Mayan headdresses, feathers, robes and dancers greeted IIE President Roman Hlutkowsky on June 7.

IIE put on an extravagant welcoming reception for attend-ees of the IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2010. The reception featured an eye-popping performance of a Mayan ceremony that included Hlutkowsky, who sat on the main stage, robed and masked, at the Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Hotel in Cancún, Mexico.

Hlutkowsky, senior vice president of human resources for FedEx Ground, called it an honor to celebrate IIE’s annual conference with such a thrilling ceremony.

“I felt bad for the four performers tasked with lifting and carrying me to the stage,” he joked. “I was able to see the entire performance on the stage monitor through the mask. It was very energizing and exciting. The performers did a terrific job, and the audience was very engaged in the performance.”

Attendees took part in more than 100 applied solutions

presentations and more than 750 research presentations. They learned tools and techniques to incorporate forever into their professional lives. They commented on the vast networking opportunities that let them connect with new people or recon-nect with friends, colleagues and IIE members.

And the location, the gorgeous beach resort of Cancún, Mexico, was loved by all.

Hlutkowsky said IIE’s first conference in Mexico was a success and that members can look forward to more confer-ences in international locations.

And it’s never too early to prepare for IIE’s next annual conference, scheduled May 21-25, 2011, in Reno, Nev.

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mayan dancers perform a welcome reception to introduce IIE president Roman Hlutkowsky. once he arrived on stage — seated in a robe, headdress and mask — he said he could see the exciting performance on the stage monitor through his mask. He was unveiled to thunderous applause.

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Attendees fill their plates and glasses at the annual honors

and awards dinner and reception on June 7.

Russell King of north carolina State university talks to the audience after

accepting the Albert g. Holzman distinguished Educator Award.

Vinod Sahney (right) shares a moment with IIE president-elect g. don Taylor. Sahney, who retired in february from Blue cross Blue Shield of massachusetts, holds his plaque for winning IIE’s prestigious frank and lillian gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award. gilbreth winners have distinguished themselves by contributing to the welfare of mankind in the field of industrial engineering. Sahney helped found IIE’s Society for Health Systems.

IIE Executive director don greene (from left) and his wife, cheryl, smile for the camera with upS’ Juan perez and IIE Immediate past president Jane Ammons.

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Sponsoring universities and IIE hosted a networking reception on the opening night of the conference. The sponsoring university flags were displayed throughout the reception area.

Jorge lozano morales of prolec gE speaks after being named a captain of Industry, an award that honors IE graduates who demonstrate leadership in a national or international context who have identified their industrial engineering education as a key reason for their success.

Three mariachis serenade the audience at the June 5 networking reception.

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IIE president Roman Hlutkowsky (right) poses with the winners of the Rockwell Automation Student Simulation competition. The university of florida team included James Britton (from left), megan Vrenjak and natalie Keller.

Attendees capture a souve-nir experience in front of

an IIE display near the registration desk.

crowds gather around the registration desk.

doctoral colloquium attendees presented their work during the annual conference. during the colloquium, panels of experts led discussions on various topics of interest, including the job search, life in academia and industry, the tenure process, teaching, research and professional service.

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Attendees had more than 750 research presentations and 100 applied solutions presentations to choose from. Applied solutions sessions let industry leaders deliver methods that have proven results, tools and ideas that attendees took back to their companies. Research presentations let professors and industry researchers share their latest research.

Attendees check e-mails and keep up with conference events on the IIE annual conference home page at the cyber café in the exhibit hall. The cyber café was sponsored by colorado Technical university.

A panoramic view of IIE’s student mixer held at the Annual conference and Expo 2010.

Annual conference attendees pay rapt attention during one of

the hundreds of presentations that were available at the

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what time is it?IIE has planned its first LinkedIn live discussion for Sept. 13.

Dubbed “Work Measurement Today: It’s About Time,” the daylong event will detail why work measurement is important to your success. Sessions will feature meth-odology, practice and technology, perfor-mance metrics, using PDAs, 21st century work measurement and work measurement in the medical device industry.

For more information, go to www.work measurementconference.org.

Student members review the schedule and discuss their plans for the day.

Sponsoring universities and IIE hosted a networking reception on the opening night of the conference.

Some took advantage of the June 6 welcome reception to visit displays, such as this one put on by the Industrial and

Systems Engineering department at north carolina State university.