We would like to invite you to the IPSERA Purchasing & Innovation SIG Workshop: Exploring New Ways of Innovating within Ecosystems, taking place offline on 22-23 January 2025, which aims to help participants gain insights into new ways of innovating in ecosystems.

Participants will visitVodafone Procurement Company(VPC) andTomorrow Street: the startup accelerator hosted by VPC, and its Design-to-Cost lab.

The IPSERA Brazil Forum recently took place atSchool of Economics, Business and Accounting at the University of São Paulo, with the aim of reviewing potential abstracts for submission to IPSERA 2025 in Rotterdam.

on the event’s impact: “IPSERA support empowers Brazilian masters and PhD candidates to move forward with their research in PSM topics. IPSERA generates more interest in others who were not aware of conducting research in PSM in Brazil. When participating in an event like this, a 'new world' opens to them – they feel part of an international, multi-institutional community of active PSM researchers, practitioners, and educators. Everyone was proud to have a Regional IPSERA Centre of Competence in Brazil.”

On 4 April 2025, theUtrecht UniversityCentre for Public Procurement (UUCePP) will host its bi-annual Interdisciplinary Public Procurement PhD Forum in collaboration with the IOS Platform ‘The Transactional State.’ This event is supported externally by IPSERA.

PhD researchers in public procurement are encouraged to submit abstracts by 17 January 2025 (see details below).

For more information on submission and registration, please visit here. 

Date: Thursday 5th December 2024 | 14.00-15:00 CET

We would like to invite you to the IPSERA online workshop which is aimed at purchasing and supply management (PSM) educators who are interested in exploring and discussing how AI can add value (or not) to Purchasing and Supply Management Education. At the end of this workshop, participants will have a better understanding of how they can make use of AI within their educator’s work.

A group of expertsCharles Knight, Assistant Director at Advance HE andChaaben Kouki, Professor of Supply Chain Management and Director of the Data Lab at ESSCA School of Management will share their experiences and approaches to developing innovative AI algorithms, products and services in Higher Education.

Registration is available at the following link here. 

We are pleased to inform you that the registration portal for the IPSERA Conference 2025 is now open. Additionally, we would like to remind you that the regular submission deadline for all types of work is December 1, 2024, and we invite you to submit your best work to the conference. Register now via the link: https://ipsera.com/sys/website/system-pages/?pageId=1737657 

On behalf of Erik van Raaij (Conference Chair) and Anna Nikulina (Conference Co-Chair)

We would like to remind you that the deadline for the IPSERA Conference 2025 express submission of working paper (WP) and full doctoral research proposal is fast approaching on October 27. Kindly note that express submission offers an early opportunity for those in need of visa and/or anticipation in travelling plans.

(Conference Co-Chair)

Save the Date I Paper Development Workshop on “Envisioning Supply

Dear IPSERA Community

The IPSERA Doctoral Workshop 2025 will take place on Sunday March 30, 2025 in Rotterdam! This is the perfect opportunity to present your research proposal and discuss further plans with faculty and peers.

The deadline for the regular submissions of the statement of interests is October 27. If you need a visa or more time due to traveling arrangements, we have an express process with the deadline of September 22.

For more information, please see: https://ipsera.com/DoctoralWorkshop2025

Dear IPSERA Community 

The IPSERA 2025 submission portal is now open and we invite you to submit your best work to the conference.

The IPSERA Conference 2025 will take place in Rotterdam from March 30 to April 2, 2025! The theme of IPSERA 2025 is Room for Talent.

Please visit our official conference website to see the Key Dates, Call for Papers and Submission Guidelines: https://ipsera.com/ipsera2025

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the IPSERA Conference 2025 in Rotterdam.

On behalf ofErik van Raaij(Conference Chair) andAnna Nikulina(Conference Co-Chair)

Leonardo Marques, IPSERA President and IPSERA 2024 Conference Chair, has this message for you: