We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing a paper to the track “Economics and Business Engineering” in the 9th IEEE-GCC conference that will be held at Bahrain Gulf Conference and Exhibition center 6th to the 9th of November 2016. The conference is organized by the IEEE Saudi Arabia Section in coordination with IEEE Bahrain Section and provides a forum for discussion among professionals from industries, academia and research institutions.
The conference offers an excellent opportunity for scientists, innovators, and engineers to interact, share experiences and present their latest research with peers in a multidisciplinary engineering background. This conference also includes tutorials and workshops as well as an industrial exhibition.

Paper submission is done through EDASQuick link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=19583&track=70645

Please select one of the below topics in the track number 7 (Economics and Business Engineering):
7.1 Business Process Engineering.
7.2 Financial Engineering Economy
7.3 Supply Chain Management
7.4 Decision Analysis and Methods
7.5 Operation Research
7.6 Modeling and Simulation

All submitted papers should not exceed 6 pages and will be peer-reviewed and will be published in the IEEE Conference Proceedings. Moreover, extended version of these papers will be considered for publication in a special issue in the International Journal of Services and Operations Management (indexed in Scopus/Elsevier).

IMPORTANT DATES
- Paper submission: May 15, 2016
- Acceptance decision: July 31, 2016
- Final version of paper submission: September 30, 2016
- Final deadline for discounted fee: September 01, 2016
- Conference dates: Noveember 6-9, 2016

Please forward this announcement to your colleagues and associates who could be interested in it.
For all queries regarding the conference track “Economics and Business Engineering”, please contact hmasri@uob.edu.bh. Further information is available on the conference website http://sites.ieee.org/gcc-2016/.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Bahrain soon.

Best Regards
Dr. Hatem Masri
For the 9th IEEE-GCC conference organizing committee