Smart Research Forum announced

The Smart Research Forum will be held immediately before the Smart Conference on Tuesday, 24th May, from 8.30am until 5.30pm

The Smart Research Forum takes delegates to the front of supply chain research, with presentations from leading sector academics. This will be a timely and vital forum for all supply chain and logistics practitioners, academics, government and industry representatives, educators and other interested parties, as it will help drive new ideas and create new ways of working.

Closing Research Forum speaker will be Dr John Gattorna , Adjunct Professor, MGSM, Supply Chain Thought Leader, author and CIPSA Foundation Professor. He said all papers presented at this year’s Research Forum have undergone a rigorous peer review process to ensure they are of premium quality, as well as being relevant and interesting to the audience. Research, he said, is the basis for organisational supply chain success.

“Speak to any of the best companies in the AMR Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 list, and you will be left in no doubt that they got there through innovation and undertaking the necessary research,” he said.

The program for the Smart 2011 Research Forum has just been revealed, and presenters include:

• Jongkil (Jay) Jeong, University of Melbourne
• Ari Happonen, Lappenranta University of Technology, Finland
• YujieCai, Institute of Transport and Logistics, Sydney University
• Takahisa Shinke, University of Melbourne
• Dr Sherah Kurnia, University of Melbourne
• Maree Storer, Queensland University
• Michael McLean, Queensland University of Technology
• Hilary Haugstetter, Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania

Topics will range from business-university partnerships and communication in supply chains to innovation; establishing trust through language; identifying green supply chain management initiatives; supply chain management in the Indonesian grocery industry and Australian beef industry; and a case study on transportation of ‘sticky coal’.

The Smart 2011 Research Forum will be held at Industry & Investment NSW, MLC Centre, Level 47, 19 Martin Place, Sydney.

Register now at www.smartconference.com.au