Annual Acquisition Research Symposium - Monterey, California

Announcement and Call for Proposals

The Graduate School of Business & Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School announces the 9th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium to be held May 16-17, 2012 in Monterey, California.

This symposium serves as a forum for the presentation of acquisition research and the exchange of ideas among scholars and practitioners of public-sector acquisition.  We seek a diverse audience of influential attendees from academe, government, and industry who are well placed to shape and promote future research in acquisition.

The Symposium Program Committee solicits proposals for panels and/or papers from academicians, practitioners, students and others with interests in the study of acquisition.  The following list of topics is provided to indicate the range of potential research areas of interest for this symposium: acquisition and procurement policy, supply chain management, public budgeting and finance, cost management, project management, logistics management, engineering management, outsourcing, performance measurement, and organization studies.

Proposals must be submitted by November 2, 2011.  The Program Committee will make notifications of accepted proposals by December 14, 2011.  Final papers must be submitted by April 1, 2012.

Proposals for papers should include an abstract along with identification, affiliation, and contact information for the author(s).  Proposals for papers plan for a 20 minute presentation. Proposals for panels (plan for 90 minute duration) should include the same information as above as well as a description of the panel subject and format, along with participants’ names, qualifications and the specific contributions each participant will make to the panel.

To be considered, paper and panel proposals must be submitted to www.researchsymposium.org no later than 5:00 p.m. PST Friday, November 2, 2011.