The overarching theme of the conference will be Serving the World. The theme emphasizes the shift from a traditional production operations focus to a more service-oriented focus that many companies in the Western world face and which also affects academic research. The theme also highlights the...

Papers on the following themes are invited: - Theories of economic development and sustainability - Innovation, growth and sustainability - Learning, capability-building and system innovation - Sectoral innovation studies and sustainability - Transnational knowledge, technology and governance...

The conference aims to cover all aspects of applied probability and stochastic models.