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In order to promote a high-quality scientific program on Sustainable Supply Chains at the IFORS conference 2020 to be held in Seoul, Korea on June 21–26, 2020, we would be happy to see many presentations from the members of the EWG within our stream.

Within this stream, we seek contributions to cover recent advances on the following topics (among others):

• Design, planning and operation sustainable supply chains
• Sustainable transportation systems
• Closed-loop supply chains
• Food supply chains
• Reversed logistics
• Product recovery management
• Multi-objective optimization for sustainability
• Interdisciplinary approaches for sustainability
• Resource- and energy-efficient manufacturing
• Operational challenges in the circular economy
• Sustainable logistics

Please participate actively by submitting your abstracts to the Sustainable Supply Chains stream using the code: 84cf8225.

The abstract submission system is available online via the conference web page (https://www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2020/).

Abstracts: max. 1500 characters; submission deadline: January 17, 2020.

We aim to organize many interesting sessions on specific topics based on the abstract submissions. If you are however interested in organizing a special session yourself (consisting of up to 4 presentations) within the Sustainable Supply Chain stream, please contact Renzo Akkerman (renzo.akkerman@wur.nl).

Date: July 19−23, 2020

Venue: Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Organized by the EURO Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains (EWG-SSC) in cooperation with the Operations Research and Logistics group at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon University and sponsored by the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO), the PhD School on Sustainable Supply Chains will be an active forum for PhD students and young researchers to learn how Operational Research methods can support organizations on the design, planning and operation of supply chains towards sustainability goals.

Target Audience: PhD Students interested to get a sound understanding of concepts, methods and tools for the development of Sustainable Supply Chains; motivated to develop OR tools to solve real cases in Supply Chains; wanting to discuss and present research ideas on the topic. Motivated early career researchers may also be accepted if places are available.

Program Contents: Tutorials on selected topics on the interface of operations research and sustainable supply chains; opportunity to discuss own PhD research with peers and expert (guests) lecturers from the field; case assignments − PhD students get to work on industry cases; solutions developed by participants will be presented to industry stakeholders at the summer school.

Poster presentations at the 3rd Conference of the Euro Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains (SustSC 2020) are highly welcome. SustSC2020 will follow the PhD School taking place from the 23rd to the 25th of July in Lisbon.

Vacancies & Acceptance: There are 30 seats available. Due to the limited capacity there is an application process for those that would like to participate. Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously received support from EURO for other PhD schools.

To apply for the EURO PhD School on Sustainable Supply Chains, the candidates should be from a EURO member society country, or studying in a EURO member society country, and need to submit the following documents:

• Application letter, including name, affiliation, and email-address, PhD program enrolled in, current stage of studies, as well as PhD supervisors’ names
• Background in Sustainability and in Operations Research
• Motivation to attend the PhD School
• Curriculum Vitae
• Recommendation letter from the PhD supervisor

Application Deadline: 20th January, 2020

Notification of Acceptance: 28th February, 2020

Fees & Rights: The fee is 400 €, which covers all accommodation, meals (breakfast, coffee break, lunch and dinner), transport to IST, and social activities.

• Accommodation is provided in double rooms, but option for single rooms is offered at additional charge.
• Travel costs should be covered by the participants, either by themselves or through external funding.

Scholarships will be available for PhD students accepted for the EURO PhD School on Sustainable Supply Chains to participate in the 3rd Conference on Sustainable Supply Chains (SustSC 2020).

For more details, please visit the website of the Summer School: http://epsinssc.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/.

Date: July 23−25, 2020

Venue: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal

We would like to invite you to submit abstracts for presentations at the 3rd Conference on Sustainable Supply Chains (SustSC 2020). SustSC 2020 is organized by the EURO Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains (EWG SustSC) in cooperation with the Operations Research and Logistics group at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon University and sponsored by the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO).

Purpose: SustSC 2020 Conference offers the European and International Sustainable Supply Chains community opportunities to present state-of-the-art developments and to discuss current challenges in Sustainable Supply Chains. Researchers and practitioners interested in the implementation of Sustainable Supply Chains are welcome.

Research: We invite works on the state of the research art and innovative approaches for Sustainable Supply Chain Management. We are looking for presentations tackling Operations Research methodologies as well as applications for Sustainable Supply Chains.

Abstract submission deadline: 30th of April, 2020

Notification of acceptance: 15th of May, 2020

Social Program & Networking: The SustSC 2020 promises to offer a pleasant social and networking environment for all participants in Lisbon.

Conference chair & EWG SustSC Coordinators & Board: Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa

Conference URL: http://sustsc2020.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/ 

Contact: sustsc2020@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

The EWG on Sustainable Supply Chains awards the price for an outstanding PhD Thesis 2019 in the field of Sustainable Supply Chains to

Bruna Alexandra Elias Mota

for her thesis on

“Design and planning of sustainable supply chains”.

The thesis was accepted at University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico and was supervised by Prof. Dr. Ana Paula Ferreira Dias Barbosa Póvoa, Prof. Dr. Maria Isabel Azevedo Rodrigues Gomes, and Prof. Dr. Ana Isabel Cerqueira de Sousa Gouveia Carvalho.

We thank the members of the PhD Award Committee:

• Karsten Kieckhäfer (chair, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany),
• Marc Reimann (University of Graz, Austria),
• Athanasios Rentizelas (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom).

The award is announced every second year, the next round will be in 2021.

As elected during the annual meeting of the EWG SustSC in Amsterdam in June, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa, Renzo Akkerman and Karsten Kieckhäfer will take over the coordination of the EURO Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains. Additionally, we welcome Marc Reimann (University of Graz) and Athanasios Rentizelas (University of Strathclyde) to the board of the EURO Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains.

In order to promote a high-quality scientific program on Sustainable Supply Chains at the EURO conference 2019 to be held in Dublin, Ireland on June 23-26, 2019, we would be happy to see many presentations from the members of the EWG within our stream.

Within this stream, we seek contributions to cover recent advances on the following topics (among others):

• Sustainable supply chains
• Bio-based supply chains
• Sustainable transportation systems
• Closed-loop supply chains
• Food supply chains
• Multi-objective optimization for sustainability
• Interdisciplinary approaches for sustainability
• Resource-efficient manufacturing
• Operational challenges in the circular economy
• Design, planning and operation of ecosystems
• Sustainable logistics

Please participate actively by submitting your abstracts to the Sustainable Supply Chains stream using the code: ca2e9278.

The abstract submission system is available online via the conference web page.

Abstracts: max. 1500 characters; submission deadline: February 8, 2019.

If you are interested in organizing a special session (consisting of up to 4 presentations) within the Sustainable Supply Chain stream yourself, please contact Renzo Akkerman (renzo.akkerman@wur.nl).

The EURO Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains is announcing the call for nominations for the best PhD thesis examined and approved in 2017/2018 in the field of "Sustainable Supply Chains".

The submission deadline is January 31, 2019. More information can be found here.

2nd Conference of the EURO Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains

Sustainable Supply Chains and the Circular Economy

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 6 – 7, 2018 (leading up to the annual EURO conference)

We have the great pleasure of inviting you to take part in the 2^nd Conference on Sustainable Supply Chains (SustSC 2018) to be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 6 & 7, 2018. SustSC 2018 is organized by the EURO Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains in cooperation with the Operations Research and Logistics group at Wageningen University and sponsored by the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO). The purpose of the SustSC 2018 Conference is to offer the European and international sustainable supply chain community (researchers and practitioners) the opportunity to present state-of-the-art developments and to discuss current research challenges.

Conference scope: We invite contributions on sustainable supply chains from disciplines such as operations research, logistics, and industrial engineering. We especially welcome submissions that contribute to the transition to a circular economy, but broader sustainable supply chain issues will not be excluded from consideration.

Keynotes:

• “How sustainable is Big Data in supply chains?”, Charles Corbett, Professor of Operations Management and Sustainability & IBM Chair in Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management, USA
• “Sustainable city logistics”, presentation by Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS). 

Location: Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (https://www.ams-institute.org/, co-located with the Royal Tropical Institute, https://www.kit.nl/)

Abstracts: Abstracts for presentations can be submitted until May 1, 2018 to sustsc.orl@wur.nl (preferably using the provided abstract template). The abstracts should be max. 250 words and will be collected in a Book of Abstracts for the conference participants.

Key dates:

• Abstract submission deadline: May 1, 2018
• Acceptance notification: May 8, 2018
• Early Bird registration deadline: May 22, 2018
• Conference registration deadline: June 12, 2018

Registration: Conference registration will be available at https://sustsc2018.sciencesconf.org/.

Travel information: For people combining their travel with a visit to the EURO 2018 conference in Valencia, note that there are direct flight connections with Transavia, Vueling or KLM from Amsterdam to Valencia. For travel planning, note that the Saturday part of the conference will end around lunch time.

Scientific committee: Renzo Akkerman (Wageningen University), Jacqueline Bloemhof (Wageningen University), Rene Haijema (Wageningen University), Erwin van der Laan (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Grit Walther (RWTH Aachen)

Supported by: Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO), Wageningen University, and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS).