Following another successful conference in Maastricht recently (see http://www.nitl.ie/Latest_NITL_Research_Presented_in_the_Netherlands/Default.385.html for full story), details of the 2012 annual conference of the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) have been announced. The conference will take place in Naples from April 1st to 4th based around the theme “Purchasing & Supply Management in a Changing World”. The overall conference chair for the event is NITL collaborator Prof. Emilio Esposito of the University of Naples “Federico II”. The co-chairs are Prof. Renato Passaro of the University of Naples “Parthenope” (a recent visitor to NITL) and Prof. Mario Raffa of the University of Naples “Federico II” and Minister of Economic Development in the Municipality of Naples, led by mayor Rosa Russo Iervolino.

The Scientific Committee for IPSERA 2012 comprises well known scholars from Europe, America and Asia including Richard Lamming of the University of Exeter, Lisa Ellram of Miami University, Finn Wynstra of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Christine Harland of the University of Bath, Mike Leenders of the University of Western Ontario, as well as NITL’s Edward Sweeney. For further details of IPSERA 2012 and the first call for papers click here (CfP IPSERA.pdf) or visit www.ipsera.com.