2023 Engineering Project Organization Conference

June 20-23, 2023 – Berlin, Germany

The overall theme for the conference this year is Engineering for Changing Systems. EPOC 2023 builds on the primary themes of the EPO society and the EPO journal as follows:

Disaster resilience, humanitarian engineering projects, disaster management—research on engineering/management complexity where the context is not “business as usual”
Digital transformation in engineering/construction—where and how can we identify or built expertise and talent to fill the need to move forward
Engineering for inclusion and equity—research on social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in engineering
Infrastructure development and the provision of basic services (e.g., water, sanitation)—research efforts that emphasize the development of civil and social infrastructure projects
Project- and Program-Based enterprise—research on project or program-specific organizations at all levels of governance activities
Inter- and intra-firm coordination—research on the interdependencies in project organizations and approaches for analyzing and improving partnerships and coordination
International project organizations and enterprises—research encompassing global project organizations and enterprises including governance, operations, and collaboration

Extended abstracts are required of everyone who wants to participate in EPOC 2023. Researchers also have the opportunity to submit a conference-length paper (optional). Details about submissions are below.

Extended Abstract. These are intended to be projects that are still in the data gathering or exploration stage. Extended abstracts should include the following: Research Problem Statement or Purpose, Brief Research Methodology and Approach, Key Findings, and Implications. Extended abstracts should be between 1,000-2,000 words.
Conference-Length Papers (Optional). These are intended to be traditional conference papers. Authors are expected to be faculty or doctoral students who are nearly ready to defend. Papers will be 3,000–5,000 words and authors are expected to make a presentation.

Extended abstracts and conference papers will be made available online in the conference proceedings. Authors will retain the copyright, but the papers can still be cited as a conference proceedings paper.

Submit an Extended Abstract

Due: December 14, 2022

Extended abstracts should include the following: Research Problem Statement or Purpose, Brief Research Methodology and Approach, Key Findings, and Implications. Extended abstracts should be between 1,000-2,000 words.

Submit your Abstract Here

Additional Details

Conference Formats and Dates

The conference will start with an opening reception on the evening of June 20th and end on June 23rd.

EPOC 2023 will include sessions that are limited to 3-4 speakers followed by 30 minutes of open discussion. The extended discussion periods will emphasize knowledge exchange. The conference format will once again have morning sessions with free afternoons to encourage free time for social and intellectual exchange, followed by invited evening speakers and activities.

Venue: Das Schmöckwitz Hotel

Located near Berlin, Germany. More information about the venue can be found here: https://das-schmoeckwitz.de/

Registration Details

Event Registration site will be active by January 10th. A Registration link will be emailed once it’s live.

Deadlines

December 1st, 2022: Extended-abstracts due
January 10th, 2023: Authors are notified of acceptance of their extended abstract and invited to participate in the conference. Participants can start planning their visit and stay in Germany (e.g., Visas).
February 24th, 2023: Conference paper due (Optional)
April 7th, 2023: Review comments sent to authors of conference papers (Optional)
May 5th, 2023: Final conference paper or extended abstract due

Questions?

All questions regarding submissions can be sent to Lauryn Spearing (spearing@uic.edu; Technical Chair), Johan Ninan (j.ninan@tudelft.nl; Technical Co-Chair), or Jean Xu (jean.xu@ucl.ac.uk; Technical Co-Chair).

Engineering Project Organization Society Doctoral Consortium

The Engineering Project Organization Society is accepting applications from Ph.D. students for its EPOS Doctoral Consortium to be held in conjunction with the 2023 Engineering Project Organization Conference to be held at Technische Universität (TU) Berlin's Wedding campus.

The “Future Faculty 5K” Doctoral Consortium will be held on Monday-Tuesday, June 19-20, 2023, along with several events to occur during the Engineering Project Organization Conference from June 20-23, 2023.

The content of this Doctoral Consortium will focus on providing Ph.D. candidates who are interested in becoming faculty members with information on interviewing for academic jobs, succeeding in an academic career, writing your first grants, preparing for your first classes, and contributing to the growth of the EPOS community. The consortium will be led by a panel of faculty members with proven research, teaching and service records who will address key issues in academic life such as publishing in leading journals, teaching best practices, funding your research, contributing to the research community, subtleties of the tenure process, as well as networking and research collaboration.

The application deadline is December 9th, 2022. To apply, please send the following information to John E. Taylor via email at jet@gatech.edu.

A current CV, and
A one-page statement with: (1) Your name/institutional affiliation/address/email, (2) How many years you have left before you anticipate graduating with your PhD, (3) The name/phone#/email address of your thesis advisor and one additional reference, and, (4) A 250-word abstract of your dissertation.

Preference will be given to doctoral candidates at later stages of their PhD program. Decisions will be made by a committee of EPOS members by mid-January 2023. Late applications will not be considered. Participation is limited to a small number of Ph.D. students.