EurOMA Annual Conferences

#

Year

Date and Location

Conference Chairs

# Participants
(Papers Presented)

Theme

1

1994

June 27-29,1994
Cambridge University
Cambridge, UK

Ken Platts
Mike Gregory
Andy Neely
Huw Richards
Clare Price

140
(100)

Operations Strategy and Performance

 2

1995

May 28-31, 1995
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands

Koos Krabbendam
Domien Draaijer
Harry Boer
Jeannette Visser - Groeneveld 

 112
(61)

Management and New Production Systems 

3 

1996 

June 3-4, 1996
London Business School
London, UK

Chris Voss
Terry Hill 

120 

Manufacturing Strategy: Operation Strategy in a Global Context 

4 

1997 

 June 15-18, 1997
IESE, University of Navarra
Barcelona, Spain

Jaume Ribera
Luis Huete 

(98) 

Managing Service Operations Strategy in a Global Context 

5 

1998 

June 14-17,1998
Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland 

Paul Coughlan
Tony Dromgoole

170
(96) 

Operations Management: Future Issues and Competitive Responses 

6 

1999 

June 7-8, 1999
Politecnico di Milano, Università degli Studi di Padova
Venice, Italy 

Emilio Bartezzaghi
Roberto Filippini 

220
(118) 

Managing Operations Network 

7 

2000 

June 4-7, 2000
University of Ghent
Ghent, Belgium

Roland Van Dierdonck
Ann Vereecke 

190
(82) 

Crossing Borders and Boundaries: The Changing Role of Operations 

8 

2001 

June 3-5, 2001
University of Bath
Bath, UK 

Harvey Maylor
Kate Blackmon 

220
(135) 

What Really Matters in Operations Management 

9 

2002 

June 2-4, 2002

Aalborg University, Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen, Denmark 

Harry Boer
John K. Christiansen 

213
(124) 

Operations Management and The New Economy 

10 

2003 

June 16-18,2003
Politecnico di Milano, Università degli Studi di Padova

Cernobbio, Italy
1st Joint EurOMA & POMS Conference 

Gianluca Spina
Andrea Vinelli 

 447
(319)

One World? One view of OM? The Challenges of Integrating Research & Practice 

11 

2004 

June 27-30, 2004
INSEAD
Fontainebleau, France

Luk Van Wassenhove 

316
(258) 

Operations Management as a Change Agent 

12 

2005 

June 19-22, 2005
Corvinus University of Budapest

Budapest, Hungary 

Attila Chikán
Kristzina Demeter 

313
(229) 

Operations and Global Competitiveness 

13 

2006 

June 18-21, 2006
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, UK

Umit S. Bititci

318
(243) 

Moving Up the Value Chain 

14 

2007 

June 17-20, 2007
Bilkent University
Ankara, Turkey

Erhan Erkut
Nuran Acur
Nesim K.Erkip 

307
(341) 

Managing Operations in an Expanding Europe 

15 

2008 

June 15-18, 2008
University of Groningen
Groningen, The Netherlands 

Jacob Wijngaard
Taco van der Vaart
Dirk Pieter van Donk 

330
(240) 

Tradition and Innovation in Operations Management: Connecting Past and Future 

16 

2009 

June 14-17, 2009
Chalmers University of Technology
Gothenburg, Sweden 

Mats Johansson
Patrick Jonsson 

408
(285) 

Implementation - Realizing Operations Management Knowledge 

17 

2010 

June 6-9, 2010
Catholic University of Portugal
Porto, Portugal 

Rui Sousa 

453
(323)

Managing Operations in Service Economies 

18 

2011 

July 3-6, 2011
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK

Matthias Holweg
Jag Srai 

481
(330) 

Exploring Interfaces 

19 

2012 

July 1-5, 2012
University of Groningen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, VU University Amsterdam, Eindhoven University of Technology, Nyenrode Business University

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
4th POMS World Conference (EurOMA,POMS and JOMSA)

Jan Fransoo
René de Koster
Sander de Leeuw
Jack van der Veen
Dirk Pieter van Donk  

682
(520)

Serving the World 

20 

2013 

June 9-12,2013
University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland

Brian Fynes
Paul Coughlan 

 510

Operations Management at the Heart of the Recovery

21

2014

June 20-25, 2014
University of Palermo
Palermo, Italy

Giovanni Perrone

Operations Management in an Innovation Economy

22

2015

June 28 - 1 July,2015
University of Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Gerald Reiner

Operations Management for Sustainable Competitiveness 

23

2016

June 17-22, 2016
University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Trondheim, Norway

Heidi Dreyer
Torbjørn Netland

Interactions 

24

2017

July 1-5,2017
Heriot Watt University
Edinburgh, UK

Nigel Caldwell
Amos Haniff 

Inspiring Operations Management

25

2018

June 24-26, 2018
Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Budapest, Hungary

Gyula Vastag

Tamás Koltai

László Monostori

To Serve, to Produce and to Servitize in the Era of Networks, Big Data, and Analytics

26

2019

June 17-19 June, 2019
Hanken School of Economics and Aalto University

Helsinki, Finland

Gyöngyi Kovacs

Markku Kuula

 578

Operations adding value to Society

27

2020

June 29-30, 2020
Warwick University

Warwick, UK (online)

Janet Godsell

Mark Johnson

Pietro Micheli

Managing Operations for Impact

28

2021

July 5-7, 2021
University of Sussex Business School

Berlin, Germany (online)

Constantin Blome

Co-chairs: Samuel Roscoe, Martin Schleper, Anthony Alexander, Nachiappan Subramanian, Maria Holgado

Managing the “new normal”: The future of Operations and Supply Chain Management in unprecedented times

29

2022

July 3-6, 2022
University of Sussex Business School

Berlin, Germany

Constantin Blome

Co-chairs: Samuel Roscoe, Martin Schleper, Anthony Alexander, Nachiappan Subramanian, Maria Holgado

Brilliance in resilience: operations and supply chain management’s role in achieving a sustainable future

30

2023

3-5 July 3-5, 2023
KU Leuven & Vlerick Business School

Leuven, Belgium

Ann Vereecke
Nico Vandaele

“A Systems Lens on Operations.”