IPSERA Conference 2018 Athens, Greece
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: Fostering Innovation
March 25-28, 2018
http://ipsera2018.com*** Deadline for Submission of Abstracts – November 26, 2017
Conference Location:
This year the conference will be held in the Athens, Greece, one of the world's oldest cities, the cradle of Western civilization, and birthplace of democracy.
The venue of the conference is the Aegli conference hall, adjacent to the Zappeion Megaron. Located in the historic center of Athens, in a walking distance from the Acropolis of Athens and the marble Panathenaic Stadium of the 1896 Olympic Games, the Zappeion complex is surrounded by over 200,000 square meters of gardens with meandering paths, fountains and over 70 neoclassical sculptures. In 1888 the Zappeion hall was one of the first buildings in Europe specifically designed for exhibitions and other public events. An extensive interior and exterior renovation, completed in 2006, restored the building to its original splendor while; at the same time, state of the art technology was introduced.
Conference theme
Supply networks are an invaluable source of innovations and application of new technologies. The conference seeks to provide a forum for academics and practitioners to present research papers and discuss opportunities to improve effectiveness and creativity in organizations through the design of innovative purchasing and supply chain strategies.
Topics of interest cover a broad spectrum and include, but are not limited, to:
• Supply chain innovation
• Sustainability
• Big Data & Analytics
• Transparency, visibility and traceability
• IoT and Industry 4.0
• Sourcing and contracting
• Supply chain risk management and security
• Supply chain human capital
• Supply Chain Finance & supply chain financing
• Supply chain resilience and robustness
• Supply chain optimisation
• Public procurement
• Behavioural supply chains
• Demand management and forecasting
• Purchasing strategy and organisation
• Supplier relationships management
Deadline for paper submission: November 26, 2017
Notification of acceptance: January 05, 2018
Deadline for revisions and final paper submission: February 25, 2018
Early registration due: February 29, 2018
Organizing Committee:
• Mihalis Giannakis, Audencia Business School, France (chair)
• Lambros Laios, University of Piraeus, Greece (chair)
• George Malindretos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece
• Socrates Moschouris, University of Piraeus, Greece
• Panagiotis Repoussis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece and Visiting Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA.
We are looking forward to your submissions and to seeing you in Athens!
On behalf of the Organizing Committee,
Dr Mihalis Giannakis
mgiannakis@audencia.com------------------------------
Panagiotis Repoussis
Assistant Professor
Stevens Institute of Technology
Athens
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