Supply chain students attend industry event

The ECU Student Chapter of the Institute for Supply Management attended the ISM2023 Annual Conference at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas, TX, May 7-10, 2023.

Two students (William Dong and Danny Bismark-Pettit) represented the chapter due to their active participation in the Student ISM Chapter during the 2022-2023 academic year. The trip was made possible through the Vincent K. McMahon Endowed Professorship, currently held by Dr. John F. Kros of the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management in the College of Business. The students were accompanied by Drs. Kros & Mauro Falasca who both serve as assistant faculty advisors for the group.

More than 2,500 conference attendees gathered at the event.  The keynote speaker on Monday was United States President George W. Bush.  Bush regaled the crowd with stories from his two terms & related much of his content to supply chain management.  Attendee William Dong said, “President Bush’s talk was very interesting.  He has a wealth of knowledge from his time in office & he is also very funny.”  Danny Bismark-Pettit commented, “Throughout the conference, I was able to communicate and network with dozens of companies and make many new connections that I will use in the future.”

The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) is the first and largest not-for-profit professional supply management organization worldwide. Founded in 1915, ISM has more than 50,000 members located in 100 countries.

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