About the Symposium

Idea

Globalization and worldwide logistics networks need knowledgeable and skilled people who know how to communicate and work in international and intercultural environments.

The basic idea of the International Students' Symposium is to bring together students of logistics and international business from different nations with different experiences for the exchange of ideas, concepts and experiences. During their studies, students should already get some experience in sharing ideas and results of their projects with their colleagues from other universities and especially other cultural environments.

Concept

Students from different countries take an active part at the International Students Symposium in Logistics and International Business. They are invited to present the final or interim results of their works and projects. These can be scientific studies, project works, practical and seminar works, team projects, or final theses. The topics can cover a great variety of viewpoints and approaches with a close connection to logistics and international business. Beside the students' presentations, panel discussions, excursions to companies, as well as exciting talks by established scientists and practitioners will take place.

Participants

The Symposium is focused at students from different countries. Accompanying professors and lecturers are welcome, too. In addition there are some invited academic speakers as well as some industry experts to give their views.

News

June 1st

Registration for the Symposium is now open.

Programme

The 2nd International Students Symposium in Logistics and International Business will last for one week and will, in addition to the students' presentations, include many exciting talks by established scientists and practitioners, panel discussions and excursions to companies. During the week, there will be many opportunities for participants to interact with each other as well as with our distinguished guest speakers.

A detailed program will be available here soon.

Timetable from 28. November to 02. December 2011

time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
7.00		Day trip to the Ruhr area / Visit of Logistics Centre and Frauenhofer Institute
8.00
9.00	Welcome/Introduction		Student presentations	Student presentations	Prof. Alan McKinnon
10.00	Prof. Dr. Wang Yimin
11.00	Dr. Igor Jakomin
12.00	Lunch		Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
13.00	Student presentations		Prof. Dr. Joern Meissner	Dr. Yang	Visit of Bremerhaven port/terminal
14.00			Prof. Dr. Joern Meissner	Dr. Yang
15.00			Student presentations	Student presentations
16.00
17.00	José Benedito Santos
18.00	Get together				Leisure time
19.00			Christmas Market	Get together
20.00			Christmas Market	Get together

Speakers

Dr. Igor Jakomin

The beginning of his academic career dates back to 2002 when he was employed at the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport in Portorož – first as an Assistant, and since 2003 as an Assistant Professor...read more

Prof. Alan McKinnon

is Director of the world renowned Logistics Research Centre at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, UK. A graduate of the universities of Aberdeen, British Columbia and London, he has been researching and teaching in freight transport and ...read more

Prof. Dr. Joern Meissner

Joern Meissner is Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management & Pricing Strategy at Kühne Logistics University. Professor Meissner holds a PhD and a Master's Degree in Management Science from the ...read more

Prof. Dr. Wang Yimin

Wang Yimin is the President of Zhejiang Institute of Communications. He is also the Vice President of Zhejiang Road Transport Association, Zhejiang Communications and Logistics Association and Zhejiang Higher Vocational Education Research Association. ...read more

Call for Papers

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 23th September 2011

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 30th September 2011.

Stage 3: Submission of full papers and poster design

Students are encouraged to submit either full papers or a poster design.

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 28th October 2011 to the students for amendment. The finalized papers and posters need to be submitted latest by 18th November 2011 to be printed and prepared for the symposium.

Location

The Symposium will be held at the BVL Campus. Street address: Universitätsallee 18, 28359 Bremen.

The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in north western Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area (2.4 million people). Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany. Close to the North Sea, the city is known for its shipping industry, together with the port of Bremerhaven 70km away. Further information can be found here: http://www.bremen.de

Bremen is easily reached by train, car or plane from any country in the world.

The latitude and longitude of Bremen:

53° 5' 0" N / 8° 48' 0" E

Getting there

by Plane

Bremen airport (IATA: BRE) is in the south-west of the town and offers flights to most of the bigger German cities and European destinations. Major carriers are Ryanair, Lufthansa, KLM/Air France, and OLT. The city centre and BVL-Campus can easily be reached by public transport. Use tram line 6 (direction "Universität") to the city centre which is about 16 minutes from the airport; exit stop "Domsheide" for city centre and exit stop Hauptbahnhof (main station) for Bremen Main Station. Use also tram line 6 to the BVL-campus which is about 30 minutes from the airport and exit stop "Berufsbildungswerk" to cross the street only and arrive at our campus.

by Train

Bremen main station is located in city centre of Bremen and is connected with frequent arrivals and departures to the local, regional, national and international rail network. The BVL-Campus can easily be reached by public transport. Depart outside main station and use tram line 6 (direction "Universität") and exit stop "Berufsbildungswerk" to cross the street only and arrive at our campus. Travel time is approximately 15 minutes.

by Car

The BVL-Campus can easily be reached by car. Pass motorway interchange "Bremer Kreuz" (M1 crosses M27) and use motorway M27 direction Bremerhaven. Exit junction 19 "Horn/Lehe/Universität" and follow "Universität" to exit left at 3rd traffic lights. Then, turn right and arrive at BVL-Campus. For the use of navigation systems, please enter Caroline-Herschel-Straße, crossing Universitätsallee.

Accommodation

For a convenient stay during the symposium week, we can recommend the following accommodations. Please book directly with the hostel/hotel.

Hostel Bremen
Kalkstrasse 6
28195 Bremen
Tel. +49 421 16382 0
Fax. +49 421 16382 55
bremen@jugendherberge.de

For further information and online-booking please visit:
http://www.hihostels.com/dba/hostels-Bremen-022006.en.htm

Further hostels
Other convenient hostels as well as bed & breakfast hotels can be found at:
http://www.hostelworld.com

All listed accommodations are within short distance to the BVL Campus where the symposium is held, and can easily be accessed by tram.

Superior accommodation
Please contact Andre Kreie if you are looking for a more superior accommodation:
Kreie@bvl-campus.de

Organisers and Contact

The Symposium is organized by:

German Foreign Trade & Logistics Academy

and

School of International Business and Supply Chain Management

and

Faculty of Logistic at the University of Maribor

Scientific Committee:

Josef Decker, PhD, Professor, School of International Business and Supply Chain Management, Bremen, Germany

Michael Krähe, School of International Business and Supply Chain Management, Bremen, Germany

Thomas Zink, German Foreign Trade & Logistics Academy, Bremen, Germany

Maja Fošner, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Logistics at the University of Maribor, Celje, Slovenia

Tomaž Kramberger, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Logistics at the University of Maribor, Celje, Slovenia

Organising Committee:

Andre Kreie, Researcher, Logistics Research Centre, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, kreie@bvl-campus.de

Rok Ramšak, Researcher, Faculty of Logistics at the University of Maribor, Celje, Slovenia, rok.ramsak@fl.uni-mb.si

Contact:

BVL Campus
Josef Decker
Universitätsallee 18
28359 Bremen
Germany

www.bvl-campus.de
Tel.: +49 / 421 / 94 99 10 50
Mobil: +49 / 173 / 613 0 765
E-mail: decker@bvl.de

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