Dr Dmitry Ivanov has a PhD in Economics and Business Administration with a major in Supply Chain Management, Production Engineering, Operations Management, and is currently Chair of Production Management and Industrial Organization at the Chemnitz University of Technology. Dr Ivanov is also President of the German-Russain Logistics Society (DR-LOG) and a member of Russia's Presidium of National Supply Chain Council.Prof. Dr.-Ing. Boris Sokolov works for the Saint Petersburg Institute of Informatics and Automation at the Russian Academy of Science.

• Evolution of Supply Chain Management (SCM).- Conceptual Frameworks for Supply Chain Management.- Decision-making Support for Supply Chain Management.- Challenges in Research on Modern and Future Supply Chains.- Uncertainty, Risk and Complexity.- Handling Uncertainty in Supply Chains.- STREAM: Stability-based Realization of Economic Performance and Management.- Quantitative Modelling of Supply Chains.- DIMA – Decentralized Integrated Modelling Approach.- Structure Dynamics Control and Multi-model Analysis.- Adaptive Planning of Supply Chains.- Modelling Operations Dynamics, Planning and Scheduling.- Supply Chain Reconfiguration and Models’ Adaptation.- Models of Supply Chain Global Stability and Manageability.- Experimental Environment.