Abstract
In early June of this year two significant logistics research conferences to place in Europe: The 24th annual Nordic Logistics Research Network Conference ‘‘NOFOMA 2012’’ at Turku, Finland, and the 6th International Scientific Symposium on Logistics by BVL, the international German logistics association at Hamburg, Germany. In Turku an impressive range of more than 80 presentations were given to an audience of 130 professors, senior researchers and doctoral candidates. At Hamburg 26 full research based papers were discussed to another 150 participants from academia and industry. Presentations at academic conferences offer an excellent opportunity to get an up-to-date impression of current research trends, because many papers are still ‘‘work-inprocess’’. Question-and-answer sessions following presentations provide immediate feedback about the perceived novelty and attractiveness of the respective topics, of methods applied, and of the research findings offered. My quick, subjective analysis of the issues addressed by the NOFOMA contributors—which, of course, does not claim not to meet standards of scientific rigour—suggests that 70 of the 86 papers could be assigned to just five topical clusters:
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