<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3107" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">Dear Colleagues</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3106" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3112" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the RIRL 2016 (the 11th Meeting on Logistics & SCM Research), organized by EPFL Lausanne – Switzerland - September 7 ‐ 9, 2016.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3093" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3113" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""> </div><div align="center" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3105" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; text-align: center;" class=""><b class="" style="">Call for Papers</b></div><div align="center" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3114" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; text-align: center;" class=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3115" class="" style="">11th International Meeting on Logistics & SCM Research</b></div><div align="center" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3116" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; text-align: center;" class=""><b class="" style="">RIRL 2016</b></div><div align="center" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3117" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; text-align: center;" class=""><b class="" style="">EPFL ‐ Lausanne – Switzerland</b></div><div align="center" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3118" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; text-align: center;" class=""><b class="" style="">September 7 ‐ 9, 2016</b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3119" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3104" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">The AIRL (International Association of Research in Logistics and SCM) is holding the 11th of its International Meetings on Logistics Research and Supply Chain Management (RIRL) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL) on September 8 and 9, 2016. It will be preceded by a doctoral session, on September 7, 2016, also at the EPFL.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3120" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3102" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">These bi‐annual meetings bring together researchers from all parts of the world who specialise in the field of logistics and the supply chain.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_4023">RIRL 2016 will combine academic subjects with industrial presentations; a unique opportunity to link academic research to the commercial world and the practical concerns of companies and national or international organisations.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_4003"> </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3938">The overall theme will be:</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; text-align: center;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_4024"><b class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_4186">“The Issues and Challenges of the Supply Chain in 2020”</b></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_4025">Papers should address one or more of the subjects in this non‐exclusive list:</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_4022">‐ Supply chain strategies ‐ Organising company networks</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_4004">‐ Optimising the supply chain ‐ Globalisation of markets, collaboration, outsourcing</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3934">‐ Resilience and risk analysis ‐ Innovations and applications of new technologies</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3103" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">‐ Connected objects ‐ Sustainable, equitable logistics</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">‐ Leanness, flexibility, responsiveness, adaptability ‐ Quality and the value of the company</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">‐ Information systems ‐ Forecasting and its integration in the value chain</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">‐ Decision‐support tools ‐ The logistics of e‐commerce: impact and organisation</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">‐ Traceability, monitoring/control ‐ Process modelling and digital simulation</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3933">‐ Stock planning and management ‐ Performance measurement and analysis</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3101" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">‐ Decision‐making organisations ‐ Knowledge management</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">‐ S&OP, strategic and operational planning ‐ Production planning and management</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">‐ Purchasing and supply strategies ‐ Distribution and transport</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">‐ Returns logistics ‐ Urban logistics</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">‐ Hospital logistics, health supply chain ‐ Humanitarian logistics</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3100" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">‐ Events logistics ‐ Logistical services</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">Proposed papers are expected to deal with theoretical, methodological, conceptual and experimental approaches as much as concrete examples of implementing industrial solutions.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3097" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3932">Proposed papers should be short (typically 8 pages, approx. 2,500 words with 1.5 line spacing) and written in French or English. They must be sent to the organising committee which will submit them to anonymous evaluation by two independent experts.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">After verification and adaptation, the final accepted papers will be published in the records of the meetings and made available on‐line on the AIRL website. The scientific committee will then select the best papers for publication in Supply Chain Forum: an International Journal ‐ <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.supplychainforum.com/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class=""><font color="#0563C1" class="" style=""><u class="" style="">www.supplychainforum.com</u></font></a> .</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_4005"> </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3931"><b class="" style="">Calendar</b></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""><b class="" style="">January 31, 2016</b> Last date for submitting papers (maximum length, 8 pages) to:</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:RIRL2016@epfl.ch" target="_blank" href="mailto:RIRL2016@epfl.ch" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class=""><font color="#0563C1" class="" style=""><u class="" style="">RIRL2016@epfl.ch</u></font></a></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""><b class="" style="">March 31, 2016</b> Last date for notification to authors (acceptance/ rejection, correction, adaptations…)</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3930"><b class="" style="">June 30, 2016</b> Last date for reception of finalised papers. The finalised papers must incorporate the requests made by the evaluating experts. They must not exceed 12 pages, including text with 1.5 line spacing, bibliography, tables, figures and annexes.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""><b class="" style="">RIRL 2016 Information:</b></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_4021">Organisation EPFL‐CDM‐LEM (College of Management of Technology)</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">IML (International Institute for the Management of Logistics)</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3872">Contact direct Prof. Ph. Wieser (<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:philippe.wieser@epfl.ch" target="_blank" href="mailto:philippe.wieser@epfl.ch" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3900"><font color="#0563C1" class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3899"><u class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3898">philippe.wieser@epfl.ch</u></font></a> )</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3871">Contact RIRL 2016 <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:RIRL2016@epfl.ch" target="_blank" href="mailto:RIRL2016@epfl.ch" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3870"><font color="#0563C1" class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3869"><u class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3868">RIRL2016@epfl.ch</u></font></a></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3867">Languages French & English</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3866">The website will be available from the end of June 2015. It will provide details of the subject and formats of the presentations, the organisation of the event, the geographic location and structure of the EPFL, access to the sessions and possibilities for accommodation</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3865"> </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3864"> </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3762" class="">Kind regards</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3861"> </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3862">Professor Dominique Estampe</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3863">AIRL President</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">&</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3099" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">Professeur Philippe Wieser</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">EPFL‐CDM‐LEM (College of Management of Technology)</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class="">IML (International Institute for the Management of Logistics)</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:philippe.wieser@epfl.ch" target="_blank" href="mailto:philippe.wieser@epfl.ch" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class=""><font color="#0563C1" class="" style=""><u class="" style="">philippe.wieser@epfl.ch</u></font></a></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" class=""> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3098" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6666669845581px;" dir="ltr" class=""> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434626751413_3737" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div></div></body></html>