The 9th Wageningen International Conference on Chain and Network Management continues and builds on the tradition of the bi-annual agrifood chain and networkconference, sharing the latest insights in the management of chains and networks. Wicanem 2010 will offer both established research tracks in the field of agrifood chains and networks, and new tracks in the life sciences broadly defined. Wageningen UR invites professors, PhDs, applied researchers, managers, consultants, and policy makers to present and discuss their most recent advances on the theme itself, or on one of the following tracks:
- development impact of agrifood chains
- biorefinery, green technology, and biobased business
- medical and health networks
- innovation intermediaries, clusters and valleys
- 21st century agro-production
- food logistics management
- purchasing in international networks
- sustainability and certification: Latin-American perspective
- social innovation
- entrepreneurship, innovation and NBD in networks
- green logistics
- risk management
- networks as complex adaptive systems
- managing networks and alliances
- Q-porkchain
- assessing the performance of chains or networks
- food legislation and competitiveness of the food industry
- inclusion of small scale farmers in the global chain
See the website for further info.
Deadline 11 October 2009.
» Call for papers (pdf)