Conference Themes and Topics
In an era of global disruptions, climate-related risks, and shifting market dynamics, supply chains must be both resilient and sustainable. The 2026 LSCM Forum explores how sustainability is no longer just a compliance obligation—but a strategic enabler of resilience in logistics and supply chain management.
We invite academic and industry researchers, analysts, and practitioners to contribute to the conversation with empirical studies, conceptual frameworks, case studies, and policy analyses that examine how sustainability and resilience can be co-developed to ensure continuity, competitiveness, and long-term impact.
Themes and Topics include but are not limited to:
1. Sustainability-Driven Resilience in Transport and Logistics
- Decarbonization under pressure: Sustainability pathways for logistics
- Modal shift, electrification and the role of green corridors
2. Digitalization and AI for Adaptive, Sustainable Supply Chains
- Intelligent routing, demand sensing, and emissions-aware optimization
- Real-time resilience: Predictive and autonomous supply chain control
3. Cybersecurity and Trusted Infrastructure
- Ensuring operational continuity in an age of digital threats
- Data trust, system integration, and secure cross-company collaboration
4. Operational Resilience and Agility under Volatile Conditions
- Dynamic supply chain design: redundancy, flexibility, and responsiveness
- Building anti-fragility into logistics operations
5. Technology Acceleration and the Green Transition
- Scaling sustainable innovations in logistics: e-fuels, automation, digital twins
- Collaborative R&D and ecosystem platforms
6. Demographics, Talent and the Workforce Transformation
- Logistics under labour pressure: automation vs. attraction
- Human-centric strategies for sustainable operations
7. Mapping in the Supply Chain and Value Networks
- New frameworks for mapping lead resilience and sustainability
- Mapping as a method for improving visibility and transparency
8. Cost Pressure, Competitiveness and Sustainable Efficiency
- Managing cost while decarbonizing and building buffer capacity
- Sustainable performance management under economic constraints
9. Future Outlook: Systemic Risks, Global Trade and Regulation
- Navigating complexity: futureproofing with scenario planning
- Global trade disruptions, climate policy, and ESG capital flows
10. Geopolitics, Regionalization and Strategic Realignment
- Regionalized, resilient networks as sustainability enablers
- Managing geopolitical risk in logistics and sourcing strategies
