IPSERA Workshop: Technology and Economic Decoupling – Implication for supply chains

IPSERA Purchasing & Innovation SIG Workshop (online)

Technology and Economic Decoupling: Implication for supply chains

February 13, 2025

Time: 11:00 EST / 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET / 8:00 PST

The event will be held online.

How does the technological and economic decoupling between East and West reshape global supply chains?

This online event will explore Technological and Economic decoupling between the East and the West. This phenomenon, increasingly discussed by economists and geopolitical analysts, has implications for global trade, procurement, and supply chain management. As academics, we must consider the decoupling in our research agendas to understand its far-reaching consequences.

To provide an overview and set the stage for our discussions, we invited Caroline Freund to give a keynote; Caroline Freund is the Dean of the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and an expert in international trade and economic development.

Then we have three speakers, each providing a concise 5-minute input on critical aspects currently impacting companies:

Michael Henke discusses the strategic actions companies take in response to decoupling.

Hervé Legenvre on the role and patterns of adoption of open technology in navigating the decoupling.

Carmela di Mauro on the trends and challenges associated with reshoring.

Iryna Malacina will moderate the overall event and the final roundtable discussion.

The workshop is organized by Hervé Legenvre (EIPM - The European Institute of Purchasing Management HQ) and Michael Henke (TU Dortmund).