What do SCM conference themes reflect? Current research topics, global concerns, the organising committee’s own research focus? Some time ago, Árni wondered whether conference themes mattered. At that time, as again in 2010, NOFOMA had no theme (neither does RIRL). Only EUROMA 2010 is “managing operations in service economies”. Otherwise, a look into future conferences shows a concern for the future.
Such as: CSCMP (Europe) is “preparing for the future” and “getting your supply chain ready for tomorrow”, while ISL wants to “configure next generation supply chains”, the German Heinz Nixdorf Symposium is “changing paradigms” for “advanced manufacturing and sustainable logistics”, POMS‘ is concerned with “operations in emerging economies” and IPSERA considers “supply management” to be a “missing link in strategic management”… A bit like the 80s movie trilogy, back to the future 
Gyöngyi
I feel that there must be a theme for the SCM Conference. It will give us plenty of views and details of the various aspects of SCM.
I guess SCM in itself is a theme and gives the overall scope of the conference. But to edit my post above, Nofoma 2010 now does have a theme, “Logistics and supply chain management in a globalized economy”.
Gyöngyi