About this year's conference

The logistics, transport, and supply chain sectors increasingly focus on achieving sustainability goals and decarbonising operations. Innovations are driving the adoption of renewable energy sources, electrification of fleets, and alternative fuels to reduce emissions. Advanced technologies and big data analytics enable smarter resource management, route optimisation, and opportunities to minimise waste. Circular supply chain strategies, such as reverse logistics and sustainable sourcing, continue gaining traction amongst academic researchers and industry. New last-mile delivery and urban logistics approaches aim to support greener, more efficient transport solutions. The focus is on creating sustainable, future-proof supply chains that align with environmental targets.

So this year’s theme for the conference is Enhancing Sustainability in Logistics, Transport and Supply Chain Management. We invite participants to submit papers for the following topics:

• Strategies for sustainable logistics and supply chain management

• Decarbonising transport and logistics

• Technology and data-driven supply chain optimisation

• Logistics and supply chain management for humanitarian and disaster relief

• Last-mile and urban logistics solutions

• Greening logistics and transport infrastructure

• Global and multimodal supply chain networks

• Educating future logistics and supply chain professionals

Key dates

• Monday 27 January 2025 - Opening date for structured abstract submissions

• Monday 31 March 2025 - Deadline for structured abstract submissions. Final deadline: Monday, 28 April 2025.

• From Monday 12 May 2025 - Notification of abstract acceptance

• Monday 23 June 2025 - Deadline for final submission of final papers or structured abstracts. 

• Thursday 31 July 2025 - Deadline for final submission of posters

• 3 to 5 September 2025 - LRN Conference in Sheffield

Poster submission guidelines