The 2009 Mini-Conference of the POMS College of Supply Chain Management will be held at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa in Orlando, immediately following the POMS Annual Meeting. The conference will begin at 3:00 PM on Monday, May 4 and end at 2:30 PM on Tuesday, May 5.
The mini-conference will continue in its tradition of connecting industry experts and academics to explore emerging issues critical to supply chain practice, teaching, and research. This year's theme is "Managing Supply Chains in Turbulent Times". The mini-conference will begin on Monday afternoon with a tour of Disney's world class warehouse facility followed by dinner at the Atlantic Dance Hall on the Disney Boardwalk. The conference will continue on Tuesday with a keynote address by Yossi Sheffi, MIT professor and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, followed by a series of interactive industry panels examining how recent economic and regulatory changes are (or should be) impacting the way supply chains are managed. Panelists include executives from Scholastics Book Fair Inc., Proctor & Gamble, Chico's Inc., Watsco, Jacksonville Port Authority, and NASA.
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Click here to register for the conference.
We look forward to seeing you at the mini-conference!
Supply Chain College Mini-Conference Committee
Karen Donohue
Mark Ferguson
Joe Geunes
James Gilbert
Ananth Iyer
Asoo Vakharia
Scholarships for Ph.D. Students Attending the Conference
Ph.D. students may apply for a limited number of scholarships to cover their registration fee to the POMS College of Supply Chain Management mini-conference. Applications, including a cover letter, vita, and faculty letter verifying their student status, should be send to Vicki Lund at lundx006@umn.edu by *March 30, 2009*.