List of Topics

• Supply chain, Logistics & Transportation Management
• Logistics & Infomation Systems
• Innovation and Information Technology Management
• e-Logistics, e-Supply Chain
• The Supply Chain and the Digital Transformation
• Supply Chain Strategies
• Supply Chain Agility and Resilience
• Logistics and Sustainable Development
• Logistics and Risk Management

Types of Submissions

• Research paper
• Full research papers (max 10 pages)
• Short research papers (2-4 pages)
• Research posters (1-2 pages)
• Research-in-progress presentations (3-10 pages)
• Industry and Community Papers
• Doctoral Symposium Papers (max 4 pages)

Key Dates

• 31 January 2018  : Full Paper Submission Deadline

• 01 March 2018 : Paper Notification of Acceptance
• 20 March 2018 : Final Paper Submission Deadline
• Conference : 10, 11 April 2018

Opportunities For Publication

All accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Best accepted and presented papers will be published in one of the Conference partner Journals (rolling list):

• Journal of Information Systems Management and Innovation (ISMI)
• Revue Africaine de Management
• Strategy, Management & Logistics
• Strategy & Development Review
• American Journal of Strategic Leadership

Submission Guidelines

Submission link

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another conference or journal. The following paper categories are welcome: Papers, posters and panels/workshops.

We welcome innovative applications, theoretical contributions, carefully evaluated empirical papers, and we particularly welcome work that combines all of these elements. The meeting aims to attract participants with different backgrounds, to foster the exchange of opinions between different research fields, and to expose and discuss innovative theories, frameworks, methodologies, tools, and applications.

• Languages: French; English;  Arabic
• An abstract of  200/250 words will be at the top of the paper.

The full paper must comply with the following presentation guidelines: 

• The first page should include: the title, name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s), address(es), telephone number(s), e-mail address(es).
• The second page should include the title and the Abstract and five keywords.

The third page should include:

• Title of article: 14-point Times Roman
• Body text: Interline 1.5, 12-point Times Roman
• Titles and subtitles in bold numbered as 1, 1.1 and 1.1.1.
• The page numbers will appear at the bottom of the page
• High, low, right and left margins of 2.5 cm
• The Harvard («Harvard Reference Format 1 (author-date)») style of referencing will be used for the citations and in the bibliography

All questions about submissions should be emailed to:

• Dr. Lhoussaine OUABOUCH : l.ouabouch@uiz.ac.ma
• Dr. Malika AJERAME : m.ajerame@ui.ac.ma

Registration Fees

• Ph.D. student: 50 euros
• Academic: 100 euros
• Professional: 150 euros

Committees

Chairman of the Conference

• Pr. ABOUDRAR Lahoussine (PES, FSJES, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)

Organizing committee

• AJERAME Malika (Assistant Professor, FSJES, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• OUABOUCH Lhoussaine (Assistant Professor, FSJES, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• BATRICH Hassan (Assistant Professor, FSJES, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• SERGHINI Meriem (Ph.D. Student, FSJES, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)

Scientific Committee

• ABBAD Hicham (University of Nantes, France)
• ABOUDRAR Lahoussine (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• ADASKOU Mohamed (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• AKRICH Said (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• BAHHA Nawfal (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• BALAMBO Mohammed Amine (Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra, Morocco)
• BELLIHI Hassan (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• BENGRICH Mustapha (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• BINKKOUR Mohamed (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• BOUAZIZ Si Mohamed (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• EL BAZ Jamal (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• EL MOUTAOUKIL Abdelkader (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• EL OUIDANI Abdelkbir (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• EL KHAYAT Mustapha (Président de Association Marocaine pour la Logistique (AMLOG))
• ELMADI Lahcen (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• ERRAOUI Lahoussine (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• FARES Boubakour (Batna 1 University, Algeria)
• HARFOUCHE Antoine (Paris-Nanterre University, France)
• LAVASTRE Olivier (Lyon 3 University, France)
• MADHANI Pankaj M (IBS Business School, Ahmedabad, India)
• MEKKAOUI Soumaya (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• MOUNIR Younes (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• NAGALINGAM Sev V. (University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia)
• NISHAT FAISAL Mohd. (Qatar University, Qatar)
• OKAR Chafik (Hassan 1st University, Berrechid, Morocco)
• OUBDI Lahcen (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• OUHADI Said  (Cadi Ayad University, Marrakech, Morocco)
• OULFARSI Salah (Chouaib Doukkali University, Eljadida, Morocco)
• PACHÉ Gilles (Aix-Marseille University, France)
• RACHIDI Lahoussine (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco)
• RUEL Salomée (Groupe Sup de Co, La Rochelle, France)
• TAHRI Wadi (Chouaib Doukkali University, Eljadida, Morocco; Research associate at Montpellier University)
• TITE Thrycia (University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France)
• WIESER Philippe (Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Switzerland)
• ZOUARI Alaeddine (Higher Institute of Industrial Management of Sfax, Tunisia)

Venue

The conference will be held in the Faculty of Juridical, Economic and Social Sciences of Agadir (Morocco). (Google Map)