2010 Mini-Conference of the POMS College of Sustainable Operations

The Mini-Conference of the POMS College of Sustainable Operations was successfully held at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Center Hotel on May 6, 2010. The Mini-Conference brought together more than 30 researchers who shared the common interest in sustainability and sustainable operations.

The Mini-Conference commenced with Stelios Kavadias’s presentation about interaction between sustainability and product development from a thought-provoking viewpoint. He emphasized the importance of metrics for measuring sustainability and discussed driving factors of sustainability in the context of organization structures. Alfonso Pedraza Martinez talked about humanitarian logistics based on his pioneering field work. His presentation focused on fleet management in the fields. Industry keynote speaker, Burton Hammer, talked about sustainability using an example of a new hydropower technology that his company developed and its vivid business model. Shmuel Oren clearly explained complicated electricity markets using mathematical models that are actually used for the market. His presentation covered important issues of the market, including portfolio for electronic market risk and impact of carbon regulations. Andrew Hoffman analyzed the evolution of the concept of sustainability from his innovative cultural and social viewpoint.