May 10, 2013 to be included in the conference CD-ROM proceedings with ISBN. The paper could be further reviewed for possible publication in special issues of journals related to POM (at least Journal of Japanese Operations Management and Strategy) soon after the symposium.

The submission of full papers is not compulsory for presenting the paper but optional. Full papers should conform to the format as specified in the instructions for proceedings. Also the template can be downloaded from here.

The maximum page length is 16 pages in WORD format (No more than 10MB). Full papers will be accepted on the understanding that the manuscript is an original work and has not been copyrighted, published, or accepted for presentation at any other conferences.

Camera-ready Full Papers must be submitted by May 10, 2013 for refereeing to be included in the conference CD-ROM proceedings with ISBN. The paper could be further reviewed for possible publication in special issues of journals related to POM (at least Journal of Japanese Operations Management and Strategy) soon after the symposium.

The submission of Camera-ready Full Papers is not compulsory for presenting the paper but optional. Camera-ready Full Papers should conform to the format as specified in the instructions for proceedings. Also the template can be downloaded from here.

The maximum page length is 16 pages in WORD format (No more than 10MB). Camera-ready Full Papers will be accepted on the understanding that the manuscript is an original work and has not been copyrighted, published, or accepted for presentation at any other conferences.