Conference Program

The main program of ISOMS 2013 consists of plenary sessions, invited sessions on Sustainability, and contributed paper sessions. The factory tours and receptions are also planned to appreciate a vibrant industrial and commercial city of Osaka. With the symposium theme of sustainability and innovation, we are organizing special sessions on sustainability and SCM. This portion of program is sponsored by the SESAMI (Strategic Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Alliance Management Initiatives) Program, which is a newly create and globally oriented Master/Ph.D. program at the Graduate School of Business Administration at Kobe University.

Invited Sessions on Sustainability sponsored by the SESAMI Program

• Special session on the corporate sustainability and global SCM: Video Cases of Daikin Industries, Ltd. and Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (Chaired by Munehiko Itoh)
• Invited research presentation sessions on sustainability management (Chaired by Katsuhiko Kokubu and Takehisa Kajiwara)