The deadline for submitting applications to present a paper at Smart Conference 2009 is fast approaching. Submissions close on 3 October 2008.

Under the theme ‘BRIDGING THE GAP with Innovation and New Business Strategy’,  Australia’s leading logistics and supply chain event Smart 2009 will include multiple streams, each focusing on a specific area of the supply chain and strategically designed to help address current and future supply chain challenges.

Speakers are currently being sought to address the following key areas:
•         Energy security & sustainability – including the growing gap between demand and supply of transport fuels, and the repercussions of targeted greenhouse gas emission levels.
•         Infrastructure – such as the gaps between actual and required investment levels, and the need for new infrastructure to support new energy paradigms.
•         The human factor – the current and growing skills crisis, and injury levels versus ‘zero targets’ in workplace safety.
•         Connected supply chains – the opportunities offered by connecting geographically dispersed global supply chains, and business strategies, technologies and systems needed to achieve and support future supply chain potential.

Those interested in speaking at Smart 2009 may lodge their application to present a paper online at www.smartconference.com.au or contact the Smart 2009 Secretariat on (02) 9223 9366 or email admin@smartconference.com.au.

About Smart Conference
Smart 2009 Conference takes place 10 – 11 June 2009 at Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour. Smart 2009 is organised by a committee of independent advisors and representatives from leading industry associations, which are Logistics Association of Australia (LAA), APICS (Australasian Production and Inventory Control Society), Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Australia (CIPSA), The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Australia (CILTA), and The Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA).

For further information visit www.smartconference.com.au.

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