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Gerritsen, TNO N. Org. for App. Scientific Research, The Netherlands Calin Gurau, GSCM – Montpellier Business School, France Carlos Ferrás Sexto, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain Carlos Machado dos Santos, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Carmen de Pablos, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain Carola Jones, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina Carrillo Verdún, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Cesar Alexandre de Souza, University of Săo Paulo, Brazil Chad Lin, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Daniel Lübke, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany Dimitrios Koufopoulos, Brunel University, UK Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology Savannah, USA Dirk Werth, Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Germany Dulce Domingos, University of Lisbon, Portugal Duminda Wijesekera, George Mason University, USA Edson Luiz Riccio, University of Săo Paulo, Brasil Efrem Mallach, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA Eitel Lauria, Marist College, USA Emanuel Peres, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Enrique Paniagua Arís, Universidad de Murcia, Spain Ercan Oztemel, Marmara University, Turkey Esra Kurt Tekez, Sakarya University, Turkey Fahd Alizai, Victoria University Australia, Australia Filomena Lopes, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal Gabor Hosszu, Budpest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary George Leal Jamil, FUMEC/BH, Brasil George Ioannou, Athens Faculty of Economics and Business, Greece Giorgio Bruno, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Gerald Goh Guan Gan, Multimedia University, Malasya Goran Putnik, University of Minho, Portugal Heiko Duin, BIBA Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH, Germany Henrique O’Neill, ISCTE, Portugal Igor Perko, University of Maribor, Slovenia llan Oshri, Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands Isabel Ramos, University of Minho, Portugal Ivanilde Eyng, UEPG/UNAM, Brasil Jaideep Motwani, Grand Valley State University, USA Jaime Muńoz, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico Jens Eschenbächer, BIBA Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik, Germany Jerzy Kisielnicki, University of Warsaw, Poland Joăo Barroso, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Joăo Varajăo, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Jorge Marx Gómez, Oldenburg University, Germany José Bulas Cruz, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal José Carlos Metrôlho, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal José L. Caro, University of Malaga, Spain José L. Leiva, University of Malaga, Spain José Luis Mota Pereira, University of Minho, Portugal Leonardo Soto, University of Guadalajara, Mexico Leonel Morgado, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Leonel Santos, University of Minho, Portugal Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, UK Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, UK Luís Amaral, University of Minho, Portugal Luís Borges Gouveia, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal Kam Hou Vat, University of Macau, Macau Klara Antlova, Technical university of Liberec, Czech republic Malihe Tabatabaie, University of York, UK Mahesh S. Raisinghani, Texas Woman's University, USA Manuela Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal Manuel Filipe Santos, University of Minho, Portugal Manuel Joăo Pereira, Universidade Católica, Portugal Manuel Mora, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico Manuel Pérez Cota, Universidad de Vigo, Spain Marco Kuhrmann, Technische Universität München, Germany Maria Argyropoulou, Brunel University, UK Mário Caldeira, Technical University of Lisboa, Portugal Marilisa Oliveira, UEPG/UNAM, Brasil Marko Kolakovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Maximino Bessa, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Mayumi Hori, Hakuoh University, Japan Michal Žemlicka, Charles University, Czech Republic Miguel Calejo, University of Minho, Portugal Miguel Mira da Silva, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Mirjana Stojanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia Narciso Cerpa, University of Talca, Chile Ovsei Gelman, CCADET-UNAM, Mexico Özalp Vayvay, Faculty of Engineering Marmara University, Turkey Ozden Ustun, Dumlupinar University, Turkey Patrícia Gonçalves, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal Paula Morais, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal Paulo Martins, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Paulo Tomé, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal Paulo Rupino, University of Coimbra, Portugal Pedro Anunciaçăo, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal Pedro Araújo, University of Beira Interior, Portugal Pedro Campos, University of Porto, Portugal Pedro Quelhas de Brito, University of Porto, Portugal Pedro Ribeiro, University of Minho, Portugal Pedro Soto Acosta, Universidad de Murcia, Spain Polo, University of Săo Paulo, Brasil Protogeros Nicolaos, University of Macedonia Economic and Social Scs., Greece Ramiro Gonçalves, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Ricardo Colomo Palacios, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain Ricardo Gonçalves, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Ricardo Simőes, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal Richard Burkhard, San Jose State University, USA Roberto Razzoli, PMAR Lab of the University of Genova, Italy Rui Dinis Sousa, University of Minho, Portugal Rui Rijo, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Samo Bobek, University of Maribor, Slovenia Sanja Vranes, The Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Serbia Simona Sternad, University of Maribor, Slovenia Snezana Pantelic, The Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Serbia Subhasish Dasgupta, George Washington University, USA Tahinakis Panayiotis, University of Macedonia Economic and Social Scs., Greece Valentina Janev, The Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Serbia Vladanka Acimovic-Raspopovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia Vitor Basto Fernandes, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Vítor Carvalho, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal Vítor Santos, Microsoft, Portugal Vladimír Modrák, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia Vojko Potocan, University of Maribor, Slovenia Wai Ming Cheung, University of Bath, UK Organization: António Tavares, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave António Trigo, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra Eva Miranda, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave Eva Oliveira, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave Irene Portela, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave Joăo Varajăo, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Maria Manuela Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave Nuno Lopes, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave Patrícia Gonçalves, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave Vitor Fernandes, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria CENTERIS News CENTERIS 2010 INFO will be soon available. CENTERIS 2009 IN NUMBERS: - 56 papers - 11 posters - 185 authors from 5 continents - 28 countries represented. TAP - official carrier - special condictions for CENTERIS participants (read more)... According with the reviewers’ recommendations, authors of selected papers will be invited to enhance the paper for publication in several journals (read more)... Important dates For every accepted paper or poster, at least one full registration fee must be paid by September 3, 2009 (new date) Revised version/camera ready: Deadline July 20, 2009 (new date) Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 25, 2009 (new date) Paper submission: Extended deadline April 30, 2009 Deadline March 15, 2009 News IPROMS 2009 The Network of Excellence for Innovative Machines and Systems, I*PROMS, funded by the EU's FP6 programme and co-ordinated by the Manufacturing Engineering Centre, MEC, Cardiff University, will held the 5th Virtual Conference on Innovative Production Machines and Systems, IPROMS 2009 on 1st -14th July 2009. Supporting entities