October 28 – 30, 2009 saw Canadian supply chain management professionals join academics from around the globe in Toronto to hear about cutting-edge research at the Seventh Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management. This year's symposium theme focused on "Managing Supply Chain Networks During Uncertain Times."

A highlight of this year's event was the Best Paper Award. All academic papers were reviewed by a panel of leading supply chain researchers. In the end, the panel felt that two papers were equally deserving of this honour and awarded the 2009 Best Paper Award to: Dr. Kamel Fantazy, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada and Dr. M. Asif Salam, University of the Fraser Valley, Canada.

(Dr. Kamel Fantazy accepting his 2009 Best Paper Award from Dr. Vinod Kumar, Chair, 2009 International Symposium on Supply Chain Management)

Thank you to all our partners, presenters and attendees for their support in another successful symposium.