Call for papers – BLMM 2017
17th international scientific conference Business Logistics in Modern Management 2017 organized by Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Economics in Osijek, will be held on 12th-13th October, 2017 at Faculty of Economics in Osijek, Croatia. Scientific conference will proceed in paper presentations and round-table discussion aiming to bring together scientists and experts engaged in problems of business logistics and distribution of goods and services with the purpose of exchange of professional opinions and scientific ideas.
Accepted papers will be published in our periodical publication Proceedings of International scientific Conference Business Logistics in Modern Management with ISSN number and which will be sent to evaluation to reference scientific databases.
Earlier proceedings of International scientific Conference Business Logistics in Modern Management are indexed in following databases: Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index (from 2015), EBSCO – Business Source UItimate and Business Source Corporate Plus (from 2016), EconLit Full Text (from 2013 and 2014), Econpapers and IDEAS (from 2008 to 2016), Hrčak – Portal of Scientific Journals of Croatia (from 2014 to 2016).
Conference Topics
- Retail supply chains
- Innovative forms of distribution channels
- Transportation issues
- In-plant logistics
- Route optimisation
- Distribution design models
- Spatial development of retail and logistics capacities
- Production and distribution of food products
- International and regional value chains and networks – logistical point of view
- ICT in supply chain management
- Business logistics as a function of international exchange improvement
- Financial flows in value chains
- Sustainability in logistics
- Green supply chain management
- Inventory management issues
- Challenges of demand management
- Contemporary warehousing trends
- Educational challenges in business logistics and supply chain management
- Theory of business logistics and supply chain management
- Supply chain risk and resilience
- Reverse logistics
- Outsourcing in logistics
- Retailing and wholesale in value chain of food
- Problems in relationships between manufacturing and trade companies, and their possible cooperation in logistics and marketing
- Global logistics
- Forecasting
Important Dates
• paper registration and abstract submission ………………………………………March 1, 2017
• notification of abstract acceptance ………………………………………………..March 15, 2017
• full paper submission………………………………………………………………………May 15, 2017
• notification of full paper acceptance.………………………………………………June 20, 2017
• submission of revised full papers……………………………………………………..July 1, 2017
• conference fee payment until …………………………………………………………..July 15, 2017
• International Scientific Conference date …………………………………October 12 -13, 2017
Detailed instructions for authors and examples for abstract and final paper can be found at official Web page
http://blmm-conference.com/instructions/
All abstracts and final papers must be sent through Online Submission System available at
http://blmm-conference.com/submission/
Official language of the conference is English.
Conference fee
- Conference fee is 250€ (euro) per author of the paper and 200€ (euro) for PhD students
- At least one author must register for Conference, present the paper at the Conference and pay the Conference fee. Authors who are not present at the Conference are not required to pay conference fees.
- Conference fee includes: Conference publication with ISSN number, coffee breaks during Conference, lunch during Conference, excursion of all participants, Conference dinner, certificate of attendance
- Detailed instructions for Conference fee payment can be found on http://blmm-conference.com/conference-fee/
The conference fee should be paid after the paper is accepted for the Conference presentation and publication, but not later than July 15, 2017
Conference Draft Program
Thursday, 12th October 2017
08,00 – 09,00 Registration
09,00 – 09,15 Opening of international scientific conference
09,15 – 10,15 Plenary session – invited lecture by keynote speaker
10,15 – 10,30 Coffee break
10,30 – 14.30 parallel sessions
14,30 – 15,45 lunch break
15,45 – 19,00 Visit to company
19,00 – Dinner for all participants
Friday, 13th October 2017
09:00 – 11:00 Parallel sessions
11:00 – 12:00 Round tables with logistics practicioners
12:00 – 13:00 Discussion & Conclusion of the Conference
Contact details
E-mail: logistics@blmm-conference.com
Web: http://blmm-conference.com/
Editorial board:
Davor Dujak, PhD
E-mail: ddujak@efos.hr
Tel.: +385/31/224-443
Organisational Committee:
Jelena Franjković
E-mail: jelenaf@efos.hr
Tel.: +385/31/224-400
