The International Students' Symposium in Logistics and International Business brings together students from different nations with different experiences for the exchange of ideas, concepts and experiences.

The students of Logistics and International Business are invited to present the final or interim results of their works and projects. The topics can cover a great variety of perspectives with a close connection to logistics and international business.

The application process consists of four stages:

Stage 1: Submission of abstracts by 9th September 2012

Students are encouraged to submit a three page abstract describing their work. The abstract should include the following information:

• Purpose of work/research
• Methodology
• Originality/Desired outcomes

All students should provide further information such as authors' names; affiliations; year and level of study (e.g. 2nd year BSc student); contact details; and whether the submitted work is a scientific study, a project work, a practical work, a team project, or a final thesis.

Stage 2: Review of submitted abstracts

All submitted abstracts are reviewed by the Scientific Committee and a decision is made whether a student is invited to submit a full paper or design a poster. All students are informed about their individual type of presentation latest by 17th September 2012.

Stage 3: Submission of full papers and poster design

Students are encourage to submit either papers or poster design by 30th September 2012

The full paper should be in English and not longer than 10 pages. It should be based on the initial abstract and additionally include figures/tables, acknowledgements and references. Accepted papers will be published in the Symposium proceedings and the authors are expected to present their works at the Symposium.

The posters should be in English and will be printed in A1-size. The designed content (may include pictures of high resolution) should be submitted as ppt-file (Micorsoft Powerpoint) and information should be given whether to display the poster horizontally or vertically. Students are encouraged to include the authors' names; affiliations; year and level of study (e.g. 2nd year BSc student); and contact details in their poster. The authors are expected to present their poster at the symposium. A draft for all posters can be found here soon.

Stage 4: Review of submitted full papers and posters

All full papers and posters are reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Comments for improvement will be made and the papers and poster drafts will be returned latest by 7th October 2012 to the students for amendment. The finalized papers and posters need to be submitted latest by 14th October 2012 to be printed and prepared for the symposium.