Dear IPSERA Community, 

We would like to invite you to the IPSERA online workshop, which will explore Technological and Economic decoupling between the East and the West. This phenomenon, increasingly discussed by economists and geopolitical analysts, has implications for global trade, procurement, and supply chain management. As academics, we must consider the decoupling in our research agendas to understand its far-reaching consequences.

Date: Thursday 13th February 2025 | 11:00 EST | 16:00 GMT I 17:00 CET

To provide an overview and set the stage for our discussions, we invited Caroline Freund to give a keynote; Caroline Freund is the Dean of the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and an expert in international trade and economic development.

In addition,  we have three distinguished speakers, each presenting concise 5-minute input on critical aspects currently impacting companies:

• Michael Henke discusses the strategic actions companies take in response to decoupling.
  
• Hervé Legenvre on the role and patterns of adoption of open technology in navigating the decoupling.
  
• Carmela di Mauro on the trends and challenges associated with reshoring.
  

The workshop is organized by Hervé Legenvre (EIPM - The European Institute of Purchasing Management HQ) and Michael Henke (TU Dortmund). The event will be moderated by Iryna Malacina (Business School of LUT University), who will also lead the final roundtable discussion. 

Registration is available at the following link here. 

Your IPSERA Executive Committee 

IPSERA 2025 Extended Submission Deadline: December 9, 2024

We would like to inform you that the deadline for paper submissions and educator workshop proposals has been extended to December 9, 2024. We warmly invite you to submit your best work to the IPSERA conference 2025 via the following link. 

For more information about the Call for Papers, Key Dates, Preliminary Conference Program, and Submission, please visit our official conference website. 

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the IPSERA Conference 2025 in Rotterdam.

(Conference Co-Chair)

This is a kind reminder that the submission deadline for the IPSERA Conference 2025 is fast approaching. All types of submissions are due by December 1, 2024, except for PDW submissions, which are due by December 20, 2024. We warmly invite you to submit your best work to the conference via this link. 

This year, the IPSERA Conference 2025 will be hosted at Erasmus University, Campus Woudestein, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam, from March 30 to April 2, 2025. The theme for IPSERA 2025 is Room for Talent. For more information about the Call for Papers, Key Dates, Preliminary Conference Program, and Submission, please visit our official conference website. 

Please note that on the final day of the conference (Wednesday, 2 April 2025), we have a surprise activity in the morning (more about that later), an exciting academic program in the morning, and an award ceremony as part of the closing session of the conference at lunchtime. In addition, we will be offering interesting social activities for the afternoon that are related to Rotterdam, its port, and its surroundings. The social activities are optional and come at an additional fees. So, please plan your travel accordingly such that you can attend all parts of the conference.

(Conference Co-Chair)

We would like to invite you to the IPSERA Purchasing & Innovation SIG Workshop: Exploring New Ways of Innovating within Ecosystems, taking place offline on 22-23 January 2025, which aims to help participants gain insights into new ways of innovating in ecosystems.

Participants will visitVodafone Procurement Company(VPC) andTomorrow Street: the startup accelerator hosted by VPC, and its Design-to-Cost lab.

The IPSERA Brazil Forum recently took place atSchool of Economics, Business and Accounting at the University of São Paulo, with the aim of reviewing potential abstracts for submission to IPSERA 2025 in Rotterdam.

on the event’s impact: “IPSERA support empowers Brazilian masters and PhD candidates to move forward with their research in PSM topics. IPSERA generates more interest in others who were not aware of conducting research in PSM in Brazil. When participating in an event like this, a 'new world' opens to them – they feel part of an international, multi-institutional community of active PSM researchers, practitioners, and educators. Everyone was proud to have a Regional IPSERA Centre of Competence in Brazil.”

On 4 April 2025, theUtrecht UniversityCentre for Public Procurement (UUCePP) will host its bi-annual Interdisciplinary Public Procurement PhD Forum in collaboration with the IOS Platform ‘The Transactional State.’ This event is supported externally by IPSERA.

PhD researchers in public procurement are encouraged to submit abstracts by 17 January 2025 (see details below).

For more information on submission and registration, please visit here. 

Date: Thursday 5th December 2024 | 14.00-15:00 CET

We would like to invite you to the IPSERA online workshop which is aimed at purchasing and supply management (PSM) educators who are interested in exploring and discussing how AI can add value (or not) to Purchasing and Supply Management Education. At the end of this workshop, participants will have a better understanding of how they can make use of AI within their educator’s work.

A group of expertsCharles Knight, Assistant Director at Advance HE andChaaben Kouki, Professor of Supply Chain Management and Director of the Data Lab at ESSCA School of Management will share their experiences and approaches to developing innovative AI algorithms, products and services in Higher Education.

Registration is available at the following link here. 

We are pleased to inform you that the registration portal for the IPSERA Conference 2025 is now open. Additionally, we would like to remind you that the regular submission deadline for all types of work is December 1, 2024, and we invite you to submit your best work to the conference. Register now via the link: https://ipsera.com/sys/website/system-pages/?pageId=1737657 

On behalf of Erik van Raaij (Conference Chair) and Anna Nikulina (Conference Co-Chair)

We would like to remind you that the deadline for the IPSERA Conference 2025 express submission of working paper (WP) and full doctoral research proposal is fast approaching on October 27. Kindly note that express submission offers an early opportunity for those in need of visa and/or anticipation in travelling plans.

(Conference Co-Chair)

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