Dear IPSERA Community, 

We would like to invite you to the IPSERA online workshop, which 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.

Date: Thursday 13th February 2025 | 11:00 EST | 16:00 GMT I 17:00 CET

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.

In addition,  we have three distinguished speakers, each presenting 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.
  

The workshop is organized by Hervé Legenvre (EIPM - The European Institute of Purchasing Management HQ) and Michael Henke (TU Dortmund). The event will be moderated by Iryna Malacina (Business School of LUT University), who will also lead the final roundtable discussion. 

Registration is available at the following link here. 

Your IPSERA Executive Committee