9th Wageningen International Conference on Chain and Network Management

Broadening the scope of chains and networks

The 9th Wageningen International Conference on Chain and Network Management (WICaNeM 2010) continues and builds on the tradition of the well-known bi-annual Chain conference, sharing the latest insights in the management of chains and networks.

The theme of the WICaNeM 2010 is Broadening the scope of chains and networks. Around the globe, in different sectors, regions, and disciplines, you’ll find a growing body of knowledge on chains and networks. We want to strengthen the growth of this body of knowledge, facilitating exchanges of thought between different areas of expertise. Therefore the 2010 Conference will offer the following established and new research tracks in the life sciences broadly defined:

• Agrofood production and marketing
• Development impact of international agrifood chains
• Biorefinery, green technology, and biobased business
• Medical and health networks
• Innovation intermediaries, clusters and valleys
• Logistics & risk management
• Sustainability and certification: Latin-American perspective
• Entrepreneurship, innovation and new business in networks
• Networks as complex adaptive systems
• Assessing the performance of chains and networks
• Q-porkchain
• Managing networks and alliances
• Food Legislation and Competitiveness of the Food Industry

Wageningen UR cordially invites you as a researcher interested in the management of chains and networks to discuss the most recent advances in science and business. The benefits of participating in this unique experience are evident: being on the cutting edge of chain and network science; meeting the experts from all over the world and, last but not least, sharing experiences with old and new friends.