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Welcome to 5th Annual International Service Innovation and Design –seminar on March 14, 2013! Venue: Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Vanha maantie 9, Espoo (Leppävaara), Finland In collaboration with: Design (f)or Value in Service Business 5th Annual SID Seminar | March 14, 2013 at 8:30-17:30 The 5th Annual SID Seminar – Design (f)or Value in …

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Special issue call for papers from Journal of Facilities Management: Sustainable Infrastructure Management Infrastructures are facilities and services that support the functioning of human societies. Examples are utility networks (such as water, wastewater, gas, electricity, and communications), transportation systems (such as airports, railroads, roads, and bridges), public buildings (municipal buildings and hospitals), and social venues …

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Key excerpts: Professional Services in the Next Decade Signs that the world is moving to a service and knowledge-driven economy are all around us. The manufacturing-driven industrial complex of the 20th century has been replaced by a technology-enabled, knowledge and project-oriented workplace. Computers and technology have streamlined most of the “hard” manufacturing/production processes leaving innovation …

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“Service Imperatives in the New Economy – Enhancing Customer Experience” 4th IRSSM International Research Symposium in Service Management (India July 2-6, 2013) Service plays a significant role in the economy of every nation and every business in the marketplace. Service sectors permeate every aspect of our daily lives and every part of the economy. It …

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2nd International conference on THROUGH-LIFE ENGINEERING SERVICES 5th & 6th November 2013 Cranfield, Cranfield University, UK Website: http://www.through-life-engineering-services.org/tesconf Organiser: EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Through-life Engineering Services CALL FOR PAPERS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS/TUTORIALS Deadline: 15th February 2013 [Submission of session/tutorial and paper abstract (max 500 words with title, full details of the authors and the …

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NAACSOS – http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/naacsos/Call for participation Workshop on: 16 Sep 2013 Application deadline: 1 March 2013 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION – ESSA@work 2013 ———————————————————————– Are you currently working on a social simulation project AND want to discuss your work-in-progress? Then you might want to attend the ESSA@work workshop during the ESSA 2013 conference. ESSA@work invites all modellers …

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Designing a System That Works Some 75 million young people around the world are unemployed, yet most employers say they cannot find enough qualified candidates for entry-level jobs. What skills will help young people find work, and what is the most effective way of delivering them? A new McKinsey report finds that employers, education providers, …

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The 2013 Annual Meeting of the Service Management and Science Forum A Joint Meeting of the Art & Science of Service, the Service Operations Management Forum of EurOMA and POMS College of Service Operations August 4-6, 2013 Harrah’s, Las Vegas, NV Theme: Customer Centricity Meeting Announcement: The Service Management and Science Forum is a truly …

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Crowdfunding Many attendees at the first annual Next Generation Entrepreneurship and Global Crowdfunding Forum at Santa Monica on Nov. 16 saw crowdfunding as the clearest path to an economic comeback. One of the distinguished speakers, Howard J. Leonhardt, founder of the California Stock Xchange, predicted: “Crowdfunding will bring the grandest expression of human creativity and …

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