IISE Annual 2026 Program Preview

The Future of Industrial & Systems Engineering — All in One Place

This year's program is shaping up to be one of the most dynamic yet. With 1,000+ presentations spanning the full breadth of the ISE discipline, you'll find cutting-edge research, real-world case studies, and practical tools you can apply the moment you're back at work.

The full program launches soon. Here's a sneak peek at what's coming.

What's Trending in 2026

AI & Intelligent Systems Are Everywhere

From shop floors to operating rooms, AI is transforming how industrial engineers solve problems. This year's presentations go beyond the hype to show you what's actually working:

Case Studies in Process Reimagination with AI — See how leading organizations are rethinking entire workflows
Agentic AI and Robotics Synergy for Autonomous Manufacturing — Explore the Industry 5.0 frontier
A Cognitive Agentic Framework for Real-Time Adaptive Process Control — Move from reactive to predictive
AI as a Core Competency: A Practical Framework for Upskilling Industrial & Systems Engineers — Build your team's capabilities
Knowledge-Guided Large Language Model for Advisory Support in Electrohydrodynamic Printing — LLMs meet advanced manufacturing

Digital Twins & Smart Manufacturing

The virtual-physical convergence is accelerating. Learn how to build, calibrate, and leverage digital twins:

From Costly Experimentation to Virtual Sandbox: Building an Enterprise Simulation Framework for Global Manufacturing
Digital-Twin–Enabled Lean Facility Planning: Accelerating Patient Flow in a Tertiary Ambulatory Surgery Center
Human-in-the-Loop Intelligent Digital Twin for an Educational Robotic Assembly Training Cell
Generative Digital Twin for Real-Time Adaptive Disaster Simulation Environments
A Cyber-Physical Real-to-Sim-to-Real Framework for High-Fidelity Digital Manufacturing

Supply Chain Resilience in an Uncertain World

Tariffs. Disruptions. Shifting demand. This year's supply chain track tackles the challenges keeping you up at night:

Managing Pharmaceutical Supply Chains Under Volatile Tariff Conditions
Resilient by Design: How Strategic Sourcing Strengthens Supply Chain Continuity during Global Disruptions
Enabling Resilient Retail Warehousing: Managerial Strategies for Mitigating Supply Chain Disruptions
Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience through Reverse Engineering and Localized Manufacturing of Critical Industrial Components
Tri-Level Optimization for Building Supply Chain Resilience with Safety Stock Against Worst-Case Disruption

Additive Manufacturing Comes of Age

3D printing has moved from prototyping to production. Explore the latest advances:

Ultra Low-Cost Metal Additive Manufacturing Via Jetting of Molten Metal Droplets
Multi-Metal 3D Printing via Dual-Extrusion Fused Deposition Modeling: Inconel 718 and Stainless Steel 316L Hybrid Structures
Safe Reinforcement Learning-Driven Path Planning for Improved Thermal Uniformity in Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing
Physics-Informed Few-Shot Learning for Rapid and Data-Efficient Prediction of Manufacturing Quality
Hearing the Print: Acoustic Sensing for Smarter FDM 3D Printing

Healthcare Systems Under Pressure

ISEs are essential to solving healthcare's biggest operational challenges:

Under Pressure: How Work Burden Affects Soiled Instruments at Stanford Health Care
Balancing Conflicting Strategies to Improve Clinician Well-Being in the Emergency Department
Using AI and Large Language Models to Make Life Better for Nurses and Physicians in the ICU
Optimizing Urgent Care Flow with 3D Simulation Modeling
Optimal Data-Driven Routing of the Mobile Lung Cancer Screening Unit: A Case Study in Oklahoma

The Human Side of Automation

As automation advances, the human element becomes more critical — not less:

Human Experts vs Robots: Speed, Accuracy, and Complexity Thresholds in Manufacturing
Towards Promoting Industrial Exoskeleton Adoption: A Survey Study on New Jersey Warehouse Workers
Trust, Traits, and Turning Points: Decoding the Human Side of ADAS Malfunctions in Everyday Driving
Effects of Passive Support Exoskeletons on Postural Stability during Commercial Crabbing
XR-Enabled Adaptive Human–Autonomy Teaming for Semi-Autonomous Crane Operations

Operational Excellence — Evolved

Lean and Six Sigma aren't going anywhere, but they are evolving:

Designing a Customized Lean Workshop Format to Transform the Manufacturing Processes at Boeing 767
Breaking Down Silos: Building a Sustainable Continuous Improvement Culture
Improvement Behavior in Lean Service Settings: A Case Study of Double Loop Learning Transformation
Tailoring Lean Green Training for Ambulatory Healthcare: OrthoVirginia's Journey to Operational Excellence
From Chaos to Clarity: Driving Operational Excellence through AI Process Improvement

Sustainability & the Energy Transition

The path to net-zero runs through industrial engineering:

A Sustainable Supply Chain Design Model Toward Achieving NetZero Carbon Performance
Closed-Loop Remanufacturing of Bifacial PV Modules via Intact Wafer Harvesting
3R-BET: Remanufacturing, Repurposing, and Recycling Battery and Energy Technologies
A Blockchain-Based Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Platform Towards Circular Economy
Zero-Energy Bike Blender: Innovation for Sustainable Health Engagement

Practitioner Sessions You Won't Want to Miss

Looking for insights you can put into practice immediately? We've got you covered with presentations led by industry professionals from Boeing, Stanford Health Care, Amazon, and more:

Pioneering Industrial Engineering and Digital Transformation in iPhone Manufacturing: From Video Time Studies to $1.2 Billion in Operational Savings
Engineering a Scalable AMR-Based Material Handling System: A Case Study from a High-Volume Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Facility
Reducing Traveled Work Risk at Boeing
Discrete Event Simulation for Rail Logistics Optimization: A Case Study in Capacity Enhancement
Supply Chain Network Design & Applications in Retail

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